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to pay the right amount of taxes on time when he and his family have refused to do so for the past 32 years.
Lumagui has so far remained quiet on the Marcos tax case but has declared that in its campaign against tax evasion, his agency would make taxpayers feel that it was “on their side.” Does this mean that the BIR will be applying the country’s tax laws equally to all, including the Marcoses? The President has shown no indication that his family will be settling their tax obligations anytime soon. Hehow much estate tax the Marcoses really owe the government and that his family was not given a chance to air their side because they were still in exile in Hawaii when the tax assessment was made. He has insisted that the case should be reopened.
The case was then elevated to the Supreme Court. On June 5, 1997, the Third Division of the High Court upheld the decision of the appellate court. Marcos Jr. and his mother, former First Lady Imelda Marcos, filed motions for reconsideration on the ruling, the last one dismissed with finality by the High Court Third Division on January 13, 1999.
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