Marcos team answers petitioners' court certificate with BIR document of payment in tax caseMANILA, Philippines — The campaign of presidential aspirant Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. on Wednesday presented a certification of payment to the Bureau of Internal Revenue, in an apparent answer to petitioners seeking the cancellation of his Certificate of Candidacy. Lawyer Vic Rodriguez, Marcos’ spokesperson, showed to the media a BIR certification showing that it received four payments on December 27, 2001 from Marcos, totaling to P67,137.21. The receipt showed that Marcos paid P3,172.48 for the year of 1982; 8,788.13 for 1983; P5,925.57 for 1984 and P49,251.09 for 1985. According to the receipt, Marcos paid a total of P13,137.27 for total deficiency income tax, fine of P36,000 and surcharge of P18,000. Why is it important that Marcos had paid the income tax dues with interest and fines?

Source: Philippine Star December 22, 2021 16:30 UTC