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RV Tax Issue : Stars Meet Taxmen / Tidbits Revealed 2-Morrow ..
( Latest article on tax issue below .. )
Greetings Regine fans, friends, foes
and music cronies-
There will be a posting of our latest inside buzz
investigation into RV Tax Issue. Now being called
another media sham that seems to have involved both
the fmr and current media publicist of the Song Bird
and someone related to her former career manager(s).
-An INSIDER is claiming the case against actress
Judy Ann Santos is politically motivated. Is that
possible? We looked into the possibilities and
will post some of the thoughts about it.
-Why I think it was RV's media publicist who had
to be the one who pushed for the case against
Richard Gomez
-Some of the reasons why you'll know that case
against Regine is bogus. ( And you don't need
Bill and Ted* there to say it is..)
Stay tune for the posting of the information
in the late afternoon.
If anyone with Aria who is still with the side
of the artist is around tomorrow you'll want
to pass a copy to both Reg's new manager and
her musical directing hubby.
mmJun ;-/
Music Inside Buzz Investigations
http://insidebuzz.tripod.com
* Movie : " Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure "
------------- latest article on tax issue ------- >
" Stars Meet Taxmen "
First posted 00:35am (Mla time) June 03, 2005
By Marinel R. Cruz/Inquirer News Service
Editor's Note: Published on page A2-1 of the June 3, 2005 issue of
the Philippine Daily Inquirer
BACOLOD CITY -- "We take care of our talents' tax obligations. We
make sure everything is in order," said Charo Santos-Concio, ABS-CBN
executive vice president and head of Entertainment, a week after the
Bureau of Internal Revenue filed a tax evasion case against actress
Judy Ann Santos.
The case, filed before the Department of Justice on May 19, said
Judy Ann "underdeclared" her income in 2002 by P6.7 million.
Traumatic
The actress, who played the lead character in the recently concluded
series "Krystala," is not an exclusive talent of the network, and is
managed by veteran entertainment columnist Alfie Lorenzo.
"I called [vice president for Talent Development] Mariole Alberto
because I wanted to make sure that the finances of our talents were
okay. A court case can be very traumatic to young talents," Concio
told a group of entertainment writers here.
Judy Ann is the third show biz celebrity to be slapped with tax
evasion charges this year, following actor-TV host Richard Gomez and
singer Regine Velasquez.
"I must admit that, even I, [when I was] a fresh graduate, didn't
know about these things," Concio pointed out. "What if you don't
have an accountant? You need a discerning, caring, responsible adult
to teach you."
She added: "It's not about the entertainers not wanting to pay up.
It's mostly ignorance of procedure and of BIR regulations."
This was why, Concio said, the network sent some of its talents to
the briefing that BIR Commissioner Guillermo Parayno arranged last
May 20 to educate TV and movie professionals about tax obligations.
"Just recently, I got a text message from Carlos Agassi," Concio
related. "He said he learned a lot from the discussions with the
BIR."
Concio, a former actress, said she did not think the BIR was only
after show biz celebrities. "It's just that... if you want to send a
message across effectively, [you should] use somebody who is high
profile. I read in the papers that after the charges against
artistas were filed, the BIR's collection in April increased.
"We should all be responsible [citizens]," she said. "We want so
much from the government, but we also have to do our share."
Same caution
Concio said she and her staff applied the same caution and
sensibility when selecting stories for "Maalala Mo Kaya," Philippine
television's longest-running drama anthology, which she has hosted
for 14 years (she has been with the network for 18).
"If we feel that a third party is bound to complain, we'd rather not
touch the story," she explained. "There were some lapses in the past
[but] it was never the staff's intention to hurt people."
Posted by mmJun
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