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>Songbird escapes tax raps >The Philippine Star 02/08/2006 > > >+++++++++++++++++++++++ >This was posted in the front page of the Star Newspaper >today. On the tabloids its a smiling picture of Regine >this time. hehe.. Another agenda by Abunda is foiled >once again. -mmJun Will he ever learn? >+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ > > >The Department of Justice (DOJ) dismissed yesterday >the tax evasion >case against Asian songbird Regine Velasquez on a >technicality. > >In a nine-page resolution promulgated by State >Prosecutor Roseanne >Elepano-Balauga and Assistant Chief State Prosecutor >Miguel Gudio, >the DOJ dismissed the case because the Bureau of >Internal Revenue >(BIR) had deprived Velasquez of due process by not >notifying her >about her tax deficiency before charging her with tax >evasion. > >"As such, the complainant’s (BIR) allegation that >respondent >(Velasquez) willfully attempted to evade or defeat >payment of tax >and/or failure to supply correct and accurate >information has no >basis," she said. "It came too late to be apt." > >Balauga said the BIR sent the notice of tax deficiency >to Velasquez >in July last year after the complaint for tax evasion >was filed >against her. > >"Be it noted that the notice and demand are >requirements of due >process to which every taxpayer is entitled," she >said. > >Last year, the BIR filed tax evasion charges before >the DOJ against >Velasquez for her alleged failure to disclose her >earnings, under a >modeling and talent contract with Nestlé Philippines, >and a >production outfit running to P3 million in 2003, which >represented >48.29 percent of her taxable income. > >In another resolution, the DOJ dismissed the motion >for >reconsideration of cosmetics expert Jose Mendez to >dismiss the tax >evasion charges against him. > >State Prosecutor Juan Pedro Navera ruled that the plea >of Mendez >lacked merit. > >Mendez was charged with tax evasion for his alleged >failure to >declare up to P3.4 million in taxable income from >branches of his >Weighless Center and Spa between 2001 and 2003. > >He claimed that the branches were inexistent from 2001 >to 2003. — >Jose Rodel Clapano > >rv_thebirdnest · Regine Velasquez Fans Bird Nest >Group! >http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/rv_thebirdnest/

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