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FIRST DIVISION
Members:
- versus -
ACOSTA, Chairperson
UY,and
FABON - VICTORINO, JJ.
COMMISSIONER OF INTERNAL
REVENUE,
Respondent.
Promulgated:
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DECISION
In
this
Petition
for
Review
Ogle,
Inc.
filed
on
March
8,
2010,
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income
taxes
withheld
and
alphabetical
lists,
Monthly
who
conducted
the
investigation
reported
that
Subsequently,
respondent
issued
an
undated
Post
Reporting
Notice
was
the
following
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4
5
6
computation
of
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Tax Type
Amount
p 73,037.33
Income Tax
Value-added Tax
Expanded Withholding Tax
Improperly Accumulated Earnings Tax
56,674.60
375.38
2,959 .17
2009 7
and
Final
Notice
Before
Seizure
(FNBS)
dated
tax,
VAT,
expanded
withholding
tax,
improperly
discovered
that
respondent
10
served
Warrant
of
Garnishment dated February 11, 2010 against its account with the
Bank of the Philippine Islands (BPI). 11
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10
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8.
9.
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requiring
it to
submit the
documents
which
it had
previously submitted.
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Min utes of Hearing, docket, p . 110; Transcript of St enographic Not es dated Octobe r
5, 2010.
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Docket , pp.102-109 .
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Priorly
On
January
24,
2011,
petitioner formally
offered
its
15
" M- 1" ,
for
being
mere
photocopies
of the
purported
docum ents .
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16
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Docket, pp . 130-134.
Docket, pp . 174- 175 .
Min utes of Hea r ing, docke t p . 179 .
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THE ISSUES
"1.
2.
3.
4.
The Court will first address the first and third issues
pertaining to the validity of the impugned assessment.
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19
Docket, p . 192.
Docket, pp . 84-85.
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on
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"SECTION
3.
Due
Process
Requirement in the Issuance of a Deficiency
Tax Assessment. 3 .1
Mode of procedures in the
issuance of a deficiency tax assessment:
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XXX
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rules and
regulations,
or
If the
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received
by
respondent
t he add ressee.
to
prove
by
contrary
evidence
that
petitioner
The High
Supra .
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August
22,
1996).
The Court agrees with the CTA that the CIR failed to
discharge its duty and present any evidence to show that
Metro Star indeed received the PAN dated January 16,
2002. It could have simply presented the registry receipt
or the certification from the postmaster that it mailed the
PAN, but failed. Neither did it offer any explanation on why
it failed to comply with the requirement of service of the
PAN. xxx" (Emphasis supplied)
prove her allegations in her Answer that the required PAN and
FAN were issued and duly served upon petitioner in accordance
with law. This is certain ly fatal to respondent's cause as it leads
to an inevitable conclusion that indeed no valid assessment was
issued to petitioner justifying the subsequent issuance of the
questioned FNBS and Warrant of Garnishment.
year
2005
had
already
prescribed
when
petitioner
received the PCL dated October 15, 2009 and FNBS on January
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27, 2010.
25
Counting from
25
However,
such
collection
should
be
made
in
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Accordingly, the
Respondent
SO ORDERED .
ON-VICTORINO
We concur:
~ ~ ~. ( 1t.-?-A-ERNESTO D. ACOSTA
Presiding Justice
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ER~. UY
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Asso~i ~~tice
Reyes, et a /. vs. Alma nza r, et a/., G.R. Nos. 49839-4 6 , April 26, 1991.
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CERTIFICATION
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C'c-rJL-
ERNEsTo D. ACOSTA
Presiding Justice