Claire de la Fuente to be Arrested for Tax Evasion Case

Singer and now entrepreneur Claire de la Fuente is going to face a great legal ordeal as the Court of Tax Appeals has already ordered for her arrest due to a tax-evasion case amounting to P417.8 million for the bus company she owns.  The case was filed by the Bureau of Internal Revenue as it step up its drive against tax evaders.

According to the complaint, de la Fuente’s bus company, Philippine Corinthian Liner Corporation failed to file both percentage and income taxes and did not truthfully report the company’s actual income resulting to not paying the necessary taxes from 1997-2004.  To make things worse, the BIR have found out that Claire’s bus company is not registered on their office from the same dates.

Up to now, Claire’s camp has not issued any formal statement regarding the said case.  The court set bail at P200,000.

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