The Bureau of Customs (BOC) is going after at least 48 cooperatives that did not pay up to P2.4 billion in taxes for their rice imports this year and in 2019, the Department of Finance (DOF) said on Friday.
In a statement, the DOF quoted Customs Commissioner Rey Leonardo Guerrero as saying that a post-clearance audit on cooperatives that imported rice in 2019 yielded P1.4 billion in tax deficiencies.
Guerrero recently reported to Finance Secretary Carlos Dominguez III that more than 320 cooperatives imported the Filipino staple food last year.
The 48 erring cooperatives uncovered by the BOC belonged to the top 60 rice importers, Guerrero told Dominguez.
“They have been issued…
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