The Claim: Hacienda Luisita owes 43 years worth of back taxes
Rating: FALSE
This article, shared with us through our tipline, claims that the BIR has failed to collect on 43 years worth of unpaid tax totaling P14.7 billion from the Hacienda Luisita. (https://www.philnews.xyz/…/netizen-asks-why-bir-failed…)
This is false.
Looking through the official Run After Tax Evaders (RATE) Program’s list of pending tax evasion cases on the BIR’s official site (https://www.bir.gov.ph/index.php/tax-evasion-cases.html) will show that the Hacienda Luisita is nowhere on the current lists, updated up to 2021.
The list is available here: https://www.bir.gov.ph/…/RATE%20Cases%20from%20July… .
In fact, this false information dates back to 2020, where a different page called “OFW, Duterte, Federalism. Heroes United for Freedom” claimed that the Hacienda owed P23.7 billion worth of back taxes.
It has also been fact-checked previously (https://www.rappler.com/…/252609-list-philippines…/).
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