The Bureau of Internal Revenue on Thursday filed criminal complaints against four “ghost” corporations involved in fake transactions with legitimate businesses for the evasion of taxes which resulted in revenue loss of P25.5 billion.
“Itong sindikato na ito, nag tatayo talaga sila ng korporasyon. So pag tinignan niyo… rehistrado ang mga korporasyon. ‘Yung rebiso, nagkukuha sila ng totoong rehistradong resibo, pero hindi totoo ‘yung mga transaksyon,” Lumagui said. According to Lumagui, complaints were filed against Buildforce Trading Inc., Crazykitchen Foodtrade Corp., Decarich Supertrade Inc., and Redington Corporation. before the Department of Justice .“If you will recall, meron tayong nahuli na kumpanya na nagbebenta or actually a syndicate na selling fake receipts. ‘Yan ang kanilang negosyo. They have no transactions, they put up corporations specifically to sell fake receipts. ‘Yan ang binebenta nila,” Lumagui said.