Janet Napoles, husband face tax evasion raps
(from left) husband Jimmy, Janet Lim-Napoles, and lawyer Atty. Lorna Kapunan at the President’s Hall Receiving Area oft he Malacañan Palace. FILE Photo by: Rodolfo Manabat / Malacañang Photo Bureau/PCOO).
MANILA, Philippines— The Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) on Thursday filed over P60-million tax evasion complaint against Janet Lim Napoles and husband Jaime.
Department of Justice records showed the Napoles couple were slapped with a complaint for wilful attempt to evade or defeat tax for taxable years 2004, 2006, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011 and 2012 under the National Internal Revenue Code (NIRC).
BIR Commissioner Kim Henares said Janet Lim-Napoles’ tax liability amounted to P44.68 million while her husband’s was at P16.43 million, based on the BIR’s comparison of their declared net worth against real properties, motor vehicles, insurance policies, and shares of stocks in various corporations registered under the couple’s names.
“Janet Lim-Napoles’ total acquisition amounted to P4.17 million in 2004, P22.29 million in 2006, P4.35 million in 2008, P9.84 million in 2009, P6.33 million in 2010, P5.64 million in 2011, and P6.89 in 2012,” Henares said.
“But she only declared in her ITR (income tax returns) P195,800 in 2004, nothing in 2006, P107,044.59 in 2008 and nothing again in 2009.”
The BIR Commissioner said Janet Napoles failed to file her ITR for the years 2010, 2011 and 2012 while her husband did the same for 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2011 and 2012.
“Jaime Napoles, the husband, is likewise charged with deliberate failure to supply correct and accurate information in his ITR for 2009 (where he declared nothing),” Henares said.
Jaime Napoles’ total acquisition is worth P1.42 million in 2004, P5.51 million in 2006, P0.78 million in 2008, P9.25 million in 2009, P2.1 million in 2010, P1.17 million in 2011 and P3.65 million in 2012.
The BIR Commissioner said the amount of tax liabilities, which some may find relatively small, was preliminary and may increase once they file additional cases.
She said it did not yet include corporations under their name or their children’s name that may come up in the course of the investigation.
“If we wait for [information on Napoles’ properties] to be completed, we will not be able to file a case,” she explained.
According to the complaint, Napoles invested millions of pesos in various new corporations. The acquisitions consisted of condominium units in City & Land Mega Plaza and the Discovery Center, parcels of land in Pangasinan and Kidapawan City, Insurance policies with Insular Life Assurance Co., Ltd., Philippine American Life & General Insurance Co., Inc., and Philippine Axa Life Insurance Corp., and vehicles such as Ford Lincoln Navigator, Honda Civic and Porsche Cayenne.
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