Corona daughter had no ITR when she bought Taguig property

MANILA, Philippines—Charina Corona had no single income tax returns (ITRs) filed before the Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) when she bought a property in Taguig City in 2008, the BIR chief revealed in her testimony on Thursday.

Charina is daughter of beleaguered Chief Justice Renato Corona, who is the subject of an ongoing impeachment trial in the Senate.

“The buyer is registered with us as an onet (one time) taxpayer which is just to purchase this property and had not filed any tax reruns to date,” Henares told the Senate sitting as an impeachment court while she was being examined by private prosecutor Arthur Lim.

The BIR chief was referring to a lot in Mckinley Hills in Taguig City that Charina bought from Megaworld Corp in October 2008.

“Not a single income tax return?” asked Lim to which Henares answered,” None, Sir.”

She gave a similar answer when asked if Charina did not file any ITR even through an alphalist, which contains the names of employees  and their income and  withholding tax information being filed by their employers with the BIR annually.

“None because she just registered as a one-time tax payer,” Henares said.

The McKinley lot was different from a property in Quezon City that was bought by another daughter, Carla, from her parents—the Chief Justice and wife, Cristina, for P18 million.