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G.R. No. 179115 : Asia International Auctioneers, Inc. v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue

PHILIPPINE SUPREME COURT DECISIONS

SECOND DIVISION

G.R. No. 179115 : September 26, 2012

ASIA INTERNATIONAL AUCTIONEERS, INC., Petitioner, v. COMMISSIONER OF INTERNAL REVENUE, Respondent.

R E S O L U T I O N

PERLAS-BERNABE, J.:

Before the Court is a Petition for Review seeking to reverse and set aside the Decision dated August 3, 2007 of the Court of Tax Appeals (CTA) En Banc, 1ςrνll and the Resolutions dated November 20, 20062ςrνll and February 22, 20073ςrνll of the CTA First Division dismissing Asia International Auctioneers, Inc.s (AIA) appeal due to its alleged failure to timely protest the Commissioner of Internal Revenues (CIR) tax assessment.

The Factual Antecedents

AIA is a duly organized corporation operating within the Subic Special Economic Zone. It is engaged in the importation of used motor vehicles and heavy equipment which it sells to the public through auction.4ςrνll

On August 25, 2004, AIA received from the CIR a Formal Letter of Demand, dated July 9, 2004, containing an assessment for deficiency value added tax (VAT) and excise tax in the amounts of P 102,535,520.00 and P 4,334,715.00, respectively, or a total amount of P 106,870,235.00, inclusive of penalties and interest, for auction sales conducted on February 5, 6, 7, and 8, 2004.5ςrνll

AIA claimed that it filed a protest letter dated August 29, 2004 through registered mail on August 30, 2004.6ςrνll It also submitted additional supporting documents on September 24, 2004 and November 22, 2004.7ςrνll

The CIR failed to act on the protest, prompting AIA to file a petition for review before the CTA on June 20, 2005,8ςrνll to which the CIR filed its Answer on July 26, 2005.9ςrνll

On March 8, 2006, the CIR filed a motion to dismiss10ςrνll on the ground of lack of jurisdiction citing the alleged failure of AIA to timely file its protest which thereby rendered the assessment final and executory. The CIR denied receipt of the protest letter dated August 29, 2004 claiming that it only received the protest letter dated September 24, 2004 on September 27, 2004, three days after the lapse of the 30-day period prescribed in Section 22811ςrνll of the Tax Code.12ςrνll

In opposition to the CIRs motion to dismiss, AIA submitted the following evidence to prove the filing and the receipt of the protest letter dated August 29, 2004: (1) the protest letter dated August 29, 2004 with attached Registry Receipt No. 3824;13ςrνll (2) a Certification dated November 15, 2005 issued by Wilfredo R. De Guzman, Postman III, of the Philippine Postal Corporation of Olongapo City, stating that Registered Letter No. 3824 dated August 30, 2004 , addressed to the CIR, was dispatched under Bill No. 45 Page 1 Line 11 on September 1, 2004 from Olongapo City to Quezon City;14ςrνll (3) a Certification dated July 5, 2006 issued by Acting Postmaster, Josefina M. Hora, of the Philippine Postal Corporation-NCR, stating that Registered Letter No. 3824 was delivered to the BIR Records Section and was duly received by the authorized personnel on September 8, 2004;15ςrνll and (4) a certified photocopy of the Receipt of Important Communication Delivered issued by the BIR Chief of Records Division, Felisa U. Arrojado, showing that Registered Letter No. 3824 was received by the BIR.16ςrνll AIA also presented Josefina M. Hora and Felisa U. Arrojado as witnesses to testify on the due execution and the contents of the foregoing documents.

Ruling of the Court of Tax Appeals

After hearing both parties, the CTA First Division rendered the first assailed Resolution dated November 20, 2006 granting the CIRs motion to dismiss. Citing Republic v. Court of Appeals,17ςrνll it ruled that "while a mailed letter is deemed received by the addressee in the course of the mail, still, this is merely a disputable presumption, subject to controversion, and a direct denial of the receipt thereof shifts the burden upon the party favored by the presumption to prove that the mailed letter indeed was received by the addressee."18ςrνll

The CTA First Division faulted AIA for failing to present the registry return card of the subject protest letter. Moreover, it noted that the text of the protest letter refers to a Formal Demand Letter dated June 9, 2004 and not the subject Formal Demand Letter dated July 9, 2004. Furthermore, it rejected AIAs argument that the September 24, 2004 letter merely served as a cover letter to the submission of its supporting documents pointing out that there was no mention therein of a prior separate protest letter.19ςrνll

AIAs motion for reconsideration was subsequently denied by the CTA First Division in its second assailed Resolution dated February 22, 2007. On appeal, the CTA En Banc in its Decision dated August 3, 2007 affirmed the ruling of the CTA First Division holding that AIAs evidence was not sufficient to prove receipt by the CIR of the protest letter dated August 24, 2004.

Hence, the instant petition.

Issue Before the Court

Both parties discussed the legal bases for AIAs tax liability, unmindful of the fact that this case stemmed from the CTAs dismissal of AIAs petition for review for failure to file a timely protest, without passing upon the substantive merits of the case.

Relevantly, on January 30, 2008, AIA filed a Manifestation and Motion with Leave of the Honorable Court to Defer or Suspend Further Proceedings20ςrνll on the ground that it availed of the Tax Amnesty Program under Republic Act 948021ςrνll (RA 9480), otherwise known as the Tax Amnesty Act of 2007. On February 13, 2008, it submitted to the Court a Certification of Qualification22ςrνll issued by the BIR on February 5, 2008 stating that AIA "has availed and is qualified for Tax Amnesty for the Taxable Year 2005 and Prior Years" pursuant to RA 9480.

With AIAs availment of the Tax Amnesty Program under RA 9480, the Court is tasked to first determine its effects on the instant petition.

Ruling of the Court

A tax amnesty is a general pardon or the intentional overlooking by the State of its authority to impose penalties on persons otherwise guilty of violating a tax law. It partakes of an absolute waiver by the government of its right to collect what is due it and to give tax evaders who wish to relent a chance to start with a clean slate.23ςrνll

A tax amnesty, much like a tax exemption, is never favored or presumed in law. The grant of a tax amnesty, similar to a tax exemption, must be construed strictly against the taxpayer and liberally in favor of the taxing authority.24ςrνll

In 2007, RA 9480 took effect granting a tax amnesty to qualified taxpayers for all national internal revenue taxes for the taxable year 2005 and prior years, with or without assessments duly issued therefor, that have remained unpaid as of December 31, 2005.25ςrνll

The Tax Amnesty Program under RA 9480 may be availed of by any person except those who are disqualified under Section 8 thereof, to wit:chanroblesvirtuallawlibrary

Section 8. Exceptions. The tax amnesty provided in Section 5 hereof shall not extend to the following persons or cases existing as of the effectivity of this Act:

(a) Withholding agents with respect to their withholding tax liabilities;

(b) Those with pending cases falling under the jurisdiction of the Presidential Commission on Good Government;

(c) Those with pending cases involving unexplained or unlawfully acquired wealth or under the Anti-Graft and Corrupt Practices Act;

(d) Those with pending cases filed in court involving violation of the Anti-Money Laundering Law;

(e) Those with pending criminal cases for tax evasion and other criminal offenses under Chapter II of Title X of the National Internal Revenue Code of 1997, as amended, and the felonies of frauds, illegal exactions and transactions, and malversation of public funds and property under Chapters III and IV of Title VII of the Revised Penal Code; and

(f) Tax cases subject of final and executory judgment by the courts.(Emphasis supplied)

The CIR contends that AIA is disqualified under Section 8(a) of RA 9480 from availing itself of the Tax Amnesty Program because it is "deemed" a withholding agent for the deficiency taxes. This argument is untenable.

The CIR did not assess AIA as a withholding agent that failed to withhold or remit the deficiency VAT and excise tax to the BIR under relevant provisions of the Tax Code. Hence, the argument that AIA is "deemed" a withholding agent for these deficiency taxes is fallacious.

Indirect taxes, like VAT and excise tax, are different from withholding taxes. To distinguish, in indirect taxes, the incidence of taxation falls on one person but the burden thereof can be shifted or passed on to another person, such as when the tax is imposed upon goods before reaching the consumer who ultimately pays for it.26ςrνll On the other hand, in case of withholding taxes, the incidence and burden of taxation fall on the same entity, the statutory taxpayer. The burden of taxation is not shifted to the withholding agent who merely collects, by withholding, the tax due from income payments to entities arising from certain transactions27and remits the same to the government. Due to this difference, the deficiency VAT and excise tax cannot be "deemed" as withholding taxes merely because they constitute indirect taxes. Moreover, records support the conclusion that AIA was assessed not as a withholding agent but, as the one directly liable for the said deficiency taxes.28ςrνll

The CIR also argues that AIA, being an accredited investor/taxpayer situated at the Subic Special Economic Zone, should have availed of the tax amnesty granted under RA 939929ςrνll and not under RA 9480. This is also untenable.

RA 9399 was passed prior to the passage of RA 9480. RA 9399 does not preclude taxpayers within its coverage from availing of other tax amnesty programs available or enacted in futuro like RA 9480. More so, RA 9480 does not exclude from its coverage taxpayers operating within special economic zones. As long as it is within the bounds of the law, a taxpayer has the liberty to choose which tax amnesty program it wants to avail.

Lastly, the Court takes judicial notice of the "Certification of Qualification"30ςrνll issued by Eduardo A. Baluyut, BIR Revenue District Officer, stating that AlA "has availed and is qualified for Tax Amnesty for the Taxable Year 2005 and Prior Years" pursuant to RA 9480. In the absence of sufficient evidence proving that the certification was issued in excess of authority, the presumption that it was issued in the regular performance of the revenue district officer's official duty stands.31ςrνll

WHEREFORE, the petition is DENIED for being MOOT and ACADEMIC in view of Asia International Auctioneers, Inc.'s (AlA) availment of the Tax Amnesty Program under RA 9480. Accordingly, the outstanding deficiency taxes of AlA are deemed fully settled.ςrαlαωlιbrαr

SO ORDERED.

Endnotes:


* Acting Member per Special Order No. 1308 dated September 21, 2012.

1ςrνll Penned by Associate Justice Olga Palanca-Enriquez, with Presiding Justice Ernesto D. Acosta and Associate Justices Juanito C. Castaneda. Jr., Lovell R. Bautista, Erlinda P. Uy and Caesar A. Casanova, concurring; rolla, pp. 25-39.

2ςrνll Penned by Presiding Justice Ernesto D. Acosta, with Associate Justices Lovell R. Bautista and Caesar A. Casanova, concurring: id. at 40-45.

3ςrνll Id. at 46-47.

4ςrνll Id. at 353.

5ςrνll Id. at 48-49.

6ςrνll Id. at 5.

7ςrνll Id. at 55-56.

8ςrνll Id. at 27.

9ςrνll Id. at 143-153.

10ςrνll Id. at 165-169.

11ςrνllSection 228.Protesting of Assessment. x xx

Such assessment may be protested administratively by filing a request for reconsideration or reinvestigation within thirty (30) days from receipt of the assessment in such form and manner as may be prescribed by implementing rules and regulations.

Within sixty (60) days from filing of the protest, all relevant supporting documents shall have been submitted; otherwise, the assessment shall become final.

If the protest is denied in whole or in part, or is not acted upon within one hundred eighty (180) days from submission of documents, the taxpayer adversely affected by the decision or inaction may appeal to the Court of Tax Appeals within thirty (30) days from receipt of the said decision, or from the lapse of the one hundred eighty (180)-day period; otherwise, the decision shall become final, executory and demandable.

12ςrνllRollo, pp. 165-166.

13ςrνll Id. at 51.

14ςrνll Id. at 69.

15ςrνll Id. at 70.

16ςrνll Id. at 71.

17ςrνll No. L-38540, April 30, 1987, 149 SCRA 351, 355.

18ςrνllRollo, p. 43.

19ςrνll Id. at 44.

20ςrνll Id. at 95-97.

21ςrνll An Act Enhancing Revenue Administration and Collection by Granting an Amnesty on All Unpaid Internal Revenue Taxes Imposed by the National Government for Taxable Year 2005 and Prior Years.

22ςrνllRollo,p. 106.

23ςrνllBas, Jr. v. Court of Appeals, G.R. No. 102967, February 10, 2000, 325 SCRA 259, 273-274,citing Republic v. Intermediate Appellate Court, 196 SCRA 335, 339 (1991); People v. Judge Castada, 165 SCRA 327, 338-339 (1988);Nepomuceno v. Montecillo, 118 SCRA 254, 259 (1982).

24ςrνllBas, Jr. v. Court of Appeals, supra. See also People v. Castada, Jr.,No. L-46881, September 15, 1988,165 SCRA 327, 341,citing E. Rodriguez, Inc. v.The Collector of Internal Revenue, 28 SCRA 1119 (1969); Commissioner of Internal Revenue v. A.D. Guerrero, 21 SCRA 180 (1967).

25ςrνll RA 9480, Sec. 1.

26ςrνllSilkair v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue, G.R. No. 184398, February 25, 2010, 613 SCRA 638, 656.

27ςrνllSee Tax Code, Secs. 57-58 and 78-83.

28ςrνllMetropolitan Bank and Trust Co. v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue, G.R. No. 178797, August 4, 2009, 595 SCRA 234, 255.

29ςrνll An Act Declaring a One-time Amnesty on Certain Tax and Duty Liabilities, Inclusive of Fees, Fines, Penalties, Interest and Other Additions thereto, Incurred by Certain Business Enterprises Operating within the Special Economic Zones and FreeportsCreated under Proclamation No. 163, Series of 1993; Proclamation No. 216, Series of 1993; Proclamation No. 120, Series of 1994; and Proclamation No. 984, Series of 1997, Pursuant to Section 15 of Republic Act No. 7227, as amended, and For Other Purposes.

30ςrνll Supra note 22.

31ςrνll Rules of Court, Rule 131, Sec. 3(m).




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