The Court of Tax Appeals (CTA) has reversed a ruling by the Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) requiring former President and now Manila Mayor Joseph Estrada and his wife, former Sen. Luisa “Loi” Ejercito Estrada, to pay P2.9 billion in income taxes for 1999.

In a 41-page decision promulgated on November 23, 2015 the tax court’s Second Division partially granted the petition filed by the spouses against the BIR and former BIR Commissioner Lilian Hefti.

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