THE Supreme Court has ordered a tax refund for minimum wage earners who were disqualified from a legislated income tax exemption if they earned bonuses over a statutory ceiling, rapping the Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) for abusing its discretionary powers.

It also ordered a refund to individuals who paid higher taxes in 2008 because the BIR allowed taxpayers to claim

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