Tax evaders ruling PH

DESPITE the filing of tax evasion charges against celebrities and high-profile individuals such as world boxing champion Manny Pacquiao, Zoren Legaspi, Renato Corona, Janet Napoles, the government has failed to increase its tax collection because there are so few people who are paying their tax dues in the first place.

Rep. Romero Quimbo of Marikina City, Chairman of the House Committee on Ways and Means on Tuesday said government records show that 60 percent of professionals and 70 percent of entrepreneurs do not pay their tax dues.