The Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) said it would be checking on the status of a probe on alleged tax violations by luxury car importer CATS Motors Inc. (presently Auto Nation Group Inc.). “I have no information right now but we will check,” Internal Revenue Commissioner Caesar Dulay told The Manila Times on Wednesday. Deputy Commissioner for Legal and Inspection Group Jesus Clint Aranas had previously said that the CATS investigation had been transferred to the bureau’s Large Taxpayers Service (LTS) Division. “In 2012, then BIR Commissioner Kim Henares ordered that the investigation be moved to the LTS. The investigation was originally under the Legal and Inspection Group’s National Investigation Division (NID) in the years 2009 to 2011.

Source: Manila Times August 16, 2017 16:30 UTC