BY BAM LUCES
BORACAY — The Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) here padlocked three business establishments for violating the Internal Revenue Code yesterday, 8 a.m.
Diva Korean Restaurant, Sea Park Diving Inc. and an unnamed Korean restaurant owned by Jefry Jung, were closed with a symbolic padlock and chain, and were posted with a BIR’s Oplan Kandado tarpaulin.
According to OIC Revenue District Officer IV Atty. Ricardo Osorio, the establishments were notified and warned to fulfill their tax obligations.
The businesses’ failure to comply prompted the BIR to issue the closure order signed by Internal Revenue Commissioner Nestor Aspe.
Together with Osorio during the operation were BIR-6 Director Glen Geraldino, Assessment Group Revenue Officer chief Antonio Fernandez, Revenue Officer Vicente Tady and BIR-6 Legal Division chief Atty. Yanson Chin.
The establishments will be padlocked for a minimum of five days, or until they have paid their tax dues.
Owners of the Korean restaurants were not around yesterday.
On the other hand, Olang Zhu, owner of Sea Park, insisted that his accountant already settled the problem with the BIR.
Osorio and Geraldino assured the Sea Park owner to settle the problem at the BIR office.
Geraldino appealed to tax payers to cooperate with the government by religiously paying their tax dues./
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