Philippine Tax Authority: E-cigarette Companies Evaded Taxes Amounting To 870 Million Pesos

According to the Manila Times' news report on April 30th: The Philippine Internal Revenue Service (BIR) filed criminal charges against the electronic cigarette enterprises under the Flava, Denkat, and Flare brands on Tuesday, accusing them of evading taxes amounting to nearly 8.7 billion pesos.

The Philippine Tax Service has filed criminal tax evasion lawsuits against large illegal electronic cigarette enterprises. They failed to pay 8.7 billion pesos in taxes," Lumagui said.



This year, the agency's target is to collect 343.1 billion pesos in consumption tax.



Lumagui also called on advertisers and influential people to be cautious when promoting electronic cigarette products and warned that endorsing non-compliant brands could lead to legal consequences.