Rappler statement on tax evasion acquittal: Victory of facts over politics.

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Here is Rappler’s statement on the acquittal of Nobel laureate Maria Ressa and Rappler Holdings Corporation for the tax evasion charges filed by the past Duterte government.



"Today, we celebrate the triumph of facts over politics." 


On January 18, the Philippine Court of Tax Appeals' First Division acquitted Nobel laureate Maria Ressa and Rappler Holdings Corp. (RHC) of tax evasion allegations brought by the previous Duterte administration. 


Maria Ressa, CEO of the news website Rappler, poses during a photo session in Paris in 2018. Ressa has said it's easier to be on the front line as a war correspondent than to fight for press freedom, because "you don't even know where the enemy is here." 📷: Joel Saget/AFP/Getty Images


"We thank the court for this just decision and for recognizing that the fraudulent, false, and flimsy charges made by the Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) do not have any basis in fact. An adverse decision would have had far-reaching repercussions on both the press and the capital markets." 


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According to Rappler, the BIR launched a lightning tax investigation into RHC and Ressa in January 2018, requested documents on March 5, 2018, and announced its tax evasion complaint against them three days later on its website. Despite the fact that Rappler did not submit any documents, this is the case. Despite the lack of a physical and thorough examination of RHC's books and records, the BIR and the DOJ filed criminal cases at the CTA by November of the same year.



📽️ WATCH| Maria Ressa, CEO of the news website Rappler, interview.


READ full statement here.

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