BIR files P1 billion tax evasion case vs Guo

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June 11, 2026 | 11:07pm

MANILA, Philippines — The Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) has lodged a criminal complaint before the Department of Justice (DOJ) against dismissed Bamban, Tarlac mayor Alice Guo over alleged tax deficiencies exceeding P1 billion.

Guo, serving life imprisonment for human trafficking, was charged for alleged tax evasion and failure to file Annual Income Tax Returns from 2019 to 2023, with an estimated income tax deficiency of more than P1.008 billion, inclusive of surcharges and interest.

“These cases are about accountability and fairness, holding violators answerable under the law, while protecting the millions of taxpayers and businesses who comply and pay the correct taxes due,” Commissioner Charlito Martin Mendoza said.

The Guo case is the largest of the five criminal tax cases filed by the BIR yesterday, which together amount to more than P1.46 billion in estimated deficiencies.

The investigation stemmed from the former official’s testimony at a Senate hearing in May 2024 on a raid of a Philippine offshore gaming operator compound in Bamban, where she admitted owning multiple properties, vehicles and corporate interests.

Revenue investigators later traced assets and transactions linked to Guo — including real estate, motor vehicles, a helicopter, bank dealings, shares of stock and other acquisitions.

Authorities said records showed she failed to file returns for five straight years despite hefty spending, acquisitions and financial transactions at the time.

“Using the expenditure method to reconstruct income, the BIR evaluated the available records and found that the submitted documents were insufficient to explain the magnitude of the expenditures and transactions identified during the investigation,” the BIR said.

At the same time, the BIR likewise filed complaints against Clint Anthony Vinco and Zestar Food Corp., through president Yiling Huang and treasurer Xiazhen Guo, and nine other respondents after enforcement agents intercepted 574,980 packs of unstamped cigarettes in Antique.

The estimated excise tax deficiency was pegged at P418.38 million for 2025.

Separately, the agency charged Bellagio Phil. Amusement Inc., together with president Roberto Capambe Reyes and treasurer Gerardo Capambi Reyes, for more than P32.27 million in unpaid assessments for 2019.

Authorities also charged AJAF Limsart Corp., together with its president Ferdinand Grande Trasmil and treasurer Aileen Libre Trasmil, for willful failure to pay assessed taxes in the same taxable year of more than P5.95 million.

Another case was lodged against Joana Marie Chan Saludaga for failure to pay assessed taxes for the taxable year 2017, totaling more than P3.58 million.

The five new filings were on top of the 135 Run After Tax Evaders cases filed before the DOJ in the first five months of 2026.