The Marcos family “had no chance” to respond to the P203-billion estate tax case when it was in court because they were in exile in Hawaii.
The Supreme Court, in its 1997 ruling on the case, noted that the Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) issued around 30 notices of levy to “satisfy” the estate tax and deficiency income taxes on the properties of the Marcoses.
Marcos was already serving his term as congressman of Ilocos Norte’s second district in 1993 when the notices were served.
In his recent interview with actress and television host Toni Gonzaga, President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. claimed that his family was “never allowed to argue” on the P203-billion real estate tax case because they were in exile in Hawaii when the case was in court.
This is false.
When Gonzaga asked Marcos Jr. about his thoughts on the real estate tax issue, he said:
“Well, we are actually encouraging that this finally be resolved because I don’t want to make a legal opinion for which I am not qualified. But rather to say that we were never allowed to argue because when this case came out we were all in the United States. So when it was the time for us to answer, we had no chance to answer because we were nakakulong (detained) in Hickam Air Force Base.”
Source: Toni Gonzaga Studio YouTube channel, An Exclusive Interview with President Ferdinand Bongbong Marcos Jr. | Toni Talks, Sept. 13, 2022, watch from 37:54 to 38:57
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