ACTOR RICHARD R. Gutierrez has denied the allegation of the Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) that he owes the government P38.58 million in tax liabilities. Mr. Gutierrez, who filed his counter-affidavit yesterday before the Department of Justice, told reporters, “As far as I am concerned, my company has filed and paid the proper taxes to the government.” A copy of the counter-affidavit was not given to reporters. Mr. Gutierrez and his company, R Gutz Production Corp. (R Gutz), have been accused by the BIR of two counts of willful attempt to evade payments of income and value added taxes for 2012 as well as deliberate failure to file income tax returns from the second to the fourth quarter of the same year. — Kristine Joy V. Patag

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