investigate POGOs<\/a><\/em><\/strong> for tax debts, a software developer has blown the whistle on an alleged scam to run parallel books.<\/p>\n\n\n\nAccording to the Manila Bulletin, an unnamed whistleblower has claimed she was hired by a POGO to build a separate application that would allow it to report lower revenue.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
She reportedly claims she was asked to create the app to allow the POGO to pay a reduced amount of franchise tax. POGOs are supposed to pay a franchise tax that amounts to 5 per cent of annual gross receipts, shared by the Philippine Amusement and Gaming Corporation (PAGCOR) and the Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR)<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The software developer says the app allowed the POGO in question keeps two parallel books of accounts. She claims some PAGCOR auditors knew about the scam.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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