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Practice question: False vs. Fraudulent vs. Non-filed Return

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Practice question

Absent a sufficient presumption, what evidentiary standard does Villanueva’s MAIN guidelines place on the CIR to establish the extraordinary-period requisites?
  1. Clear and convincing evidence
  2. A mere unsupported suspicion
  3. A coin toss
  4. Any anonymous accusation without proof
  5. Proof supplied solely by the size of the auditor’s target

Legal references

  • CIR v Villanueva GR249540 February28,2024 MAIN: https://lawphil.net/judjuris/juri2024/feb2024/gr_249540_2024.html MAIN statutory requisites, strict presumption threshold, due process.
  • NIRC RA8424, Sections203,222–223 and228: https://lawphil.net/statutes/repacts/ra1997/ra_8424_1997.html Sections222(a) and248(B).

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