Bawal ba ipapatong sa tindera ang presyo sa resibo para ibenta sa iba? Labag ba sa batas

Dups Abra
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Yung friend ko po kasi is a a freelancer of buy and sell. Bumibile sya ng mga items from a store. Then he was asking sa tindera kung pwedeng mag markup ng price sa resibo (sales invoice) kase ibebenta rin ng friend ko yung item na nabili niya. And yung tindahan always agreed. Ang question ko is, sa part po ba ng tindahan ay nagkaroon ng labag sa batas na kung tawagin ay “falsification”?.


Maraming salamat po.

 

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Adelaimar C Arias-Jose
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Teka, ha, hindi ko gaanong maintindihan ang iyong kuwento. May kaibigan ka, kamo? Nagba-buy and sell siya ng mga items. Binibili niya ito mula sa isang tindahan, tapos, ibinebenta niya ito sa iba?

Ngayon, nag-issue ng official receipt ang tindahan pero naki-usap ang friend mo na baguhin ang nakalagay na presyo ng items sa official receipt? To make it appear na mas mahal ang pagkaka-bili niya dito?

From the point of view of tax law, ang official receipt kasi ay basis ng taxable income ng isang tindahan. So, parang hindi ako makapaniwala na papayag ang isang tindahan na sa official receipt nila, papayag silang palabasin na mas mahal nila naibenta ang isang item. Kasi, mas malaki ang tax na babayaran nila kapag lumabas na mas malaki ang mga sales nila.

That's what does not make sense to me.

And also, from the description, it does not look like your friend is doing something legal. Kasi, wala namang pipigil sa kanya na patungan ang presyo ng mga items na kanyang ibebenta, pero, para pataasin ang presyo ng mga items para ang nakalagay sa resibo ay mas mataas na selling price, well, parang medyo illegal ang gawaing ito.

Parang procurement officer ang friend mo at kinokontsaba niya ang tindahan na supplier nila ng goods na i-overprice ang mga items para kumita sila ng mas malaki. Kasi, iyong end-buyer, babayad ng mas malaki para sa mga items.

Sorry, if I am right, that is highly illegal. Kung maaalala ninyo ang tinatawag na fertilizer fund scam, ganoon ang nangyari. Bumili ang mga kawani ng gobyerno ng fertilizer para ipamahagi sa mga magsasaka, overpriced ang mga fertilizer ang nakinabang ay hindi ang mga farmer (wala namang nakarating na mga fertilizer sa kanila) kahit na binayaran na ito ng gobyerno. Ang nakinabang ay iyong nagbenta ng fertilizer sa gobyerno.

I think your friend should get himself a lawyer.
Dups Abra
is a none in the Philippines
Thanks po Atty Bimbi.

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