New Philippines Tax Chief Says She'll Collect Marcos Estate Tax, Estimated Over $3 Billion
- Incoming tax chief was advised to leave the issue to court
- She will tell Marcos, who appointed her, to be a ‘role model’
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The Philippines’ incoming tax agency chief said she will collect the estate tax due from the family of President-elect Ferdinand Marcos Jr., taking on an issue that has hounded the next leader.
The Bureau of Internal Revenue will carry out its mandate to collect, if the amount is “final and executory,” tax chief-designate Lilia Guillermo said in an interview with ABS-CBN News Channel Wednesday.