DOJ, SolGen should settle disputes among gov’t agencies – SC

MANILA, Philippines — All disputes, claims, and controversies, including tax assessments among executive agencies, should be submitted to administrative settlement by the Department of Justice (DOJ) or the Office of the Solicitor General, the Supreme Court said.

The SC’s Third Division, through Associate Justice Maria Filomena D. Singh, dismissed the petition for review filed by the Department of Energy (DOE), which seeks the reversal of the Nov. 4, 2021 ruling of the Court of Tax Appeals (CTA) denying its plea to set aside the warrants of distraint and/or levy and garnishment issued by the Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR).

The dispute stemmed from the BIR’s 2018 demand for t…

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