This Friday morning, the Australian people waited eagerly for the morning news to come as they wanted to know whether Mr. Shank Kaye Manila got justice or not. The moment news channels proved the innocence of Shank, people smiled as they knew that the tax evasion case which was filed against him was baseless and the government had no evidences that could prove that this man was wrong. BIR – Bureau of Internal Revenue had allegedly accused this man for not paying taxes without knowing the actual facts which were contrary to those declared by the bureau.
As per the BIR’s investigation, shank had failed to respond to the notice which was sent by the bureau officials regarding the tax evasion, which was publically clarified by Mark Aldave, lawyer of the victim.
He sent a report to the reporters in which he had clearly stated that his client learned about this case only through the media and there was no official notice received by him. They were just a victim of trial publicity as the charges were filed with baseless allegations.
The another part of this story was the purchase of a Condomium Unit in One Serendra at the Bonifacio Global City from Kamari Overseas Limited for P14 million in the year 2011. This entire case had risen with a complaint that was filed against Kaye for this so called fraud deal. The authorities stated that while investigating about this entire subject, it was revealed that taxes were not paid by the victim prior to the transfer of the title and the credentials.
Since, Shank had good faith in his previous lawyer; he bought the property without checking all the documents properly and though that the title was free from liens. This blind faith created the trouble which was turned into serious allegations by the investigating teams. Aldave justified this statement with appropriate evidences which later proved genuine and original.
The final statement which proved the justice was that Mr. Shank Kaye, a foreign national without having any legal background, relied on his former lawyer and missed the important step to check the validity of the documents which were associated with the Condomium deal as the Capital Gains and the Document Stamp Tax were already paid with evident receipts. Kaye had no idea that there was something fishy about those credentials which came into highlight only after he tried to sell that property to other party.
Moreover, Mr. Shank Kaye and his lawyer have assured that they will provide their full support to the higher authorities in BIR so that they can immediately catch the true culprit. They will provide all the details which will be needed during the investigation process and make sure that truth gets revealed soon. Apart from this, they have not yet received a subpoena from the DOJ as they are eager to file their counter-affidavit in order to contest the accusations as early as possible.
