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657 People V Tan Boon Kong

Tan Boon Kong, the manager of a corporation engaged in purchasing and selling sugar and other native products, was charged with violating Section 2723 of Act No. 2711 by filing a tax return that underreported the corporation's total gross sales for 1924. The court ruled that as the manager who filed the false return, Tan Boon Kong could be held criminally liable for the corporation's violation of the law, as a corporation can only act through its officers and agents.

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657 People V Tan Boon Kong

Tan Boon Kong, the manager of a corporation engaged in purchasing and selling sugar and other native products, was charged with violating Section 2723 of Act No. 2711 by filing a tax return that underreported the corporation's total gross sales for 1924. The court ruled that as the manager who filed the false return, Tan Boon Kong could be held criminally liable for the corporation's violation of the law, as a corporation can only act through its officers and agents.

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AREEJ

CASE NO. 657


PERSONS LIABLE FOR CRIMINAL PROSECUTION
People v. Tan Boon Kong | 54 Phil. 607 (1930)

FACTS: This is an appeal from an order of the Judge sustaining to


demurrer to an information charging the defendant Tan Boon Kong with
violation of section 2723 of Act No. 2711 (failure to make true return of
receipts and sales) The information reads:

“the said accused, as corporation organized under the laws of the


Philippine Islands and engaged in the purchase and the sale of sugar,
"bayon," coprax, and other native products, did then and there voluntarily,
illegally, and criminally declare in 1924 for the purpose of taxation only
the sum of P2,352,761.94, when the accused well knew that the total gross
sales of said corporation during that year amounted to P2543,303.44”

ISSUE: Whether or not the Tan Boon Kong, as manager of the


corporation, is liable criminally for violation of Section 2723 of Act No.
2711 (failure to make true return of receipts and sales).

RULING: YES. A corporation can act only through its officers and agents,
and where the business itself involves a violation of the law, the correct
rule is that all who participate in it are liable. Here, the information or
complaint alleges that the defendant Tan Boon Kong was the manager of
a corporation which was engaged in business as a merchant, and as such
manager, he made a false return, for purposes of taxation, of the total
amount of sale made by said false return, which constitutes a violation of
law. The defendant, as the author of the illegal act, must necessarily
answer for its consequences, provided that the allegation are
proven.

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