The Department of Justice will subpoena national artist Carlo J. Caparas for the tax evasion case filed against him by the Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR).
The subpoena, according to radio reports, has already been prepared.
Caparas was also ordered to file a counter affidavit for his appearance on December 2. He will attend the preliminary investigation on the case.
The BIR earlier filed 64 criminal charges against the national artist for violating the Tax Code of the Philippines and for not paying almost P540 million worth of taxes.
Carlo J. Caparas, is a Filipino comic strip creator/writer-turned director and producer, who is best known for creating Filipino superheroes and comic book characters such as Panday, Bakekang, Totoy Bato, Joaquin Bordado, Kamagong, Kamandag, Elias Paniki, Angela Markado, and Tasya Fantasya, and Gagambino, amongst others.
(Sunnex)
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