BIR commissioner Kim Henares goes after X-Factor Israel winner Rose Fostanes

Cristina Malonzo-Balane

<div><img src='' alt='012114-BIR_Main.jpg' align='left' border='0' height='290' width='305'>Rose “Osang” Fostanes is being eyed by the Bureau of Internal Revenue to pay her taxes after her being declared<i> X-Factor Israe</i>l’s first ever winner.</div><div><br/></div><div>Commissioner Kim Henares explained why the BIR will be going after Osang. “<i>Ang batas ng Pilipinas ay pareho sa Amerika kung ikaw ay</i> Filipino citizen. <i>Hindi naman siya nag-</i>apply <i>ng</i> permanent residency abroad <i>no.</i>”</div><div><br/></div><div>TV Patrol reporter Marie Lozano explained that as a caregiver Osang is exempted from paying tax if she is registered with the Overseas Workers Welfare Administration, also known as OWWA. </div><div><br/></div><div>Commissioner Henares confirmed this. “You’re taxed globally. <i>Lahat ng</i> income <i>niyo ay tina</i>-tax <i>sa Pilipinas. Ang may</i> exception <i>lang ho dito ay yung</i> overseas Filipino worker. <i>Kung magkakaroon ho kayo ng </i>other income, taxable <i>ho kayo o kaya nanalo ho kayo sa </i>contest, taxable <i>ho yan.</i>”</div><div><br/></div><div>Another exception will be if she pays all of her dues in Israel and in such case, <i>“ideklara din niya kung magkano yung binayad niya sa</i> Israel <i>at ibigay niya sa amin yung</i> documentation.”</div><div><br/></div><div>Osang’s family, however, balked at the idea that Henares was already after Osang barely a week after she won. Osang’s sister Gina Camposana said, “<i>Sana wag niyo munang kaltasan kasi pinoy </i>talent <i>yun e. Hindi pa ba kayo natutuwa kumbaga yun na yung</i> representative <i>natin ng</i> <i>Pilipinas. Nakilala nga yung Pilipinas e. Si</i> Manny Pacquiao <i>kasi marami na talaga siyang</i> income<i> e marami na siyang kita.”</i> </div><div><br/></div><div>But once more, Henares had an explanation to this. <i>“Kung lalo ho kayong sikat, lalo hong nalalaman ng mga tao kung magkano ang kinikita niyo, </i>so <i>mas kailangan niyong sumunod at magbayad ng tama.”</i></div><div><br/></div>

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