SC blocks P3.58-B tax collection vs Robinsons Convenience Stores

THE Supreme Court (SC) has ruled in favor of Robinsons Convenience Stores, Inc., dismissing a petition by the Commissioner of Internal Revenue (CIR) and barring the government from collecting P3.58 billion in alleged deficiency taxes for the 2010 taxable year.

- — Erika Mae P. Sinaking

In a decision promulgated on Aug, 27, 2025, and made public on Jan. 8, the high court’s Third Division found no grave abuse of discretion on the part of the Court of Tax Appeals (CTA), which had earlier halted the Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) from enforcing collection measures against the retailer.

The SC said the tax assessments were void and could no longer be enforced.