CIR v Aichi Forging Company of Asia, Inc.; G.R. No. 184823; 06 Oct 2010
FACTS: On 30 September 2004, respondent filed a claim for refund/credit of input VAT for the period 01 July 2002 to 30 September 2002 with the petitioner Commissioner of Internal Revenue. On the same date, respondent filed a Petition for Review with the CTA for the refund/credit of the same input VAT. ISSUE(S): Whether or not respondent’s administrative and judicial claims for tax refund/credit were filed within the two-year prescriptive period. HELD: NO. The administrative and the judicial claims were simultaneously filed on 30 September 2004. Obviously, respondent did not wait for the decision of the CIR or the lapse…