Bohol resort opens 2 hours after BIR shutdown due to tax delinquency

PANGLAO, Bohol - Less than two hours after it was ordered close by the Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR), a high-end resort here was back in business. The 400-room Bohol Hennan Resort on Alona Beach in Panglao resumed operations after paying its tax obligation to BIR. The closure sign, which was put up by BIR on the entrance of the resort's convention center, had been taken down, said Henan legal counsel Alan Siu. He explained that there was no tax delinquency on the part of the hotel but only a delay in the payment with BIR. He declined to disclose the amount paid to BIR. Eduard Pagulayan, BIR director for Central Visayas, implemented a closure order on Hennan past 11 a.m....

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