Reimbursement From Her Co-Administratrix, Florencia Piccio Vda. de Yusay For The Latter'S Corresponding Tax Liability."

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LILIA YUSAY GONZALES, as Judicial Co-Administratrix of the Intestate Estate HELD: NO. NO GAOD.

NO GAOD. CTA acquired jurisdiction to review the assessment of


of the late MATIAS YUSAY vs. THE COURT OF TAX APPEALS (CTA) and CIR respondent CIR when petitioner, herself, initiated the CTA Case.

In 1980, petitioner filed before the CTA a petition for review of the CTA rendered a decision favorable to petitioner which CIR appealed to this
assessment of CIR of the estate and inheritance taxes of the estate of the late Court. The decision of this Court reversed and set aside the decision of the
Matias Yusay on the ground for prescription. After hearing, CTA rendered CTA and entered a new one affirming the assessment of the CIR.
judgement holding that the assesment had prescribed, and reversing the
It is crystal clear, therefore, that what is ordered executed by CTA is the
decision of the CIR. Upon appeal to the SC, the CIR decision was upheld and
judgment of this Court in G.R. No. L-19495. It is but proper that when the
CTA decision reversed.
record of the CTA Case was returned to CTA, it must in a ministerial manner
“intestate estate of Matias Yusay is hereby ordered to pay the sum of enforce the judgment as rendered by this Court 'm G.R. No. L-19495. Under
P16,246.04 and P39,178.12 as estate and inheritance taxes, taxes Section 8 of Rule 39 of the Rules of Court, the writ of execution must issue in
respectively, plus interest and surcharge -for delinquency in accordance the name of the Republic of the Philippines from the court in which the
with Section 101 of the National Revenue, WITHOUT PREJUDICE TO judgment or order is entered.
REIMBURSEMENT FROM HER CO-ADMINISTRATRIX, FLORENCIA PICCIO
VDA. DE YUSAY FOR THE LATTER'S CORRESPONDING TAX LIABILITY.” When this Court ordered "petitioner Lilia Yusay Gonzales in G.R. No. L-
19495 to pay the estate and inheritance taxes without prejudice to
Petitioner filed an MR praying that the decision be amended so that the
reimbursement from her administratrix Florencia P. Vda. de Yusay, for the
liability for the estate and inheritance taxes to be paid be alloted as 1/3 to to
latter's corresponding tax liability, it did so, realizing that the properties of
petitioner and 2/3 to administratrix Florencia P. Vda. de Yusay.
the estate have already- been distributed to the heirs (1/3 to petitioner and
However, SC ruled that when petitioner represented her co-administratrix 2/3 to Florencia P. Vda. de Yusay) as the amended project of partition in the
and the whole estate of Matias Yusay in the CTA Case, she risked being intestate case was affirmed by this Court in G.R. No. L-11378.
ordered to pay the whole assessment, should the assessment be sustained.
Petitioner, herself, filed a motion to declare Special Proceedings No. 459 in
Petitioner was estopped from denying liability for the whole tax. As the Court of First Instance of Iloilo, regarding the intestate estate of Matias
administratrix, petitioner is liable for the entire inheritance tax although her Yusay, closed.
liability would not exceed the amount of her share in the estate. The entire
This Court in the resolution dated April 24, 1967, in G.R. No. L-19495, declared
inheritance tax which amounts to P39,178.12 excluding penalties is obviously
that petitioner is liable personally for the taxes imposed limited only by the
much less than her distributive share.
value of the properties she received from the estate.
When it became final, respondent CIR filed a Motion for Execution before
For Us now to rule that the proper procedure would be for the decision of
CTA. Petitioner filed an opposition, contending that it should be the CFI of
this Court in G.R. No. L-19495 to be filed in Special Proceedings No. 459 of the
Iloilo before which Special Proceedings (Intestate Estate of the late Matias
Court of First Instance of Iloilo as a money claim is not only too late, but also
Yusay) was pending that should enforce the decision, and not the Court of
impractical circuitous, and a cumbersome procedure that would lead to
Tax Appeals. But still, CTA granted the writ of execution.
further delay in the enforcement of the judgment in this case which is for
ISSUE: WON CTA committed a grave abuse of discretion tantamount to lack tax liability.
of jurisdiction when it ordered the execution of the decision of this Court in
We cannot ignore that there has been a delay of about 29 years in the
G.R. No. L-19495.
payment of these taxes.

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