MANILA - The Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) filed a P5.32-billion tax evasion case against a jewelry business owner on Thursday.

BIR said the business owner, Erlinda Asedillo, failed to file any income tax return, value-added tax return, or excise tax return from 2000 to 2015.

The tax agency said that after being informed of Asedillo's jewelry business through a source, it found out that she was registered as a "local employee with no declared business venture."

Asedillo did not pay any annual registration fee relating to any business, and was not given a BIR permit to print receipts for any business undertaking, the BIR added.

Tax evasion cases were also filed against Wisdom Venture International Corp. and its president, Joel Co, for failing to report gains from the sale of a property used in business.

A separate case was filed against Omniprime Marketing Inc. and its officials for "underdeclaring" its income in 2009 and 2010. -- Report from Ina Reformina, ABS-CBN News