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On August 26, 2008, the Supreme Court of the Philippines in a 27-page judgment by the 3rd Division, upheld the tax evasion case against Santos. The high court directed the Philippine Court of Tax Appeals to proceed with the tax lawsuit. The Bureau of Internal Revenue probe showed Santos incurred a P 2.714-million tax deficiency in 2002. According to the BIR, she only stated about 8.033 million pesos in earnings in 2002, despite earning almost 16.3 million pesos in talents fees from her projects in ABS-CBN, Viva Productions, Star Cinema and commercial endorsements.
In 2008, Santos took a crash course in International Cuisine in Chiang Mai, Thailand. She graduated with distinction from the Center for Asian Culinary Arts Studies, studying under Chef Gene Gonzalez. She was awarded a silver medal for "Basic Skills in Cooking" and a gold medal for "Advanced Skills" at the Center for Asian Culinary Studies in San Juan, Metro Manila. She took and passed the exam for TESDA National Certification awarded on July 6, 2009 receiving a Certificate of Competency from TESDA. Since Spring 2006 she has owned and run Kaffe Carabana, a bar/restaurant in Quezon City.
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