Top Individual and Corporation Taxpayers in the Philippines for 2009 according to BIR

The Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) has released the official names of the top individual and corporate taxpayers for 2009. Topping the list for corporate sector was Smart Communications, headed by Manuel V. Pangilinan with 10,196,063,006.65 tax dues. It was followed by its major competitor, Globe Telecom Inc. with a total of 5,495,357,925.62 tax dues. Refer below for the complete list of top 10 corporation taxpayers based on BIR.

1 SMART COMMUNICATIONS INC. 10,196,063,006.65
2 GLOBE TELECOM, INC. 5,495,357,925.62
3 CHEVRON MALAMPAYA LLC 4,190,839,704.00
4 SAN MIGUEL BREWERY INC. 3,578,806,425.45
5 NESTLE PHILIPPINES INC. 3,549,017,061.30
6 PLDT COMMUNICATIONS AND ENERGY VENTURES, INC. 3,528,254,297.90
7 SHELL PHILIPPINES EXPLORATION, B.V. 3,237,254,905.54
8 MANILA ELECTRIC COMPANY 2,794,389,976.32
9 FORTUNE TOBACCO CORPORATION 1,879,592,762.81
10 SM PRIME HOLDINGS INC. 1,815,183,054.90

In the individual setting, Elaine Gardiola Bautista got it as top tax with a total tax due of 59.5 million tax due. Refer below for the complete list of top individual taxpayers for 2009.

1. GARDIOLA ELAINE BAUTISTA 59.5 Million
2. BANDONG ROSABELLE CLARICIA 57.8 Million
3. REVILLAME WILFREDO BUENDIA 57.2 Million
4. TAPARAN FRANCIS CARLO DABALOS 38.7 Million
5. SOLIMAN RONALDO ROMERO 36.7 Million
6. ANG RAMON SEE 26.4 Million
7. LOPEZ OSCAR MORENO 25.7 Million
8. SY HENRY SR. 25.1 Million
9. EJERCITO CARLOS DE CASTRO 25 Million
10. GUMBOC BONIFACIO JR. DIONES 24.7 Million