The Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) has recently released their annual list of Top 500 Individual Taxpayers. This list includes prominent names coming from different industries and based on this we compiled our own list of the twelve highest-earning IT executives in the country.
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Author’s note: Estimated annual compensation is based on computed taxable income derived from income tax paid to the BIR in the years 2010-2012. In this list, we included executives that work for IT-related, BPO and the general tech sector.
Manuel V. Pangilinan
Chairman of PLDT-Smart
Chairman of ABC Development Corporation (TV5)
Regular income tax paid: Php26 million
Est. annual taxable income: Php81.23 million
Position on BIR’s list: 4th
Orlando B. Vea
Co-founder, Chief Wireless Adviser of SMART Communications
President and CEO of Sun Cellular
Regular income tax paid: Php16.25 million
Est. annual taxable income: Php50.78 million
Position on BIR’s list: 16th
Ray C. Espinosa
President and CEO of MediaQuest Holdings, Inc.
Regular income tax paid: Php14.48 million
Est. annual taxable income: Php45.26 million
Position on BIR’s list: 20th
Rolando G. Pena
Head – Customer Service Assurance Group at SMART/PLDT
Regular income tax paid: Php10.74 million
Est. annual taxable income: Php33.56 million
Position on BIR’s list: 36th
Ernest Lawrence L. Cu
CEO and President of Globe Telecom
Regular income tax paid: Php9.40 million
Est. annual taxable income: Php29.43 million
Position on BIR’s list: not included in latest list (2011). Placed 128th in 2010.
Eric Ramon O. Recto
Chairman of ISM Communications Corp.
Regular income tax paid: Php9.15 million
Est. annual taxable income: Php28.60 million
Position on BIR’s list: 61st
Richard A. Cohen
Vice President, Asia Factory Operations at Maxim Integrated Products
Regular income tax paid: Php8.63 million
Est. annual taxable income: Php26.97 million
Position on BIR’s list: 74th
Richard V. Bledsoe Jr
Executive Vice President International Sales at TeleTech
Regular income tax paid: Php8.58 million
Est. annual taxable income: Php26.81 million
Position on BIR’s list: 76th
Menardo G. Jimenez Jr
Senior Vice President of PLDT
Regular income tax paid: Php8.52 million
Est. annual taxable income: Php26.62 million
Position on BIR’s list: 77th
Tracey Joy Harrison
Senior Executive at Accenture
Regular income tax paid: Php8.01 million
Est. annual taxable income: Php25.04 million
Position on BIR’s list: 94th
Napoleon L. Nazareno
President and CEO of SMART Communications
Regular income tax paid: Php7.95 million
Est. annual taxable income: Php24.86 million
Position on BIR’s list: 96th
George N. Lim
Senior Vice President of PLDT
Regular income tax paid: Php7.72 million
Est. annual taxable income: Php24.13 million
Position on BIR’s list: 100th
We’d like to clarify that figures above are all based on BIR’s 2010-2011 report on taxes paid. Income derived from other sources (like sale of shares of stocks, real property and dividends) are not included.
* MVP’s income also includes Meralco and Philex Mining Corporation.
* This is not a definitive list. List does not include IT executives where 100% of taxable income is already withheld by their respective companies.
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