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MANILA, Philippines – The queen of all media – just one of her many titles – is no longer the Philippines’ top individual taxpayer.
Mercury Drug president Vivian Que Azcona dislodged actress and TV host Kris Aquino or Kristina Bernadette Cojuangco Aquino from the No. 1 spot on the Bureau of Internal Revenue’s (BIR) 2012 “Top 500 Individual Taxpayers” list.
Read: Kris Aquino is top PH taxpayer for 2011
The BIR released the list on Monday, October 14.
Que Azcona paid P131.43 million in regular income tax in 2012.
Following her was comedian and TV host Willie Revillame, or Wilfredo Buendia Revillame in real life, with P63.9 million tax paid.
Revillame was the top celebrity taxpayer in 2012 as Aquino fell 5 notches to 6th place, with P44.93 million tax paid.
Que Azcona paid higher tax than Henry Sy, the richest Filipino according to Forbes Magazine’s 2013 “Philippines’ 50 Richest” list.
Sy, owner of the country’s largest mall developer and bank, turned in P16.4 million in income tax last year, landing him the 74th spot on the BIR list.
Que Azcona’s family owns Mercury Drug, the country’s biggest drug store chain. She ranked 19th richest on the Forbes list. – Shadz Loresco, Rappler.com
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