KRIS AS TOP TAXPAYER CHEAP 'PRAISE RELEASE'

It’s getting clearer that the news reports about Kris Aquino being the country’s top individual taxpayer is NOTHING MORE THAN A ‘PA-CUTE’ press release.

An inquirer.net story said billionaire and Megaworld real estate empire founder Andrew Tan paid P60.1 million in taxes for all his sources of income for 2011, bigger than Kris’ 49.8 million. .

But lnot only did Tan not find his name on the top taxpayers’ list, he was NOT EVEN ACKNOWLEDGED by the Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) which issued the press release on Kris.

The inquirer.net story said documents furnished to them by Tan;s office showed the following earnings and tax payments:: P518.1 million in cash dividends from his stock holdings, P51.8 million final withholding tax which is excluded from income tax return filing; P22.2 million in salaries from companies he owns and works in, P7 million in income taxes and P3.8 million in director’s and consultant’s fees, P1.2 million in  taxes.

BIR Commissioner Kim Henares had earlier said “only those who filed income tax returns (ITRs) will find themselves on the top 500 list.”

Regardless of whether or not Henares is correct, the point is Tan had POURED MORE MONEY into government coffers than Kris. Even if he can’t be on the top taxpayers’ list, he DESERVES NOTHING LESS than recognition

Kaya ang tanong: BAKIT HINDI ITO BINANGGIT ni Henares sa press release tungkol kay Kris?  HINDI BARYA ang P10 milyong kalamangan ni Tan kay Kris sa binayaran nilang taxes.

At kahit na hindi ako abugado, mangangahas pa rin akong sabihin na wala naman sigurong batas na nagbabawal sa BIR na pumuri sa pinaka-malaking taxpayer kahit na ang bulto ng binayaran nito ay withholding tax.

Anybody correct me if I’m wrong. Withholding tax or not, the bottom line is IT WAS PAID to the government.

I don’t work for Megaworld, let that be for the record. My point is, had he wanted to, Tan could have easily reduced his tax payments with all his resources and experts he could very well afford to tap.

But still, he paid P60 million.

Take note, people, the Kris top taxpayer story came out at a time when PNoy’s government is getting MORE ATTACKS than praises from all sectors OF SOCIETY.

And her CHEAP, VULGAR gimmick of crying in live TV while announcing her resignation from all her TV shows and leaving show business to spare PNoy from her problems was IGNORED by the people.

Maniwala kayo, mga kababayan, hindi dito matatapos ang pagiging gimikera ni Kris. 30