Top-earning Filipino celebrities

In the Philippines, the Bureau of Internal Revenue is an attached agency of the Department Of Finance that collects revenue taxes from the people. Annually, BIR announces its top 500 individual tax payers. This list has included celebrities from the entertainment industry which had earned sufficient income to be ranked in the list.

Top Earning Celebrities of 2009

Rank

Name of Celebrity

Occupation

Income Tax Return

1

Willie Revillame

TV Host

₱ 57,248,831.34

2

Sharon Cuneta

Singer, Actress, TV Host

₱ 19,546,807.70

3

Kris Aquino

TV Host, Actress

₱ 12,786,797.52

4

Piolo Pascual

Actor, Singer

₱ 11,509,860.48

5

Marian Rivera

Actress

₱ 10,115,118.10

6

John Lloyd Cruz

Actor

₱ 8,599,032.56

7

Judy Ann Santos

Actress

₱ 8,210,404.89

8

Manny Pacquiao

Athlete

₱ 7,410,221.44

9

Vic Sotto

TV Host, Actor

₱ 6,262,055.70

10

Julius Babao

News Anchor

₱ 5,883,926.84

Reference

Bureau of Internal Revenue 2009