FactCheck: The 11,017 figure that ABS-CBN mentioned includes employees of their broadcast business and other subsidiaries as of December 2019.
A post that was shared on Facebook on Wednesday, May 6, said that ABS-CBN Corporation"may have jacked up the number of its employees" from 4,401 to 11,000.article by reporter Jomar Canlas published on February 26, two days after the Senate hearing on the media giant's franchise expiration.
The article said that based on a letter dated February 21 from Bureau of Internal Revenue Commissioner Caesar Dulay to Solicitor General Jose Calida, the network has only 4,401 employees. This number, according to the report, is based on"BIR form 160-CF," or “Annual Information Return of Income Taxes Withheld on Compensation and Final Withholding Taxes."
The graphic was first shared on May 6 and has since received 917 reactions, 209 comments, and 881 shares as of posting.Responding to the claim that they lied about the number of their employees, ABS-CBN told Rappler that the 11,017 employees they mentioned publicly covers a different time period and scope from the figure in the BIR form cited in the letter to Calida.
The 11,017 that ABS-CBN mentions includes employees – as of December 2019 – of their broadcast business segment and its subsidiaries, which will also be affected if the broadcast business shuts down. This is according to former ABS-CBN corporate services head Mark Nepomuceno, who clarified the number at a February 24When asked about the 4,401 number, ABS-CBN told Rappler that it is from their 2018 BIR form 1604-CF which does not cover all employment types.
The form “Annual Information Return of Income Taxes Withheld on Compensation and Final Withholding Taxes" is 1604-CF, not 160-CF, as reported by
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