Kim Henares

Kim S. Jacinto-Henares (born August 5, 1960) is a Filipino lawyer, accountant, and government official. She previously served as the Commissioner of the Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) from 2010 to 2016 during the administration of former President Benigno Aquino III.

Career Jacinto-Henares has been appointed as the Director of Basic Energy Corporation since December 2024. She also served as director of Reg Tek, Inc. and a Senior International Advisor/Consultant to groups including the Albright Stonebridge Group.

She is a board member of the Tribute Foundation for International Tax Dispute Resolution in The Hague, Netherlands, and a commissioner of the Independent Commission for Reform of International Corporate Taxation. She has served as a member of the UN ESCAP Eminent Expert Group on Tax Policy and Public Expenditure Management (Bangkok, Thailand) and the UN Committee on Experts on International Cooperation in Tax Matters (Geneva, Switzerland).

From 2010 to 2016, Jacinto-Henares was appointed Commissioner of the Bureau of Internal Revenue by then-president Benigno Aquino III. She had previously been Deputy Commissioner for the Special Concerns Group of the Bureau from 2003 to 2005. Before joining the BIR, she also served as Governor of the Board of Investment.

She was vice chairperson of the Ad Hoc Group for Action 15 (Multilateral Instrument to Implement Tax Treaty Related Measures to Tackle BEPS) in Paris, France.

Education Jacinto-Henares earned a Bachelor of Science in Commerce, major in Accounting, at De La Salle University and a Bachelor of Laws at Ateneo de Manila University, graduating with honors.

She completed a Postgraduate Diploma in International Dispute Resolution at Queen Mary University of London.

Awards Jacinto-Henares has received the Civil Service Commission's Lingkod Bayan Award and the Order of Lakandula (Bayani) for her service as a government accountant and lawyer.