Saigon Securities Inc (SSI) is the only securities company among the top 100 leading corporate taxpayers in 2016.

The General Department of Taxation recently announced the leading 1,000 corporate taxpayers of last year, with SSI ranking in 60th place.

According to statistics from the General Department of Taxation, the total tax paid by the 1,000 largest corporate income taxpayers in Viet Nam was VND90 trillion (US$4 million), a year-on-year increase of 11.87 per cent.

Last year was a successful year for SSI as it maintained the leading position in the security brokerage sector with a market share of 13.69 per cent at the HCM Stock Exchange (HSX) and 11.03 per cent at the Ha Noi Stock Exchange (HNX).

SSI also achieved revenue of VND2.2 trillion, up 66 per cent by the end of last year.

Its after-tax profit reached VND877 billion, the highest in SSI’s 18 years of operation and also the highest among securities companies last year, the thoibaotaichinhvietnam.vn quoted a SSI representative.

SSI is one of the first private securities companies, operating in Viet Nam since 1999. The company has chartered capital of more than VND4.9 trillion as of January this year. — VNS