Why You Should Set-up an Accounting System for your Business
Let’s accept it. Many entrepreneurs hate numbers. Often, they create business because they are passionate about their business ideas. Others see areas where innovation is needed and grab the opportunity to fill up the void. However, having a novel idea or a specialized skill is…
How to Handle BIR Tax Audit
The country’s tax system works on the principle of voluntary compliance, wherein the taxpayer is responsible for determining which taxes to be paid, when to pay them, and how to comply with the reportorial requirements. The government, for its part, adapts a check-and-balance system,…
Ordinary Stock Corporation VS. One Person Corporation: Which is Better?
More Filipinos are venturing into entrepreneurship. At the time of crisis, our creativity and ingenuity have been unleashed allowing us to provide products and services that can help address the gap and the call of times. Operating our business within the bounds of the law…
Why MSMEs should avail of bank financing under the Credit Surety Fund
It is challenging for a cash-strapped business enterprise to survive in this hostile business climate. Many companies resorted to workforce reduction or shortened operations to keep them afloat. Others had to close its door entirely to save the company’s remaining assets. Without the infusion of…
RMC 29-2021: The (e) Sign of Time
We have observed the significant transformation of the Bureau of Internal Revenue’s (BIR) tax filing and payment system to address the unexpected changes brought about by the COVID – 19 pandemic. The bureau has practically made all tax transactions done electronically, including the use of…
How to File and Process VAT Refund or Tax Credit Claim
The extended lockdown has severely affected our economy. We are forced to stay at home, and businesses are struggling to keep their operations going. This crisis has taught us and made us realize how every peso counts. Business owners welcome with much relief the issuance…
5 Reasons Why Should You Register as a “One-Person Corporation (OPC)”
The Revised Corporation Code (RCC) presented the One-Person Corporation concept to answer business owners’ needs and make doing business in the country easy. The OPC is an organization with a single shareholder. It allows business owners to register a corporation without looking for five incorporators…
How will the CREATE Law affect Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises?
The RA No. 11534 or the Corporate Recovery and Tax Incentives for Enterprises (CREATE) Act was signed into law by President Rodrigo Duterte to cushion the economic impact of the pandemic to the business sector, primarily the micro, small and medium enterprises. The new bill…
Basics of Tax Compliance for Freelancers and Online Sellers
The extended lockdown imposed in the Philippines has made “work-from-home” a household name. The ease and convenience of working from home without the daily commute and the flexibility to take care of one’s children while working are what lured most Filipinos to become digital workers….
Graduated Income Tax Rate with Optional Standard Deduction (OSD) or 8% Income Tax Rate: Which one is Better for Small Business Owners
The Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) allows business owners and professionals to choose either the Graduated Tax Rates with OSD or the 8% Tax Rate in computing for their income tax. This simplified way of tax computation makes filing and paying taxes easy. Now, small…
