What we do
Full-service assurance, tax, and advisory.
From statutory audit to strategic advisory, our engagements are built on rigor, ethics, and a genuine understanding of your business.
Audit & Assurance
- Financial statements audit
- Internal audit
- Review of historical financial statements
- Review of prospective financial statements
Tax Services
- Tax assessment
- Tax compliance health check
- Tax due diligence
- Tax opinions and rulings
- Tax planning and structuring
- Estate and donor’s tax compliance
Accounting Services
- Bookkeeping
- Compilation of financial statements
- Account reconciliations
- Internal accounting
Advisory & Business Consultancy
- Business policy making
- Financial due diligence
- Risk management
- Strategic management
Corporate Services
- Business registration
- Corporate structuring
- Corporate secretarial
- Payroll processing and compliance
Other Services
- Agreed-upon procedures
- Company profiling & loan application assistance
- Estate planning · Retirement planning and funding
- Contract review · Collection services
- Real estate services and other allied services
Who we serve
Industries we serve.
The reporting framework, the controls, and the regulator differ by sector. Our engagements cover twelve.
Beyond Tacloban City
Engagements run from wherever you are.
Clients elsewhere in Eastern Visayas, in Metro Manila and in other regions work with us without travelling to our office.
Documents turned over online
Records, schedules and supporting documents are exchanged through shared online folders, and reports are delivered the same way.
Meetings by video call
Planning, status and closing meetings are held by video call. Visits are scheduled where the work requires them, such as an inventory count.
Electronic filing
Returns and reports are filed through the online systems of the BIR, the SEC and the other agencies that accept them.
Our Partners
Led by credentialed professionals.
Four partners with national distinctions, international practice, and deep roots in the academe.
Placed 2nd in the May 2018 CPA licensure examination. Trained in assurance and taxation at one of the largest professional services firms in the world before returning to Region VIII, and has since audited MSMEs through to large corporations. Assists taxpayers through BIR audits and assessments. Teaches audit, assurance, and taxation, and authored a CPA reviewer book on auditing.
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Audit and Professional Practice Director at one of the world’s Top 4 professional services firms, serving in its London, New York, and Philippine offices. Sat three consecutive terms on the Audit and Assurance Standards Council, served as National President of PICPA for FY 22-23, and sits on the council of the ASEAN Federation of Accountants. Led Saint Paul School of Professional Studies as President for more than a decade.
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Placed 1st in the May 2018 CPA licensure examination and 10th in the December 2023 Bar. Practice centres on tax compliance and health checks, assistance with tax audits, corporate structuring, and tariff and customs compliance. Began his career as a risk and compliance officer, internal auditor, and data privacy officer. Lectures on taxation and commercial law and reviews for the CPA board examinations.
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More than half a decade in the public practice of accountancy, auditing MSMEs and large corporations across retail and trade, educational institutions, non-profits, importation, and services. Began as an audit associate at a Manila firm. Works in full-cycle accounting and financial reporting with variance and ratio analysis. School accountant and part-time lecturer at SPSPS, and treasurer of PICPA–Tacloban Chapter.
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2nd Floor, Rubber Tree Building, Brgy. 77, 611 BLISS – Fatima Diversion Road, Tacloban City, Philippines 6500
Suite 302, F. Mendoza Complex, Sto. Niño St., Brgy. 28, Tacloban City 6500
0995 398 9482
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News & Announcements.
Firm updates, regulatory developments, and advisories from Alcala Abellar Chan & Co., CPAs.
RMC No. 110 - 2026 — Accreditation for E-Invoicing Service Providers
“Prescribing the Accreditation, Technical, Operational, Security, Data Governance, Institutional, Legal, and Continuing Compliance Requirements for Electronic Invoicing Solutions of Electronic Invoicing Service Providers (ESPs)”
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CDA MC No. 2026-14
Guidelines for the Institutionalization of Youth Representation in Cooperatives
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RMC No. 100-2026 — Temporary Suspension of Excise Tax on Specific Petroleum Products
Circularizing Executive Order No. 125, Series of 2026, Entitled "Temporarily Suspending the Excise Taxes on Specific Petroleum Products Pursuant to Section 148 of Republic Act No. 8424, or the National Internal Revenue Code of 1997, as Amended"
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RMC No. 98-2026 — Policies and Guidelines on the Issuance of Electronic Invoice
Prescribing Policies and Guidelines on the Issuance of Electronic Invoice under Revenue Regulations (RR) No. 8-2022 and RR No. 11-2025, as Amended by RR No. 26-2025
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SEC MC No. 26, Series of 2026
Amendments to SEC Accreditation Guidelines of Auditing Firms and External Auditors
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SC Abandons Aznar v. CTA in the Case of Mcdonald's Philippines Realty Corporation v. CTA
The Supreme Court expressly abandoned it previous ruling in Aznar v. CTA in the case of Mcdonald’s Philippines Realty Corporation v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue (G.R. No. 247737, August 8, 2023)
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RMC 97 - 2026
Circularizing Energy Regulatory Commission Resolution No. 26, Series of 2026, Declaring the System Loss Charge as a Government-Mandated Pass-Through Cost Not Forming Part of the Gross Sales of Generation Companies, National Grid Corporation of the Philippines, and Distribution Utilities for Value-Added Tax Purposes, and Further Amending Revenue Memorandum Circular No. 116-2024
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SEC MC No. 24, Series of 2026 — mandatory use of the Online Application for Registration Statements (OARS)
The Securities and Exchange Commission now requires every application for an initial public offering, follow-on offering, direct public offering or first-tranche shelf registration to be filed electronically through the Online Application for Registration Statements (OARS), with an active eSECURE account as the way in. The Circular took effect immediately upon issuance.
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BIR RMO No. 22-2026 — the consolidated and revised BIR Audit Program
The Bureau has folded every audit programme into a single framework: generally one electronic Letter of Authority per taxpayer, per taxable year, covering all internal revenue taxes, with risk-based and anonymised case selection. It took effect on issuance, 24 August 2026.
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