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
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AAC Tax Code.
The National Internal Revenue Code of 1997 as it currently stands — consolidated by the firm to carry the TRAIN Law, the CREATE Act, the Ease of Paying Taxes Act, the VAT on Digital Services Act, CREATE MORE, the CMEPA and the amendatory laws in force to 1 August 2026, with a footnote at every provision naming the law that changed it.
The printed edition runs to 240 pages and carries the same text, footnotes and references as the browser below. Every section here shows the page it sits on in that PDF, so a citation taken from the screen matches the one taken from the book.
TITLE XIII — TAX INCENTIVES › CHAPTER VI. TRANSITORY AND MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS
SEC. 311. Investments Prior to the Effectivity of Republic Act No. 11534
RBEs with incentives granted prior to the effectivity of Republic Act No. 11534 shall be subject to incentives granted in their certificate of registration or certificate of registration and tax exemption, and to the following rules:
(A) Registered business enterprises whose projects or activities were granted only an income tax holiday prior to the effectivity of this Act shall be allowed to continue with the availment of the income tax holiday for the remaining period of the income tax holiday as specified in in the terms and conditions of their registration: Provided, That for those that have been granted the income tax holiday but have not yet availed of the incentive upon the effectivity of this Act, they may use the income tax holiday for the period specified in the terms and conditions of their registration;
(B) RBEs, whose projects or activities were granted an ITH prior to the effectivity of Republic Act No. 11534 and are entitled to the five percent (5%) tax on gross income earned incentive after the ITH, shall be allowed to avail of the five percent (5%) tax on gross income earned incentive based on Subsection (C), including all corresponding exemptions from national taxes, local taxes, and local fees and charges until December 31, 2034;
(C) RBEs currently availing of the five percent (5%) tax on gross income earned granted prior to the effectivity of Republic Act No. 11534 shall be allowed to continue availing of the said tax incentives at the rate of five percent (5%), including all corresponding exemptions from national taxes, local taxes, and local fees and charges until December 31, 2034; and
(D) RBEs availing of duty exemption on importation under Section 294(D), VAT exemption on importation, and VAT zero-rating on local purchases under Section 294(E) prior to the effectivity of Republic Act No. 11534 shall be allowed to continue availing of the said tax incentives until December 31, 2034: Provided, That registered export enterprises shall continue to avail of the said incentives thereafter, in accordance with Title IV of this Code, the provisions of Republic Act No. 10863, otherwise known as the ‘Customs Modernization and Tariff Act’, as amended, and other applicable laws.
Amendment notes
- As amended by sec. 29 of the CREATE MORE Act (Republic Act No. 12066), approved 8 November 2024, which retitled the Section by reference to Republic Act No. 11534, extended the transitory availment periods to 31 December 2034 and added Subsection (D) on duty and value-added tax exemptions. Subsection (A) was not amended and is printed “x x x” in the Act.