By: Atty. Euney Marie Mata-Perez on May 21,2020 The huge impact of the coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) pandemic on the health and mobility of our people, as well as on our businesses and economy as a whole, is beyond what we all thought. The enhanced community quarantine (ECQ) imposed in mid-March has been extended, albeit […]
Dear Valued Clients and Friends, We are sending to you a copy of Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) Labor Advisory No. 18 dated May 18, 2020, providing for the guidelines on the cost of Covid-19 prevention and control measures. The employer shall shoulder the cost of Covid-19 prevention and control measures such as, but […]
Dear Valued Clients and Friends, We are sending to you a copy of Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) Labor Advisory No. 17 dated May 18, 2020, providing for the guidelines on employment preservation upon resumption of business operation. The DOLE encourages employers to adopt work-from-home or implement a telecommuting arrangement. The employers may also […]
Dear Valued Clients and Friends, We are sending to you a copy of Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) Revenue Memorandum Circular (RMC) No. 47-2020 dated May 11, 2020, prescribing for the guidelines on temporary measures adopted by taxpayers relative to the receipting/invoicing requirements during the Enhanced Community Quarantine (ECQ), in relation to the implementation of […]
By: Atty. Mark Anthony Tamayo on May 14,2020 One significant trade facilitation measure in customs clearance procedure and formalities was the adoption of the Revised Kyoto Convention (RKC) provisions relating to provisional or incomplete goods declaration (PGD) in the Customs Modernization and Tariff Act (CMTA). To implement these provisions, the Bureau of Customs (BoC) recently […]