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By: Atty. Sarah T. Ganto on October 19,2023 Quo warranto is a remedy to assail an illegal intrusion into a public office or position (not a private one).  It is also the proper remedy when the State questions the existence of a de facto corporation or the unlawful exercise of...

By: Atty. Cara Angela N. Flores on October 12,2023 Under Section 30(E) of the Tax Code, nonstock corporation or association organized and operated exclusively for religious, charitable, scientific, athletic, or cultural purposes, or for the rehabilitation of veterans are exempt from income tax as long as no part of its...

By: Atty. Euney Marie J. Mata-Perez on October 5,2023. Recently, the Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) issued Revenue Regulations No. 11-2023 (the “Regulation”) dated September 14, 2023, which prescribes the use of electronic mail (e-mail) and electronic signature as additional mode of service of Warrants of Garnishment (WGs). The Regulation...

By: Atty. Xela Leona D. Laqui on September 21,2023 Republic Act (RA) No. 11956 was passed amending RA No. 11213, the Estate Tax Amnesty Act, to extend the period to avail the estate amnesty tax for another two years or until June 14, 2025. Significantly, it also expanded the coverage...

By: Atty. Euney Marie Mata-Perez on September 14,2023 I was just inducted as a member of NOWCD, the NextGen Organization of Women Corporate Directors,  the Philippine chapter of Women Corporate Directors International. Incorporated on September 24, 2021, NOWCD seeks to bring together a trusted community of experienced and engaged directors...

By Euney Marie Mata-Perez on September 7,2023 Republic Act (RA) No. 11954  established the Maharlika Investment Fund (MIF) to strengthen the investment activities of the country’s top-performing government financial institutions and promote economic growth and social development. It was established consistent with laudable State policy to generate, preserve and grow...

By Euney Marie Mata-Perez on August 24, 2023 THE amendments to the National Internal Revenue Code of 1997 (Tax Code), introduced by Republic Act (RA) 11534 (Create) and by RA 10963, or the “Tax Reform for Acceleration and Inclusion” (Train), particularly on the imposition of value-added tax (VAT) on indirect...

By: Atty. Euney Marie Mata-Perez on August 17,2023 IMPROVING board diversity is increasingly seen as contributing to good corporate governance, and its promotion has attracted good governance advocates as well as regulators. There had been studies that suggested that corporate boards structured along demographic diversity, such as gender, age, ethnicity,...

By Euney Marie Mata-Perez on August 3,2023. I WAS invited by the Tax Accountancy Association Union of Chinese Taipei (Taauct) to speak during its Corporate Integrity and Sustainable Development Asia Regional Seminar recently held in Taiwan. Deputy ministers from the Ministry of Finance and Ministry of Justice were guest speakers,...