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By Nica Marsha Gasapo on June 30,2022 UNDER the Rules of Court, civil action deemed instituted with a criminal action is only the action to recover civil liability arising from the crime. In a criminal action for tax evasion, such as those filed pursuant to Sections 254 and 255 of...

By Gladys Jane Dela Cruz on June 23,2022 A CORPORATION is a juridical entity. It exists by virtue of law. Its powers are also conferred by law. As a general rule, no corporation should possess or exercise corporate powers other than those expressly conferred by its articles of incorporation (AOI)...

By Gwendolyn Ann Banaria on June 16,2022 IN order to streamline procedures in the processing of goods for transshipment and to delineate the duties and responsibilities of the different offices involved in the clearance of such goods, the Bureau of Customs (BoC) has issued Customs Memorandum Order (CMO) 15-2022 providing...

By: Ellaine Anne Bernardino on June 9,2022 THE right of a taxpayer to due process includes those of being subjected to Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) tax assessment and collection efforts only within the prescriptive period provided by law. The prescription period within which to assess taxes is different from that to...

By: Ramon Vaughn F. Dy III on June 2,2022 REPUBLIC Act (RA) 11765 or the “Financial Products and Services Consumer Protection Act,” which was signed by President Rodrigo Duterte last May 6, 2022, is another legislative milestone for the financial sector. To ensure that offered financial products and services are safe and secure, legislators saw...

By Euney Marie Mata-Perez on May 26, 2022 THE 18th Congress resumed session this week and is expected to adjourn on June 3, 2022. While legislators are understandably busy with the canvassing of votes to enable them to proclaim the winners of the May 9 elections, it is still hoped that, during...

By Aziza Hannah Bacay on May 18, 2022 UNDER our tax laws, an individual taxpayer may be classified as citizen or non-citizen (alien) and as resident or nonresident. Filipino taxpayers who reside in the Philippines are taxable on income earned within and outside the Philippines. Citizens who reside abroad are only taxable...

By Nica Marsha Gasapo on May 12, 2022 The National Internal Revenue Code, as amended (Tax Code), imposes a transaction tax on the sale, barter, exchange or other disposition of shares listed and traded through the local stock exchange (other than the sale by a dealer in securities) at the...

By Ramon Vaughn Dy III on May 5, 2022 From the largest conglomerates to the smallest start-ups, all have at least one thing in common: they are managed by some form of governing body, mostly by a board of directors. With the exception of a one-person corporation, firms have a...