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Common services

ACCOUNTING

1. Bookkeeping – AROUND 10K PER MONTH

2. Payroll

3. BIR forms

4. FS preparation

AUDIT

1. Annual audit by CPA

- BIR: for corporations whose gross quarterly sales/receipts exceeds P150,000

- SEC: required annually regardless of income and needed to be stamped received by BIR

Requirements:

a. BOA accreditation

b. BIR accreditation

how to apply for BIR accreditation

2. For Individual Applicants:

a. Certified True Copy of Certificate of Registration with the Board of

Accountancy (BOA) and current license with the Professional Regulations
Commission, if a CPA [Certified True Copy of Professional Regulation Commission (PRC)
Identification Card (ID)], or Attorney's Roll Number and Mandatory Continuing Legal
Education (MCLE) Compliance Number, if a Lawyer;

b. Certificate of Membership in Good Standing with his/her/its PICPA Chapter or

ACCPA (for CPAs) or Integrated Bar of the Philippines (for lawyers);

c. Certificate of Good Moral character issued by two (2) disinterested persons,

who are either member of the BAR or CPA in good standing;
d. If not a Certified Public Accountant:
d.1 Certified copy of transcript of records from the university or college showing
compliance with at least eighteen (18) units in accounting or taxation as
prescribed in Section 4(A)(2).

d.2 Written certification of continuing professional education (CPE) units of at

least six (6) hours per year or a total of eighteen (18) hours for three years in
taxation conducted by the BIR (e.g. Revenue Regions, Revenue District Offices,
etc.) or from private institutions (e.g tax/auditing firms, educational or training
institutions, professional organizations, etc), where the number of training hours
earned are printed on the certificates and obtained not more than a year prior to
the application/renewal for accreditation.

e. A written undertaking under oath (Notarized) to preserve working papers

within the period prescribe under Section 235 o the NIRC of 1997, as amended,
and making them available to the Bureau's authorized representative/s when
required or directed to do so.

3. Processing Fee - Each applicant shall pay a non-refundable processing fee of

Five hundred pesos (P1000.00) upon filing of his application for accreditation. If
the applicant is a general professional partnership, the fee shall be paid each
partner and authorized representative thereof. In the case of incorporated
entities engaged in accounting and tax consultancy services, the fee shall be
paid by each of the applicant officers or designated representatives thereof.

4. Additional Requirements (if applicable) - Accredited tax agents shall likewise

be required to submit the following documents as an attachment to the initial
filing of reports, protests, request for ruling, official correspondence and other
statements, papers or documents filed on behalf of a particular taxpayer as
proof of their authority to represent the concerned taxpayer:

a. Copy of current Engagement Letter with clients.

b. Special Power of Attorney executed by the client authorizing the practitioner
to represent him before the BIR.

5. For CPAs, Photocopy of Professional Tax Receipt (PTR)

6. Photocopy of BIR 0605 Annual Registration Fee of P500.00

7. Photocopy of BIR Certificate of Registration (COR)

8. Certificate of Training at least six (6) hours per year or a total of eighteen (18) hours for the
three (3) years of continuing professional education (CPE) in taxation from trainings/seminars
conducted by the BIR (e.g. Revenue regions, RDOs, etc.) of from private institutions (e.g.
tax/auditing firms, educational or training institutions, professional organizations, etc.) where the
number of training hours earned are printed on the certificates.

9. Photocopies of Income Tax Return (ITR) of the previous two (2) years.
10. If employed, Certificate of Employment of Proof of Meaningful Experience with duties
and responsibilities.