Center for Global Best Practices

There are various tax avoidance schemes available under the law that would allow taxpayers, particularly those engaged in real estate business, such as real estate developers, contractors, buyers, sellers, brokers, lessors and owners of real property, to reduce tax liabilities without violating Tax Code provisions. Learn the trade secrets on how to save millions of pesos on relevant taxes in all your real estate transactions. The Center for Global Best Practices will host a special program entitled, “ Optimizing Tax Savings for Real Estate Transactions ” to be held on Friday, February 1, 2019 at the Manila Marriott Hotel, Pasay City, Philippines. This comprehensive program will discuss the legally permissible means of avoiding taxes in real estate transactions. The lecture will also include updates, examples, new laws and regulations and specific situations that will be discussed thoroughly to guide participants in executing their plans or solving their tax problems and issu...

With the passage of Tax Reform for Acceleration and Inclusion (TRAIN) and the clamor of many businesses and tax practitioners to keep themselves updated and compliant with the numerous changes on tax policies of the Duterte government, the Center for Global Best Practices will be holding a one-day program entitled, “ TRAIN Law + New Year Tax Updates andRemedies ” on Friday, January 18, 2019 at the Manila Marriott Hotel, Pasay City, Philippines. Start the year right with this one-day comprehensive program to provide you with the updates on new tax laws, very relevant 2017 BIR issuances up to January 2018. This will provide your organization the clear guidance on the impact on the new tax regulations and laws on your business transactions ensuring compliance (monthly, quarterly, and annual), minimizing and avoiding unnecessary tax exposures, assessments and penalties from the taxing authority. This training will also feature the latest relevant decisions of the Court of Tax Appeal...

Having effective board directors translate to good corporate governance and better business performance.  To help board directors and key officers of public and publicly-listed firms align themselves with global standard on effective governance and comply with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) mandated requirement to attend a corporate governance program to be eligible for election or re-election in the board or assume key positions in management, the Center for Global Best Practices (CGBP) will host a training entitled, Corporate Governance: Board Effectiveness Best Practices to be held on Friday, November 9, 2018 at the Manila Marriott Hotel, Pasay City, Philippines. This one-day special corporate governance program is designed to address two important issues:  (1) To provide capacity building for board directors by presenting to them the global best practices in board effectiveness drawn from the most updated global research of the largest acc...

A meeting loses its value and wastes time if it is not documented in the correct manner. With the current climate of greater accountability of board directors and management in decisions made during meetings, every organization needs trained experts with the right skills to take minutes effectively. Due to insistent public demand, the Center for Global Best Practices will have a third-run of the program entitled, “ Masterclass on Writing Minutes of Meetings ” to be held on Tuesday, October 23, 2018 at the Manila Marriott Hotel, Pasay City, Philippines. This program is designed to make your meetings efficient and its outcomes effective through a step-by-step guide from preparing the documentation and its physical requirements of a meeting, to agenda-setting, to using standard terminology in taking down notes and many more! The learning methodology for this session includes an interactive approach on instructions, discussions and exercises.  It is the only program that wil...

Cooperatives have their own language of business when it comes to preparation and interpretation of their financial statements.  If you want to do business with over 27,000 listed cooperatives in the Philippines, it is a must to master their unique accounting terminologies. With this, the Center for Global Best Practices will host a CPD-accredited program entitled, Understanding Cooperative Financial Statements to be held Thursday and Friday, September 6 & 7, 2018 at the Manila Marriott Hotel, Pasay City, Philippines. This pioneering, two-day program will provide you a comprehensive understanding of the cooperatives' financial statements under the Philippine Financial Reporting Framework (PFRS) . This user-friendly guide will address important issues such as knowing the difference between Cooperative Statement of Financial Condition vs. Corporation's Statement of Financial Position; Cooperative Statement of Operations vs. Corporation's Income Statement, and ...