Center for Global Best Practices

In a survey conducted by the largest accounting firm in the world, PricewaterhouseCoopers, 54% of Philippine companies experienced economic crimes and fraud in the last two years. According to the 2018 Global Economic Crime and Fraud Survey, asset misappropriation (53%) ranked one on the list of economic crimes experienced by companies, followed by business misconduct (38%), procurement fraud (35%) and accounting fraud (29%). Don’t let any of these happen to your organization! To save your companies from millions of preventable losses, the Center for Global Best Practices will host a program entitled, “ Best Practices in Implementing Effective Business Controls ” scheduled on Thursday, August 16, 2018 at the Manila Marriott Hotel, Pasay City, Philippines. This one-day training will teach you the best practices of setting up, maintaining and managing internal control as part of company risk management strategy. Determine how you can improve internal control to boost sustainab...

   The Tax Reform Acceleration and Inclusion (TRAIN) Act took effect on January 1, 2018. This means NEW computation on compensation!   Many businesses and HR practitioners are not skilled and updated on how to maximize the tax savings and benefits that is allowed by government.  The confusion on how to properly compute for the salaries, wages, and benefits with the passage of 2018 TRAIN provisions, which impacts both individual and corporate taxpayers. To help the millions of taxpayers and thousands of business organization on this issue, the Center for Global Best Practices is launching a training for business owners, decision-makers and HR practitioners on the topic, " How to Structure and Compute Your Salaries, Wages & Benefits with the 2018 TRAIN Incentives for Taxpayers " scheduled on Friday, July 6, 2018 at the EDSA Shangri-La Hotel, Mandaluyong City, Philippines. You can actually increase the take home pay of your workers by desig...

With the growing free-trade agreements of the Philippines with other countries, tariff barriers have been lowered if not removed totally. This development has encouraged more businesses to import and export goods to and from different countries. For trade transactions, buyers and sellers prefer Letters of Credit (LC) – a payment mode which is safe, secure and the most acceptable legal tender of payment especially for parties who dont know each other and requires the safest way to get paid as a seller and for the buyer to get receive the goods according to one's expected quality and specifications. To help you fully understand the use of LC, the Center for Global Best Practices will hold a two-day training entitled, “ Mastering the Use of LC for Import and Export ” on Thursday and Friday, May 24 & 25, 2018 at the Manila Marriott Hotel, Pasay City, Philippines. Master the nine (9) different types of LC and use it for your businesses advantage. Get practical tips on ho...

Lawyers, accountants, consultants and compliance officers can add profit to their practice by adding corporate housekeeping as part of the services they offer to their valued clients. The term  “ corporate housekeeping ”  refers to the multitude of services that a corporate secretary (who could be a lawyer or a non-lawyer) needs to perform for a corporate entity. For every corporation, it is a must to master, and perform its function well.  To upgrade the skills of corporate, and assistant secretaries, the Center for Global Best Practices will host a special training entitled,  “ Best Practices in Corporate Housekeeping: The Experts’ Guide on How to be an Effective Corporate Secretary ”  on Thursday and Friday, May 17 & 18, 2018 (1.5 days) at the EDSA Shangri-La Hotel, Mandaluyong City, Philippines. This kind of specialized training is not available and not taught in any schools in the country.  Whether you are a lawyer servicing a corporate clie...

We are so surprised that so many companies including top 1,000 corporations are still unfairly deducting so much from you in taxes because they still don’t know how to compute your compensation with the new tax-exempt rules that took effect last year.  Its money taken from your salary that should go to your savings, food, and family.  There is no excuse.  Employees lose! This is big news.  Tell your employers.  Insists they learn about it. To help the millions of taxpayers and thousands of business organizations address the labor and tax concerns regarding this regulation, the Center for Global Best Practices is launching a pioneering seminar for business owners, decision-makers,  HR practitioners, employees entitled "How to Structure and Compute Your Salaries, Wages & Benefits with the New Tax Rules" scheduled on Thursday, April 14, 2016 at the EDSA Shangri-La Hotel, Mandaluyong City, Philippines. This one-day seminar is for individual and corpor...

In relation to the growing problems on illegal dwellers in the country, the Center for Global Best Practices is holding a seminar called “ Property Owners’ Guide on How to Eject Squatters Effectively ” to help property owners reclaim their lands. This one day seminar is a definitive guide on how to efficiently utilize ejectment actions and available provisional remedies as effective tools in the speedy recovery of your land and/ or building. This CEP-accredited program is especially crafter for property owners and brokers, land developers, bankers and financiers, lawyers and lessors, building administrators, law enforcement officers, business consultants, anyone seeking an effective solution to illegal tenants and dwellers. The lecture will include special laws of great concern to land owners and developers such as Republic Act No. 6552 (Maceda Law) that governs sales on instalment of real property; Presidential Decree No. 1517 (Urban Land Reform Law); Republic Act No. 7279 (Lina La...

Fake financial transactions, embezzlements, fraud and theft are some of the most rampant and leading causes of losses & business failures due to weak and ineffective internal controls. To help businesses and board directors avoid these threats in their businesses, the Center for Global Best Practices is conducting a seminar on “ Best Practices in Financial Processes and Controls ” on July 1, 2011 at The Peninsula Manila,  Makati City. This one-day seminar will present best practices in how to design and implement controls that will safeguard assets, enhance integrity of financial reports, and protect industries from business operational risks. Discussions will include best practices framework on financial processes and controls, operational policies, and business examples.  This seminar will cater to business leaders, board directors, entrepreneurs, CFOs, accountants, stakeholders,  consultants, MNCs, SMEs, and cooperatives. To speak on this seminar is Mr. Roderic...

As a business decision-maker, it is important to know how to read financial statements and interpret the numbers correctly in order to make right decisions for your business. This is also important to make sense of financial ratios and detect if there are inconsistencies in financial reports.  Because of the need for board directors and business decision makers to know this, the Center for Global Best Practices will conduct  a seminar called “ How to Really Read Financial Statements ” on June 23 & 24, 2011 at The Peninsula Manila, Makati City. This two-day seminar will teach you all that including how to spot important issues and ask intelligent questions in management and board meetings. This user-friendly format will teach you to understand not only balance sheets, income and cash flow statements, but also how to interpret those footnotes and disclosures on audit reports. You will learn how to make sense of those financial ratios and analysis to know if you have a healt...

If everybody’s nose can grow like Pinocchio’s whenever they cheat or lie, the world will be a safer place. But real-life liars and cheaters hide behind the façade of truth and sincerity that cannot easily be detected by the common person. Don't be fooled again! Attend the Center for Global Best Practices' seminar on “ Best Practices Guide in Profiling Liars and Cheaters ” on May 27, 2011 at the New World Hotel, Makati Cit y. This will help you prevent losses and avoid and mitigate dangers and risks in your work, business, and family life by having the power to detect cheaters and liars. This one-time seminar will let you fool proof yourself from the bad, the evil and the ugly. You will be exposed to the scientific and proven ways on how lying can be detected so no one can take advantage of nor fool you again. You will be able to identify who are honest and who are not, who are fake friends or real friends. Learn strategies and interviewing skills to unearth the truth! Thi...