Thought leadership
In this section you can browse through our publications and regularly updated materials intended to bring you useful information about emerging issues and possible solutions to your business needs. If you are a foreign investor interested to do business in the Philippines, you will find our business guides highly informative.
Featured titles
Current issues
as easy as ABC
Selling pictures of the Pope (as easy as ABC, 18 January 2015)Can corporate well-wishers put up billboards greeting the Pope? Can t-shirts be sold on the streets with the Pope’s picture printed on it? Can images of the Pope be sold to commemorate his most valuable visit to the Philippines?
Accounting Buzz
Measurement of joint operations: Reading between the lines (Accounting Buzz)The publication below walks through some common joint operations measurement issues, discussing the measurement approach(es) observed under this guidance.
Industry issues
Mine 2013: A confidence crisisPwC’s 10th annual global mining report analyses mining trends by looking into the performance of the 40 largest mining companies and discusses the sector’s prospects moving forward.
Client Advisory letter
CEOs’ confidence rises in 2014 (CAL January 2014)Twice as many CEOs around the world as last year believe the global economy will improve in the next 12 months, and 39% say they are ‘very confident’ their company’s revenues will grow in 2014, according to PwC’s 17th Annual Global CEO Survey.
Taxwise or Otherwise
A new form for giving (Taxwise, 22 January 2015)“YOU CAN GIVE without loving, but you can’t love without giving.”
Tax Alerts
Tax Alert No. 34 (12 December 2014)Amending Sec. 3 of RR No. 9-2001, as amended, Expanding the Coverage of Taxpayers Required to File Returns and Pay Taxes through the Electronic Filing and Payment System (eFPS)
Think Tank
4th Global Portfolio and Programme Management SurveyOur 2014 Portfolio and Programme Management Global Survey received input from a record 3,025 people from 110 countries, providing a truly global view.
Business guides
Finding your way: Doing business and investing in the Philippines (2013)
This guidebook will help you find easy answers to seemingly difficult questions on what to do under specific Philippine business conditions.
Explore opportunities: How to invest in the Philippines (2013)
This business guide aims to answer commonly-asked questions of prospective foreign investors interested in doing business in the Philippines.
More value for your business: Investment Incentives in the Philippines (2013)
These are basic and bite-size yet valuable information that will assist investors in deciding on which incentive option is best in starting and growing their business.
Explore opportunities: Investment Incentives in the Philippines (2013) Japanese
Industry
Mining
Mine 2013: A confidence crisisTelecomm
Making Waves Southeast Asia (SEA) Series, Spotlight on the Philippines
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Tax
Client Advisory Letters
A publication about developments in Philippine taxation. It includes the latest BIR, legislative and admnistrative issuances. As well as court decisons and opinions.
Taxwise or Otherwise
Columns that discus the latest developments in tax, business law and current issues affecting the business community, including policy development.
2014 Tax calendar
This calendar has been prepared by Isla Lipana & Co. based on relevant laws, rules and regulations issued as of 30 November 2013 by various government agencies.
National Internal Revenue Code of 1997 (First edition, 2009)
A comprehensive and updated reference material to tax practitioners and tax administrators alike.
Consolidated Withholding Tax (CWT) and Fringe Benefits Tax (FBT) Regulations Handbook: Philippines 2006
Easy reference in determining the various withholding tax and FBT requirements.
Advisory
Think Tank
PwC Think Tank provides expertise to the public and the private sectors, questioning and monitoring strategies and structures. Let us grow with you and work hand in hand as you build a more dynamic business or economy.
4th Global Portfolio and Programme Management Survey
Our 2014 Portfolio and Programme Management Global Survey received input from a record 3,025 people from 110 countries, providing a truly global view.
Special titles
Philippine Resiliency: A Gem Uncovered (2009)
Insights from top CEOs in the country
Delivering Trust and Quality
This book is a compilation of the partners' thought leadership in various subjects relevant to the practice today.
