Law Blogs

NPC guidelines to collecting customer information for contact tracing

NPC issues NPC PHE Bulletin No. 15 to guide establishments collecting and handling customer information for contact tracing

Lend money safely with a promissory note and contract of loan

Easily protect yourself and get repaid whenever you lend money with either a promissory note or contract of loan

DTI supplements guidelines on concession of residential and commercial rents

DTI issues MC 20-29 and MC 20-31 supplementing the guidelines on the 30-day grace period to pay residential and commercial rents of MSMEs

Simple and affordable legal services

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BIR orders online businesses to register and pay taxes by July 31

BIR recently issued RMC 60-2020 ordering online businesses to register and pay taxes by July 31 to avoid being penalized with tax violations

Most common legal issues a business faces and how to deal with them

Legal issues are part and parcel of running a business. Here are the most common a business faces and how to deal with them.

No further extension of deadline to file returns and pay taxes

BIR will no longer grant any further extension of the deadline to file returns and pay taxes regardless of any extension / modification of the community quarantine

DOLE guidelines on employment preservation and COVID-19 measures

DOLE issued last May 16 guidelines to preserve employment and allocate cost of COVID-19 measures in the workplace.

DOLE issues guidelines for paying wages on May 25 (Eid'l Fitr)

DOLE issues guidelines for paying wages on Eid'l Fitr, including deferment and exemption from paying holiday pay