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How to Probate a Will in the Philippines
When you inherit Philippine property through a will, you will need to go through to court in a process called “probate”.Probate is a court process that authenticates the will.Probate then allows the properties to be distribute...
Recognition of Foreign Divorce in the Philippines (Process)
Recognition of Foreign Divorce in the Philippines is a Judicial Process where both the foreign divorce and the foreign divorce law need to be proven in Court. You will need to file a Petition for Recognition of Foreign Divorce wit...
Who Are Compulsory Heirs Under Philippine Law?
Compulsory Heirs are the Legal Heirs of the deceased and are mandatory heirs under Inheritance Law Philippines. These Heirs, and the amount they inherit, are determined by Philippine Inheritance law when there is no Will, and even...
Conjugal Property Philippines
What is Conjugal Property and how is it applied if you married under Absolute Community of Property or Conjugal Partnership of Gains? Is Complete Separation of Property really a complete separation? Should I do a Pre-Nup to pr...
When an Heir Waives His Share of the Inheritance
It can happen that an heir to a Philippine inheritance might want to waive his share of the estate. A waiver may be total or partial...
Tax refunds on VAT exempt as opposed to zero-rated or effectively zero-rated transactions
Some transactions on which no VAT is imposed are referred to as VAT-exempt. Others are zero-rated or effectively zero-rated on which a VAT rate of 0% is imposed...
Getting a refund of input VAT on zero-rated or effectively zero-rated sales at the Court of Tax Appeals
In its recent decision in the case of Amadeus Marketing Philippines, Inc. vs. CIR, the CTA revisited what is required for a taxpayer to secure a credit or refund of input VAT on zero-rated or effectively zero-rated sales...
Evidence at the Court of Tax Appeals
The Court of Tax Appeals is a special court to which either the taxpayer or the government may elevate tax controversies...
How To Find A Philippine Land Title
People often come to us and ask how to search for a land title. They are often heirs who need to confirm who the title was registered to or buyers who want to make sure that they are buying from the real owner. The only way to con...
How to Reconstitute a Philippine Land Title
In this post, I go through the process of how to ask the Registry of Deeds to replace its copy of your title. This process is called reconstitution and I go through the step by step as well as providing detailed information on wha...
What To Do When You’ve Lost Your Philippine Land Title
If you’ve lost your Philippine Land Title and cannot find it, you will need to go to court to have a copy given to you by the Registry of Deeds. In this post, I explain the detailed, step by step process you need to go through,...
Board of Directors and Board of Trustees in the Philippines
Corporate governance is an essential consideration for every corporation legally registered in the Philippines...
