BIR Assessment: D.o.A. na ba? Is there an issue with your BIR LoA?
What to check before you fight. You will learn to read your own Letter of Authority (LoA) and draft a protest grounded in the decisions of the Supreme Court and the Court of Tax Appeals. Bring your LoA. You leave with your protest.
₱5,000 per seat · groups save up to 15%
Unquestionable Compliance, worth ₱5,000, free with the first 20 seats paid.
Reserve my seatBooking closes Oct 28, 5:00 PM, Manila time.
Booking closes Oct 28, 5:00 PM, Manila time.
The LoA comes first. The assessment comes after.
Validity of the LoA
Who signed it, when it was served, which Revenue Officer is named. The three questions that get a Final Assessment Notice (FAN) cancelled.
New RO, old LoA
Your audit was handed to another Revenue Officer (RO) without a new LoA. What the Supreme Court said in Medicard, McDonald’s and Sony.
The timeline
The Notice of Discrepancy (NOD), Preliminary Assessment Notice (PAN), Formal Letter of Demand (FLD) and Final Decision on Disputed Assessment (FDDA). How many days you have at each stage, and how late the LoA issue can still be raised.
Your protest
You draft a protest to your own LoA during the session and take the template home for your business, your family or yourself.
Who teaches it.
Emelino T. Maestro
- Certified Public Accountant
- More than forty years of field practice in Philippine taxation.
- Rights first
- Work begins with making the taxpayer understand the rights they already hold. Exposure tends to fall once that is clear.
- Letters of Authority
- Handles LOA cases so that the taxpayer's rights and the Bureau's own due process are observed and put on record.
- Discrepancy assessments
- Instrumental in reducing assessments and, in a number of matters, in having them nullified.
- Computerised Accounting Systems
- Designs components of BIR-required systems that connect business records with calculations, accounting entries and reports.
One seminar, two times.
Morning or Afternoon
The same seminar at either time. You choose the time on the booking form.
Reserve my seatThe first 20 seats paid each get a copy of Unquestionable Compliance, the book on the BIR’s Subpoena Duces Tecum. One copy per seat, across both sessions.
Copies go in the order payments are confirmed, so pay and upload your receipt soon. We tell you by e-mail whether your seat has one.
The copy is handed to you at the seminar.
A reservation with a free copy also carries one ₱10,000 book credit against our professional fee, however many copies it gets. The credit’s terms
Groups of 2 save 10%, groups of 3 save 15%. Book everyone on one reservation, up to 3 seats, and the discount comes off the total before you pay. One invoice covers the reservation.
- 2 seats₱9,000₱4,500 each
- 3 seats₱12,750₱4,250 each
Before you book.
- What is included
- The training materials and manual, and snacks.
- What to bring
- Your LoA, or the assessment notices you have received.
- Your LoA stays private
- It is not shown to the room and it is not collected.
- If you cannot attend
- Ask for a refund, or move to another session. E-mail us with your reservation reference: loa.taxspecialista@gmail.com
- If your hold runs out before you pay
- Send the payment anyway. We seat you if there is still room, or refund you if there is not.
Three steps to a seat.
- 1
Fill in the form
Pick a session. Give your name, e-mail, mobile, TIN and registered name. You get a reservation reference and a 12-hour hold.
- 2
Pay by GCash
Send the exact amount to the number shown on screen and in your e-mail. Put the reference in the transfer message.
- 3
Upload the receipt
Screenshot the GCash receipt and upload it. We check it against our GCash log by hand, then confirm your seat by e-mail.
Bring your LoA. You leave with your protest.
Booking closes Oct 28, 5:00 PM, Manila time. Questions before you book? E-mail loa.taxspecialista@gmail.com.