The Philippine Bookkeepers Congress: A First In The Country!
It’s green and going to all bookkeeping professionals in the country for their first-ever gathering, this as the 1st Annual Philippine Bookkeepers Congress pushes through this July 10 and 11 at the Manila Peninsula Hotel, Makati City. This year’s Congress is launched with the theme, “Routes Towards Professionalizing the Bookkeeping Industry – Opportunities and Challenges”.
This two-day activity seeks to forge a strong bond among the many bookkeepers in the country who don’t seem to have a clear cut and standardize grounding of bookkeeping as their career and profession. The said Congress will focus on the development, instruments, opportunities, issues and the major thrust of professionalizing and standardizing the field of bookkeeping in the Philippines.
In an interview, Ms. Sarah Songalia, the 1st Annual Philippine Bookkeepers Congress’ Managing Director, revealed that this activity will prove to be very beneficial to all bookkeepers who wished to streamline and calibrate their present bookkeeping lot for it aims to provide its delegates with an opportunity to update and calibrate their bookkeeping skills and professional know-how so as to better their crafts as part of a growing profession in the country.
The Congress will cater to renowned bookkeeping whiz and experts all over the country who hope to arm the delegates with fundamental and updated bookkeeping industry intelligence and training to meet the demands of a highly competitive marketplace that is in need of properly trained and holistically educated bookkeepers and bookkeeping professionals.
She added that salient issues and topics will be covered and discussed in this affair. The following topics are to be dealt with in this Congress:
- 8:00AM Philippine National Anthem
- 8:15AM Invocation
- 8:30AM Welcome Address: Her Excellency, President GLORIA MACAPAGAL ARROYO
- 9:15AM Inspirational Address: Entrepreneurs Accounting Academy, “The Bookkeeper as an Integral Player to Economic Development”
- 9:30AM Day 1 – Developing Bookkeepers To Become Partners In Tax Administration
Ms. LILIAN HEFTI
BIR Commissioner
Concurrent Sessions:
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10:30AM Common Errors Of Bookkeepers In Taxation
Dr. RUPERT “Pert” SOMERA”
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1:30PM Effective Withholding Tax Administration and Monitoring
Ms. ARMI S. LINSANGAN
(Ret.) Chief BIR LTAID 1
- 3:00PM BREAK
- 3:30PM BIR Audits: Tools and Strategies
Speaker from KPMG Manabat San Agustin & Co.
- 7:00PM Welcome Reception Dinner
Keynote Speaker: Sen. MANUEL VILLAR
“Finance and Accounting BPO: The Government’s Response to the Sunshine Industry.”
- 8:00AM “Complying With New Financial Reporting Standards”
Keynote Speaker: WASHINGTON SYCIP, Founder, SGV & Co.
Concurrent Sessions:
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8:45AM “The Financial Statement Presentation: Changes and Implications of the New Philippine Financial Reporting Standards”
Speaker from SGV
- 10:30AMPFRS: Impact on Tax Reporting
Speaker from Punongbayan and Araullo
- 1:00PM “Transitional and Implementation Issues On Philippine Financial Reporting Standards Adoption”
Atty. Ma. Gracia Casals-Diaz
Officer-In-Charge
Office of the General Accountant
- 2:30PM “Towards An Organized Response to the Challenges and Opportunities in the Bookkeeping Profession”
Keynote Speaker: Atty. EUGENE MATEO, BOA Chairman
- 3:15PM Break Out Sessions
So come one, come all! Be part of The Philippine Bookkeepers Congress’ passionate and profound quest to better the craft of bookkeeping in the Philippines!
For information and inquiries, please contact:
1st Annual Bookkeepers Congress Committee
Tel. Nos. (632) 339 1301 or (632) 338 3857
Auto fax (632) 325 0072)
Email:
Website: www.BookkeepersCongress.com
Don’t be left out, join the 1st Philippine Bookkeepers Congress!
Hello to the organizers of this wonderfull event, we have just got this information from one of our colleages in the organization, we are running out of time to prepare for this event, what is my concern is that do you still have plan of having it again for those who cannot avail from this moment? Another inquiry is that I am a Finance and Admin. Officer in one of the Special Projects of the Red Cross thru the funding of Agencia Espanola Cooperacion International Y Desarrollo thru the support of Spanish Red Cross, do you have special class or training for me to attend to?
Thank you very much for your early response to this inquiries.
Sincerely yours,
Alex S. Lantin
Finance & Admin. Officer
The Philippine National Red Cross
Bonifacio Drive, Port Area, Manila
Tel. No. 527-63-53
Cel. No. 09178825745
hi to organizers,
Is there is any certificate to be given to the attendee?
Hi. Just read your advertisement today. I wonder if I could still avail of the early bird registration. I would be coming from the province so the “discount” would be of great help for me. Thank you.
hi….wana inquire much is the package of this event? tnx
We have emailed the invitation to your email address
The Bookkeepers Congress is an information drive for all those who are involved in the bookkeeping process. Initially, we have not looked at the continuing professional education credits nor the credits for BIR accreditation as we were just focussed on making the topics really relevant to the practicing bookkeepers. Now that this has been brought to our attention, we will look into this and try to see what we can do. See you at the Congress!
Additional:
Does the BIR likewise recognize the incuded tax coverage for purposes of applying for BIR accreditation?
Will we be provided also Certificates of training?
Hello and good day!
I have a couple of question bout this bookkeeping congress:
1) Is this Congress accredited by PICPA, meaning, are we (CPAs) given continuing professional education credits for participating here?
2) Do you provide hand-outs materials for participants?
Appreciate treceiving your reply asap.
YES.. THERE IS A HANDOUT FOR EACH PARTICIPANT.