Your obligation as a taxpayer doesn’t end after you have registered your business to the Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR). In fact, your work has just begun. The social media influencer’s taxes, filing and payment are some of your obligations. Aside from business registration, you have to maintain and keep the books of accounts, file and …
Financial Checklist for Independent Millenials
Millenials were you born between 1981 to 1996? Millennials experienced life before smartphones, social media, and the internet, while also living and thriving in the current digital age. Although millennials sometimes get an undeserved bad rap, this generation, in fact, displays high levels of maturity and responsibility—they’re socially aware, financially conscious, and tech-savvy. Do you …
Social Media Influencers’ Guide to the Computation, Filing and Payment of Income Tax
Online businesses have been increasing in recent years. More and more people are selling their goods or services online because of the pandemic and work-from-home setup. Freelancers and content creators are famous names. Moreover, since they are stuck at home, many people make online content for social media sites such as YouTube, Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, …
Control Spending and Start Saving
Money makes the world go round. We use the money for so many reasons. And a lot of these reasons can lead us to overspend. From online shopping, eating out or splurging on expensive coffee – whatever the reason is, you need to be mindful of your spending habit. If you are fond of using …
5 Practical Tips for Apartment Hunting During a Pandemic
Looking for a place to rent when you’re coming from a different city thousand miles away can be difficult. Moreover, when you are in a global pandemic, finding the best apartment is downright impossible. Aside from the fact that you cannot check out the properties physically, you’re generally left speculating what neighborhood would be ideal …
Minimalist Living Room / 5 Simple Tips on Living a Minimalist Lifestyle in the Philippines
Minimalist Living Room / Filipino families love to hoard! It’s not even speculation but a fact. Your nanay, tatay, or both surely collect some stack of things that they don’t use anymore. And the worst part is that they don’t throw these things, thinking they will use them in the future. This makes it very difficult to …
SSS Disbursement Account / Steps in My.SSS Enrollment
Are you planning to file for a SSS Benefit? Or you want to avail of the SSS Salary or Calamity loan? You must enroll your SSS disbursement account or e-wallet to My.SSS portal correctly so that the proceeds of your benefits or loans will be credited to your registered account without any problems or delays. …
SSS Online Application and Services You Need to Know
We are now in an era where routines are fast, safe, and convenient. Indeed, modern technology has made our life so much easier. Amidst the health crisis, when our movements are restricted, we turn to the internet for our financial transactions and other tasks. Through a device and an internet connection, we can shop, pay our …
Gcash Convenience Fee / How to avoid the 1% Convenience Fee When Cashing in your GCash Wallet
UPDATE: As of January 2022, the 7-Eleven’s CLIQQ kiosk charges 1% of your total cash-in amount as convenience fee. Gcash Convenience Fee / The pandemic changes how we do our financial transactions. Online banking and mobile wallets are essentials more than ever, in this time when we need to stay at home to avoid face-to-face interaction. …
2021 Complete Guide to Online Filing and Payment of the Quarterly Percentage Tax (BIR Form 2551Q) for Small Business Owners and Freelancers
The passage of RA No. 11534, or the Corporate Recovery and Tax Incentives for Enterprises (CREATE) Act, was a welcome news to small business owners and freelancers struggling to survive in the worst global economic disaster. The new law changed the Percentage Tax rate from 3% to 1% on gross sales of goods or services …