Francis is a tax partner at the Global Compliance & Reporting Group/Tax Division of Sycip Gorres Velayo & Co. (SGV & Co.) (A Member Firm of Ernst and Young Global Limited). He passed the 1998 Philippine Certified Public Accountants (CPA) licensure examinations and joined SGV in the same year. His areas of experience includes tax compliance and tax planning of companies in different industries such as real estate and construction, services, hospitality, life sciences, manufacturing, retail and distribution, media and entertainment, information technology, business process outsourcing, and semiconductor companies and entities registered and enjoying incentives from the Philippine Board of Investments (BOI) and Philippine Economic Zone Authority (PEZA). Francis holds a Master in Business Administration (MBA) from the University of the Philippines (UP) – Diliman College of Business Administration. He also completed the Management Development Program of the Asian Institute of Management (AIM) in 2007. He earned his bachelor's degree in Accountancy, magna cum laude, from the Pamantasan ng Lungsod ng Maynila (PLM) where he was an SGV scholar. In 2017, he was awarded as one of the Outstanding Alumni of PLM. He is a regular lecturer of basic tax concepts and updates of SGV Tax Basic Seminars (TaxBaSe) and PICPA Tax Seminars. His teaching experience includes a stint at the Institute of Accounts, Business and Finance of the Far Eastern University (FEU) – Manila in 2007-2008 and at the College of Accountancy and Economics of PLM in 2008-2015. He is presently teaching tax review course at FEU Makati. Francis is an active member of professional groups. In FY 2018-2019, he was elected the National Sectoral Representative (Public Practice) and a member of the National Board of Directors of the Philippine Institute of Certified Public Accountants (PICPA). He served as Regional Sectoral Representative for Public Practice (Metro Manila Region), Chairman of Faculty/Students Development and Student Participation Committee of PICPA National Office for Fiscal Year (FY) 2017-2018 and President of PICPA Eastern Metro Manila Chapter for FY 2012-13. In 2010, he was awarded the PICPA Young Achiever Award in Public Practice for his inestimable involvement in various professional development activities of PICPA. He is also a member of the National Association of CPAs in Education (NACPAE), the Association of CPAs in Commerce and Industry (ACPACI) and the Philippine Association of Management Accountants (PAMA).
RESERVATION and ADMISSION
Q: How do I reserve for the PICPA NO webinar? How and when do I get the webinar ID?
A: Go to the picpa.com.ph website and find the webinar/seminar listing at the "CPD/Seminars and Training Tab." Click "Reserve" or the "Title of the Webinar/Seminar" and you will be directed to the registration page of EventBank. Complete the registration. You will receive a confirmation email at the latest two (2) hours before the start of the event. Said email will contain the webinar ID.
LOGIN RULES
Q: How do I login into the event?
A: Download the Zoom Application (free subscription will do). On the confirmation email that you will receive(d), click "Click Here to Join" link. You can login and wait to be let in anytime within the duration of the webinar or earlier, from up to 15 minutes before the event. Remember that your first login is captured by Zoom as your "time in" at the event.
Q: Can I pass on or transfer the webinar ID to someone else?
A: Note that your registration is NON TRANSFERRABLE, NON SHAREABLE. The confirmation email containing the webinar ID that you have received is associated to the PICPA-EventBank-registered email that is yours alone.
Q: How can I assure that my attendance is accounted for?
A: Participant has to identify his FULL NAME upon signing/logging in. When in the webinar, participant must also make sure of his/her connectivity: once disconnected, we will not accept participants to rejoin. Also, participant must make sure to validate attendance before exiting the seminar.
CERTIFICATE OF ATTENDANCE
Q: Will all webinar attendees/participants get a Certificate of Attendance?
A: To be eligible to get a Certificate of Attendance, participants must first satisfy these four (4) requirements: (a) pre-registration, (b) attendance, (c) polls, and (d) evaluation.
(a) Pre-registration in the PICPA-EventBank portal is required.
(b) Attendance: Zoom captures the "time in" of participants automatically. Only those who join the event not later than 15 min after its official start will qualify to earn Certificate of Attendance.
(c) Polls – In all poll questions flashed on the screen during the webinar, participation is being tracked.
(d) Evaluation – Participants have to accomplish the ZOOM online evaluation form available only after the Q&A portion.
Q: When will the Certificates of Attendance be printed and released to the participants?
A: Please wait for further announcements regarding this matter. If your need for the actual certificate is urgent, please request for a copy by emailing us at picpammr.secretariat@gmail.com
OTHER WEBINAR SCHEDULES
What are the other upcoming webinars?