Eric Magcale

Mr. Eric J. Magcale is the founder and Managing Partner of EJM and Co., CPAs. He was formerly a Manager and Assistant Head of the Technical Standards (TSG) Group and Quality Assurance Review (QAR) Group of Diaz Murillo Dalupan and Company, CPAs. He was also a former Senior in the Audit and Technical Research Groups of Navarro Amper and Co. (Deloitte Philippines), Management Accountant of Financial Times Philippines, and Senior Associate of Audit and Assurance of SyCip Gorres Velayo and Co. (SGV & Co.).

Eric is currently a member of the Board of Directors of PICPA Southern Metro Manila Chapter and Quality Assurance Committee Chair of the Association of CPAs in Public Practice (ACPAPP). Concurrently, he is also a member of the PICPA Quality Assurance Review Committee (QAR). The PICPA QAR Committee is the body that was tasked by the National Board of Directors to draft the Voluntary Quality Assurance Review (VQAR) policies and procedures to enhance the quality of audits of small and medium-sized practitioners. He also served as a member of PICPA SMMC Professional Development Committee and Chair of ACPAPP’s Publication Committee in 2016 and 2017.

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GARRY S. PAGASPAS, CPA

Garry is a Certified Public Accountant in tax practice, tax academician, and a Philippine Law Degree holder.

Garry is a Certified Public Accountant in tax practice, tax academician, and a Philippine Law Degree holder. He has professional experience in dealing with tax issues and concerns of various clients across industries in the Philippines such as the following:

investor's structure for Philippine tax-efficient operations,
registration of domestic corporations, branch, subsidiaries, representative office, regional operating headquarters, representative office and etc.,
handling tax examinations of tax authorities to see to it taxpayer's rights are protected;
assistance in securing tax benefits (income tax holiday, 5% special tax regime) under Philippine Economic Zone Authority (PEZA) and/or Board of Investments (BOI);
advisory on tax structuring and equalization of expatriates in the Philippines;
Intellectual Property registrations;
tax trainings and seminars;
tax compliance and reporting (national and local taxation),
foreign payments taxation - dividends, interest, royalties, foreign rentals, etc.,
tax studies and researches on tax implications and minimizations,
tax-efficient contracts preparations and/or review, and
tax court pleadings preparation for lawyer approval.
Formerly in the Tax Division of BDP Law Offices, a sister firm of Panell Kerr Foster (PKF) correspondent firm in the Philippines based in Makati City, a Tax Partner of Alas, Oplas & Co., CPAs where he is the Head of the Tax Advisory Services catering varying professional tax services to various clients accross industries. He is currenty a Partner at Gimena Pagaspas Partners & Co., CPAs based in Makati City, Philippines.

As tax academician, he served as a college professor handling tax courses for college students of business and accounting, and currently a frequent resource speakers delivering seminars on various tax related programs and trainings.