SyCipLaw Bulletin # 21: More Businesses Entitled to a Grace Period on Lease Rentals; New BIR Guidelines for June 14 Tax Payments

This is a briefing on the issuances as of June 6, 2020 on the following matters in relation to the COVID-19 pandemic: A. Businesses Not Allowed to Operate during the ECQ and MECQ are Now Entitled to a Grace Period…

SyCipLaw Bulletin # 19: Revised IATF Omnibus Guidelines; No Further Extension of Deadlines to Pay Taxes

This is a briefing on the issuances as of May 24, 2020 on the following matters in relation to the COVID-19 pandemic: A. IATF Revises the Omnibus Guidelines on the Implementation of Community Quarantine in the Philippines (IATF Resolution No. 38…

SyCipLaw Bulletin # 18: New MECQ Guidelines issued by the IATF; IPOPHL re-opens on May 25

This bulletin to SyCipLaw clients is on the issuances of the Philippine government as of May 16, 2020 about the new guidelines issued by the Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases (IATF) in areas under modified…

SyCipLaw Bulletin # 17: Metro Manila will be under Modified Enhanced Community Quarantine (MECQ) from May 16 to May 31

This bulletin to SyCipLaw clients is on the issuances of the Philippine government as of May 13, 2020 about the imposition of a modified enhanced community quarantine (MECQ) over Metro Manila and other high-risk areas in relation to the COVID-19…

SyCipLaw Bulletin # 16: Extension of Periods to File Documents with DOLE; Other COVID-19 Issuances

The following updates, among others, were covered by SyCipLaw’s bulletin to its clients: A. The Department of Labor and Employment released Department Order No. 213-2020 dated May 5, 2020 (DO No. 213-2020) which prescribes guidelines in the prescription of actions…