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Audit approach overview
Our audit approach will allow our client's accounting personnel to make the maximum contribution to the audit effort without compromising their ongoing responsibilities
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Annual and short period audit
At P&A Grant Thornton, we provide annual and short period financial statement audit services that go beyond the normal expectations of our clients. We believe strongly that our best work comes from combining outstanding technical expertise, knowledge and ability with exceptional client-focused service.
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Review engagement
A review involves limited investigation with a narrower scope than an audit, and is undertaken for the purpose of providing limited assurance that the management’s representations are in accordance with identified financial reporting standards. Our professionals recognize that in order to conduct a quality financial statement review, it is important to look beyond the accounting entries to the underlying activities and operations that give rise to them.
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Other Related Services
We make it a point to keep our clients abreast of the developments and updates relating to the growing complexities in the accounting world. We offer seminars and trainings on audit- and tax-related matters, such as updates on Accounting Standards, new pronouncements and Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) issuances, as well as other developments that affect our clients’ businesses.
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Tax advisory
With our knowledge of tax laws and audit procedures, we help safeguard the substantive and procedural rights of taxpayers and prevent unwarranted assessments.
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Tax compliance
We aim to minimize the impact of taxation, enabling you to maximize your potential savings and to expand your business.
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Corporate services
For clients that want to do business in the Philippines, we assist in determining the appropriate and tax-efficient operating business or investment vehicle and structure to address the objectives of the investor, as well as related incorporation issues.
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Tax education and advocacy
Our advocacy work focuses on clarifying the interpretation of laws and regulations, suggesting measures to increasingly ease tax compliance, and protecting taxpayer’s rights.
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Business risk services
Our business risk services cover a wide range of solutions that assist you in identifying, addressing and monitoring risks in your business. Such solutions include external quality assessments of your Internal Audit activities' conformance with standards as well as evaluating its readiness for such an external assessment.
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Business consulting services
Our business consulting services are aimed at addressing concerns in your operations, processes and systems. Using our extensive knowledge of various industries, we can take a close look at your business processes as we create solutions that can help you mitigate risks to meet your objectives, promote efficiency, and beef up controls.
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Transaction services
Transaction advisory includes all of our services specifically directed at assisting in investment, mergers and acquisitions, and financing transactions between and among businesses, lenders and governments. Such services include, among others, due diligence reviews, project feasibility studies, financial modelling, model audits and valuation.
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Forensic advisory
Our forensic advisory services include assessing your vulnerability to fraud and identifying fraud risk factors, and recommending practical solutions to eliminate the gaps. We also provide investigative services to detect and quantify fraud and corruption and to trace assets and data that may have been lost in a fraud event.
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Cyber advisory
Our focus is to help you identify and manage the cyber risks you might be facing within your organization. Our team can provide detailed, actionable insight that incorporates industry best practices and standards to strengthen your cybersecurity position and help you make informed decisions.
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ProActive Hotline
Providing support in preventing and detecting fraud by creating a safe and secure whistleblowing system to promote integrity and honesty in the organisation.
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Accounting services
At P&A Grant Thornton, we handle accounting services for several companies from a wide range of industries. Our approach is highly flexible. You may opt to outsource all your accounting functions, or pass on to us choice activities.
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Staff augmentation services
We offer Staff Augmentation services where our staff, under the direction and supervision of the company’s officers, perform accounting and accounting-related work.
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Payroll Processing
Payroll processing services are provided by P&A Grant Thornton Outsourcing Inc. More and more companies are beginning to realize the benefits of outsourcing their noncore activities, and the first to be outsourced is usually the payroll function. Payroll is easy to carve out from the rest of the business since it is usually independent of the other activities or functions within the Accounting Department.
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Our values
Grant Thornton prides itself on being a values-driven organisation and we have more than 38,500 people in over 130 countries who are passionately committed to these values.
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Global culture
Our people tell us that our global culture is one of the biggest attractions of a career with Grant Thornton.
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Learning & development
At Grant Thornton we believe learning and development opportunities allow you to perform at your best every day. And when you are at your best, we are the best at serving our clients
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Global talent mobility
One of the biggest attractions of a career with Grant Thornton is the opportunity to work on cross-border projects all over the world.
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Diversity
Diversity helps us meet the demands of a changing world. We value the fact that our people come from all walks of life and that this diversity of experience and perspective makes our organisation stronger as a result.
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In the community
Many Grant Thornton member firms provide a range of inspirational and generous services to the communities they serve.
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Behind the Numbers: People of P&A Grant Thornton
Discover the inspiring stories of the individuals who make up our vibrant community. From seasoned veterans to fresh faces, the Purple Tribe is a diverse team united by a shared passion.
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Fresh Graduates
Fresh Graduates
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Students
Whether you are starting your career as a graduate or school leaver, P&A Grant Thornton can give you a flying start. We are ambitious. Take the fact that we’re the world’s fastest-growing global accountancy organisation. For our people, that means access to a global organisation and the chance to collaborate with more than 40,000 colleagues around the world. And potentially work in different countries and experience other cultures.
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Experienced hires
P&A Grant Thornton offers something you can't find anywhere else. This is the opportunity to develop your ideas and thinking while having your efforts recognised from day one. We value the skills and knowledge you bring to Grant Thornton as an experienced professional and look forward to supporting you as you grow you career with our organisation.
Tax Alerts
ONETT taxpayers required to use eBIR Forms
ONETT taxpayers required to use eBIR Forms
One-year validity for tax clearance of government bidders
This Tax Alert is issued to inform all concerned on the latest amendments of guidelines for tax clearance of government bidders as required under Executive Order (EO) 398. The tax clearance shall be valid for one (1) year, stretched from its previous six (6) month validity. As an additional condition, the applicant should not be tagged as “Cannot Be Located” taxpayer.
Certification on zonal values devolved to RDOs
This Tax Alert is issued to inform all concerned on the easement of getting certification of zonal values of real properties. Certificate of zonal values of real properties can now be issued by Revenue District Offices (RDOs). The certificate is used in the computation of the estate, donors and capital gains tax for the issuance of the certificate authorizing registration (CAR) to transfer the properties to the new owners
Accounting for netting/offsetting arrangements
This Tax Alert is issued to inform all concerned that suspension of RMC 61-2016 is now lifted and will be in effect immediately. RMC 61-2016 prescribes the accounting and recording of transactions involving “netting” or “offsetting” arrangements.
Tax treatment of passed-on GRT
This Tax Alert is issued to inform all concerned that suspension of RMC 62-2016 is now lifted and will be in effect immediately. Clarifications are issued on the proper tax treatment of passed-on Gross Receipts Tax (GRT) by banks and non-bank financial intermediaries (NBFIs).
No suspension of BIR audit during Christmas season
This Tax Alert is issued to inform all concerned that BIR audit activities during Christmas season will not be suspended. All field audits and other field operations supported by valid audit notices shall proceed as usual. Policies and procedures of the BIR audit program under RMO 19-2015 shall be strictly observed.
Reduced surcharge of 25% for taxpayers under 3rd consecutive audit
Reduced surcharge of 25% for taxpayers under 3rd consecutive audit (Revenue Memorandum Order No. 64-2016, November 15, 2016) This Tax Alert is issued to inform all concerned on the latest amendments in the policies and procedures to implement the BIR audit program. Under RMO 19-2015, if a taxpayer has been selected for audit for the third consecutive year, the RDO/LTD/LTAD has to submit a written justification to the Commissioner, unless it has been established that the taxpayer has underdeclartion/overdeclaration of income/expense by at least 30%. The deficiency assessment shall be subject to 50% surcharge. Under RMO 64-2016, the surcharge for deficiency assessment is lowered to 25%. The 50% surcharge shall apply only if there is underdeclaration of income or overstatement of expenses/deductions reaching 30%.The RDO/LTD/LTAD can now directly encode the requested audit in eLAMS/eTIS-CMS to be approved by the regional director/assistant commissioner (previously, by the Commissioner). Selection code shall depend on the reason by the taxpayer has been selected.
Issuance of tax clearance not barred by delinquent accounts
This Tax Alert is issued to inform all concerned on the latest BIR policy on the issuance of tax clearance where there is pending application for compromise settlement/abatement.
eFPS is unavailable: AABs authorized to accept manual filing and payment until Nov 11
This Tax Alert is issued to inform all concerned of BIR’s latest issuance addressing the issue on the unavailability of the Bureau’s eFPS’ to read:
Clarifications on compliance rules under TIMTA
Clarifications on compliance rules under TIMTA (DOF-DTI Joint Memorandum Circular No. 2016-01; and PEZA MC 2016-035) PEZA advises REBs to review their reports and refer to the notes to the Annual Tax Incentives Report which provides the description of each column in order to avoid inaccurate reports. Amended reports can also be submitted within the deadline.