Davao Accountants

Davao Accountants is an accounting practice in Davao City that looks after a company's paperwork from the day it registers through to routine monthly filings. It works with clients across the Philippines as well as locally, and has a particular offer for foreign owners setting up there.

What Davao Accountants does

• Business registration: setting up a new company with the SEC, DTI and BIR and obtaining the local business permit in Davao City.
• Bookkeeping and financial reporting: keeping the books and preparing reports, including a managed service for eCommerce and online sellers.
• Tax compliance: preparing returns and filing them with the BIR.
• Payroll and employee compliance: running payroll and handling government contributions and staff requirements.
• Accounting for freelancers: a service built for contractors and freelancers working in the Philippines.
• Training and workshops: accounting courses delivered at a time and venue chosen by the client.

Who it serves

The firm names four groups: start-ups needing registration and setup, small and medium businesses that need bookkeeping and tax filing, growing companies wanting ongoing support, and foreign nationals starting or running a business in the Philippines.

Key facts

• Based in: Davao City, Philippines
• Leadership: headed by Shelumiel Abapo, a CPA and lawyer
• Team: CPA-lawyers and tax specialists