CMEPA: From Law to Implementation
Let's Talk TaxLast July 1, 2025, the Capital Markets Efficiency Promotion Act (CMEPA), or Republic Act No. 12214, took effect.
Des is a director at P&A Grant Thornton’s Tax Advisory and Compliance practice area. She also handles technical research, training, and publications in the practice area.
Des started her professional career in 2006. She has gained extensive experience in providing tax compliance/due diligence audit and tax outsourcing services to local and multinational companies. She also crafted tax studies and opinions for several clients since she started working with the Firm in 2012.
Des earned a magna cum laude with a Bachelor’s degree in Accountancy at the University of the East.
Memberships
Member, Philippine Institute of Certified Public Accountants (PICPA)
Member, Association of Certified Public Accountants in Commerce and Industry (ACPACI)
2025 Board of Director, Tax Management Association of the Philippines (TMAP)
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Let's Talk TaxThe Feast of Epiphany and the celebration of the Baptism of the Lord ended the Christmas season last January 8. This day also marked the end of the Bureau of Internal Revenue’s suspension of audit and field operations.
Redefining work for the homeland
From Where We SitThe continuing saga between the information technology business process management (IT-BPM) sector and the Fiscal Incentives Review Board (FIRB) has perhaps been one of the most debatable concerns between business and government sectors during the pandemic. Here you have a battle of mostly good intentions.
