Accounting and Audit Services in the Philippines
STLAF Global is a BOA-accredited CPA firm in the Philippines offering a full-service accounting and audit practice, from statutory bookkeeping and external audit to financial advisory, risk management, and business consulting. Our CPAs work alongside in-house lawyers, which means that when an accounting matter carries legal implications, a BIR assessment, a regulatory inquiry, a contested transaction, the legal response is part of the same engagement.
We serve local SMEs, Philippine corporations, listed companies, and international organizations with Philippine operations. Whether your organization is managing routine compliance, preparing for a financial statement audit, executing a transaction, or building an ESG disclosure framework under the SEC’s mandatory PFRS S1 and S2 standards, now required for publicly listed companies from fiscal year 2026, STLAF provides the accounting and legal expertise to address it under one roof.
Outsourced Accounting and Bookkeeping
STLAF’s outsourced accounting practice serves two primary groups: local SMEs and owner-managed businesses that need reliable, BIR-compliant bookkeeping and payroll without the cost of an in-house team, and international companies with Philippine entities that need a professional firm to handle their statutory accounting obligations, books of accounts, payroll statutory deductions, BIR annual filings, and SEC compliance.
Our outsourced accounting services cover BIR-compliant books of accounts (manual and computerized accounting system), payroll processing with full SSS, PhilHealth, and Pag-IBIG statutory compliance, statutory reporting to BIR and SEC, and Virtual CFO services for growing companies that need strategic financial oversight without a full-time hire.
For newly established foreign-owned entities in the Philippines, STLAF handles the initial setup of compliant books of accounts, BIR registration of accounting systems, and first-year statutory filings, establishing a clean compliance record from the point of incorporation.
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Audit and Assurance Services
STLAF’s BOA-accredited CPAs conduct external audits of financial statements under PFRS and PSA, producing the Audited Financial Statements required for BIR and SEC filing. For corporations with internal audit requirements, we provide risk-based internal audit and operational audit services.
As ESG disclosure obligations expand, PFRS S1 and S2 are now mandatory for Philippine listed companies from fiscal year 2026, STLAF also conducts ESG assurance engagements, providing independent verification of sustainability disclosures for PLCs meeting the SEC’s new reporting requirements. If audit findings trigger a regulatory response from BIR, SEC, or BSP, STLAF’s legal team engages directly, no need to brief a separate law firm.
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Financial Advisory
STLAF’s financial advisory practice serves corporations and MNCs executing transactions: mergers and acquisitions, capital raises, financial restructuring, and business valuation. Our CPAs conduct the financial analysis and due diligence; our lawyers handle legal due diligence, transaction documentation, and regulatory approvals, one integrated engagement, no handoff between advisors.
For distressed companies, STLAF advises on restructuring and court-supervised rehabilitation under the Financial Rehabilitation and Insolvency Act (RA 10142), a process that requires both a CPA-modeled rehabilitation plan and legal petition, managed together by the same firm.
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Risk Management and Internal Controls
STLAF advises mid-market to enterprise companies on enterprise risk management, internal controls, and operational risk, drawing on the COSO framework and ISO 31000 standards. Our practice includes risk register development, control design and operating effectiveness assessment, segregation of duties review, and COSO-based controls reporting to boards and audit committees.
For companies in regulated industries, STLAF addresses sector-specific risk requirements: BSP risk management frameworks for banks, IC requirements for the insurance sector, and SEC corporate governance obligations for listed companies. For companies that have discovered fraud, STLAF’s forensic accounting team investigates asset misappropriation, financial statement fraud, and corruption, with in-house lawyers assessing criminal and civil remedies in parallel.
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Business Advisory and Consulting
STLAF’s business advisory practice covers six interconnected areas for mid-market to enterprise clients: Business Process Improvement, Digital Transformation and ERP Advisory (SAP S/4HANA, Oracle Fusion, NetSuite), Strategy and Operations Consulting, ESG and Sustainability Advisory, Human Capital Consulting, and Business Continuity and Resilience Planning.
For Philippine listed companies navigating the mandatory PFRS S1 and S2 sustainability disclosure requirements from FY2026, STLAF advises on materiality assessments, ESG strategy, and disclosure preparation, with legal review of the statements being made. For companies preparing for ERP implementation, STLAF provides independent advisory on system selection and readiness before a vendor is engaged.
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Why Choose STLAF for Accounting and Audit
STLAF’s accounting and audit practice is built on two capabilities that most firms in the Philippines separate: BOA-accredited CPA expertise and in-house legal counsel. When an accounting matter, a BIR deficiency, an audit finding, a compliance gap, a disputed transaction, escalates into a legal issue, STLAF’s lawyers are already engaged in the same matter. No referral to outside counsel. No briefing a new firm from zero. No gap between the accounting analysis and the legal response.
Our CPAs hold BOA accreditation and operate under PFRS and PSA standards. We serve local SMEs, Philippine corporations, listed companies, and international organizations with Philippine entities, across all phases of the compliance and advisory cycle, from statutory bookkeeping through external audit, financial advisory, and board-level risk governance. For Philippine listed companies, this includes ESG assurance and governance reporting under the mandatory PFRS S1 and S2 sustainability disclosure framework effective from fiscal year 2026.
For organizations that need accounting, audit, and legal capability in a single professional relationship, contact STLAF Global.
Frequently Asked Questions
Is a BOA-accredited external auditor required for BIR AFS filing?
Yes. Corporations filing Audited Financial Statements with the Bureau of Internal Revenue must have those statements signed by a Board of Accountancy-accredited external auditor. STLAF’s CPAs hold BOA accreditation and produce AFS under Philippine Standards on Auditing (PSA) and Philippine Financial Reporting Standards (PFRS).
What is the difference between a CPA firm and a bookkeeping firm?
A CPA firm, like STLAF, provides licensed accounting services including external audit (which requires BOA accreditation), tax advisory, financial reporting under PFRS, and professional certifications with regulatory standing before the BIR, SEC, and BOA. A bookkeeping firm provides transaction recording and ledger maintenance but does not hold the professional accreditation required for external audit, AFS preparation for BIR filing, or regulatory representation.
Can STLAF handle both accounting and legal requirements from the same engagement?
Yes. STLAF is both a CPA firm and a law firm. When an accounting engagement, bookkeeping, audit, financial advisory, risk management, produces a matter with legal implications, STLAF’s in-house lawyers address it in the same engagement. This eliminates the coordination cost and information gap that arises when businesses brief a separate law firm on accounting findings their accountants have already analyzed.
What accounting services do foreign companies with Philippine entities need?
A foreign-owned Philippine subsidiary, branch office, or representative office has the same statutory filing obligations as a locally owned company: BIR-compliant books of accounts, annual BIR filing with Audited Financial Statements, SEC annual filings including the General Information Sheet (GIS), and payroll compliance covering SSS, PhilHealth, and Pag-IBIG. STLAF’s outsourced accounting practice specifically covers these obligations for foreign-owned Philippine entities alongside local SME clients.
How do I verify that an accounting firm in the Philippines is BOA-accredited?
The Board of Accountancy, under the Professional Regulation Commission (PRC), maintains the registry of accredited CPAs and accounting firms authorized to sign AFS for regulated purposes. STLAF holds the relevant BOA accreditation required for external audit engagements and BIR-compliant AFS preparation.
Engage STLAF for Accounting and Audit
For organizations that need accounting, audit, and legal capability in a single professional relationship, STLAF provides BOA-accredited CPA services backed by in-house legal counsel across the full compliance and advisory cycle.
STLAF Global is a BOA-accredited CPA firm and law firm providing accounting, audit, advisory, and legal services for local SMEs, Philippine corporations, listed companies, and international organizations with Philippine entities.