Signs that your accountant is not helping you but is interested with your money

     It all started when I got a letter from BIR and my accountant has not even went there to fix the problem in the past. So me and my hubby personally went there to inquire. Now that I have known some of the BIR Staff  I have a chance to inquire about the procedure in paying my taxes so as not to incurred additional penalty.  Actually most of them are friendly and will answer all your question.  Hope this service will continue so that most taxpayer will not be afraid to talk to them or as what they are being picture as.

     Signs that you might get penalty from Bureau of Internal Revenue due to the blunder of your out house accounting firm:

1)  The accounting service ask you to pay for the books of account and they did not even give it to you start questioning them  Base on the seminar from BIR the books of accounts should always be in the store or in your office where you will input the sales and purchases or any additional info.  When BIR comes knocking or checking in there will be a penalty of P1,000. BIR now require that you also input this Info in a CD or USB or both depending on the Regional District requirement.\

2). Every time your accountant ask you to pay some taxes like VAT, withholding tax etc. and they did not give you a hard copy (paper) or CD/ USB, start questioning because BIR might not input some of them and when they ask you to bring the missing copies at least you have your hard copies.

3) Some accounting service are lazy a good example is the case of Zoren Legaspi having 3 tin number. Transferring TIN number from one city to another is very tiring and you have to go back and forth from different RDO.  Sometimes you even have to wait for a long period of time just for the approval.  Since BIR has started going digital I don't get it why I should bring the paper from 1 office to another and bringing it to the other RDO.

     If some of the above mention you have already encounter started closing the old business name and make a new one. The process maybe long since you have to retire your business name with the Mayor's Office afterward with the BIR so that you know if the accounting firm you hire really made those tax payment.  If the below penalty is more than what your accountant is asking you then you know they are also getting a commission from your penalty. 

                         PENALTY:

 Minimum is P1,000.00 for every mistake or unpaid tax

Maximum is P25,000.00

     I know some of us have no accounting background but base on my inquiry BIR is giving seminar to new and old businesses and it falls on a friday depending on the RDO some have it every Friday and some the last Friday of the month. In my conversation while waiting at the BIR office they also know that some accounting firm have scam some of their clients  So be vigilant and start doing your work at least if the Bureau of Internal Revenue come knocking you know you have all the papers and you will not be penalize for whatever papers are missing.  

     To avoid any line in filing your copies and payment to the Bureau of Internal Revenue do not wait for the deadline or the que is really long with the bank and the submission of form  I submitted all my form at the first week of the month. And if you''re the person who like the last minute payment BIR also open some online payment for the bank; you have to inquire with their office about it. They also have an eBIR form for you to complete and print out for payment to the bank then afterward submit it to BIR. Just be careful in printing as there is still a glitch in their form (print page 1 or 2 and on legal paper in your printer as trial print out or else the unnecessary cell will come out also)

      Below are the list of payment to be made if you can finish it all you can submit them at the same time without have to wait for the deadline. 

     Keep all your record (receipt and purchases) for 3-5 years to be safe.  Why I am writing this because this same accounting firm might blunder some of their client especially in the Divisoria area. And I have experience all of them at the same time. 

Take Note:  Even if no taxes was paid or no operation was made you still have to continue passing those necessary paper or you will incur a penalty of P1,000

     Just Hope that BIR can print out a complete computation of every taxes so that they can be compare with what the college and universities are teaching about accounting.  It's also a a guarantee to every tax payer that when any question arises from BIR we all have a knowledge that what we did is correct and not as what some unscrupulous BIR examiner wanted.

how to have a continuous supply of lettuce

     The first time I brought the hybrid Lettuce from the Gourmet Farm in Cavite, I now have a continuous supply of lettuce and I don't even need to buy the seeds.

     The picture above is when the weather starting to change the lettuce will automatically started to bloom some flower and stop producing the lettuce green. Don't cut the flower you have to wait for the flower to change from yellow to white feathery like bloom this is where the seeds are hidden.  You can start picking some of the seeds by squeezing it from the stem of the flower to the white parts. Mostly you can get about 3-5 seeds per flower.  

     Above is what the seeds (black color) look like after squeezing it from the white feathery flower. You can either plant them or store them aside for future planting

     Above is the seedling after planting it. Wait for it to grow more leaves before transplanting it to an individual container. (below)

     Picture below is after I transplant them to their individual container.  Now I can just cut the lettuce I needed for my sandwiches.  Again if the weather changes the cycle will repeat itself so its up to you when you want to plant the seeds.