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Tax guides and BIR compliance analysis for Filipino doctors in private practice.
Latest · Practice Setup
Every permit, license, and BIR registration a Filipino doctor needs to legally open a private clinic — with current 2026 costs, the right sequence, and the DOH licensing nuance most articles get wrong.
Wealth Planning
By Year 3-5 of private practice, most Filipino doctors finally accumulate real surplus income. What happens to that surplus determines the next 20 years of their financial life. A CPA's honest guide to the structural decisions that actually matter.
Practice Building
What the journey from fellowship graduation to financial stability actually looks like for Filipino doctors — with real numbers, real costs, and the patterns that determine who makes it.
BIR Compliance
Most doctors treat the ₱3M VAT threshold as a penalty for growing. It isn't. Here's how VAT registration actually works, why input VAT credits make the effective rate much lower than you think, and the strategic upsides nobody explained to you.
BIR Compliance
The definitive guide to mixed income tax for Filipino doctors. How hospital salary and clinic practice combine for BIR purposes, with worked examples and the rules most CPAs get wrong.
BIR Compliance
Most Filipino doctors quietly lose ₱100,000–₱500,000 every year to tax mistakes they don't know they're making. Here are the seven most expensive ones — and the specific fix for each.