代表取締役　矢野　隆

1982年三菱銀行に(現：株式会社三菱UFJ銀行）入行。海外駐在を経験後、1990年からイギリスのMBA大学院に入学。

MUFGでは総合商社・重工業・自動車・電機・陸海運業等の大手企業のグローバルな企業ファイナンス全般に従事し、M&A/プロジェクト・ファイナンス/トレジャリーマネジメント等を推進。その後、三菱UFJ銀行の国際業務部次長、新橋法人部長、三菱UFJモルガンスタンレー証金融法人統括部長を　経て、2009年から、出向大学で事務局長を勤めた後、理事に就任。

2015年よりあずさ監査法人～KPMGフィリピンの代表者に就任。

2018年3月末にデロイトコンサルティングJAPANのアソシエイツダイレクターに就任し日本とシンガポールを往復し、ASEANの日系企業マーケティング統括を担当し、多くの日系企業のアジアでの経営課題に取り組む。

2019年5 月よりアルゴアソシエーツグループ代表就任。グループ内のコンサルティング会社を通じてアジア各国で講演会など活躍中。

現在は金融・大手企業取引で培ったネットワークを活かしつつ、大手、中堅日系企業のビジネスモデル変革を支えるために、先進的な財務や経理・税務、経営管理に従事し、企業価値向上に向けた取り組みを進めている。　

Lawrence Mark Rufino Paras

Certified Public Accountant

Tax Practitioner

Chief Operating Officer

MaxiPro Corporate Consultancy

Argo Asocciates Japan Philippine Country Manager

Passed the Board Examination to be a Certified Public Accountant on May 2015. Joined the accounting firm Reyes Tacandong & Co. until October 2018. He is part of the Tax Advisory Group of the accounting firm which was composed of 20 lawyers and he is the only one who is a non-lawyer.

He handled Bureau of Internal Revenue Audit cases for all internal revenue and for Value Added Tax for companies of different industries such as advertising, manufacturing, merchandising, hospital, real estate and others, with assessments amounting from one million pesos to 4 billion pesos. Also, he handled queries on different tax implications on transactions and contracts such as Transfer Pricing, Share cost agreements, acquisition and mergers, from different companies with varying industries with tax due diligence engagements

As part of the tax advisory group, he processed initial registrations and post registration updates with various government agencies such as Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”), Bureau of Internal Revenue (“BIR”), Local Government Uni (“LGU”), Economic Zones like Philippine Economic Zone Authority (“PEZA”), Board of Investment (“BoI”), and Philippine Council for Non Government Organization Certification (“PCNC”). Processed different certifications from BIR and Bureau of Customs such as Importer’s Accreditation, Tax Clearances, update of registrations; - Provided tax opinions on various issues and general legal consultations; - Provided trainings and seminars on various tax topics and cases.

He handled tax compliance services which focused on filing of all reportorial requirements and returns with Bureau of Internal Revenue including but not limited to the monthly, quarterly annual returns, Securities and Exchange Commission which includes General Information Sheet, Financial Statements, amendment of Articles of Incorporation, and general corporate housekeeping, Philippine Economic Zone Authority for Income Tax Holiday validations, and Bureau of Immigration for visa related issues.

After his stay in Reyes Tacandong & Co., he became a consultant of RGP Hongkong- Philippine Branch for a multinational company for their tax exposures.

He ended his engagement with RGP on January 2019 to start his own consultancy corporation.

Currently here are the services being offered

1) Accounting 

a) External Audit - perform an audit of a company’s financial statements to comply with statutory requirements (SEC and BIR) and other stakeholders (stockholders, lenders, suppliers

b) Agreed upon procedures -perform agreed upon procedures with the investors mainly to validate the assets, search for unrecorded liabilities of targeted companies and assure the proper recognition of revenue and expenses. c) Regulatory Compliance -help in providing certification work on certain accounts in the balance sheet and/ or income statements to comply with regulatory requirements.

d) Bookkeeping - maintain records of accounting books, ledgers, journal for internal and government reporting

e) Registrations with BIR, LGU, SEC, Customs - assist clients in various applications of all registrations, licenses, permits such as Certificate of Registrations, Authority to Print, Importer's Licenses, Monitoring, Certificate of Good Standing, and others.

2) Tax 

a) Tax Due Diligence- provide prospective investors with insights on the possible tax exposures, tax assets or tax incentives of an investee company. The purpose of the review is to ensure that the valuation of the investment includes an adequate reserve for future tax assessments. 

b) Tax Compliance Review - review a client’s tax position and practices to determine whether these comply with Philippine tax laws. The objective of the study is to identify and estimate a client’s potential tax exposures and provide practical recommendations to address them. Also assist clients in preparing customized tax compliance guides or manuals 

c) Tax Outsourcing - provide assistance in calculating a client’s taxes, preparing related tax returns and in remitting these taxes to regulatory agencies within the prescribed deadlines. 

d) Tax Advocacy and Controversy Assistance - assist clients in obtaining requests for rulings or opinions from the Bureau of Internal Revenue, the Department of Finance, and other government agencies. Also assist in handling tax assessments and administrative claims for tax refunds or tax credits from the national and local governments.e) Agreed upon procedures - assist client in computation of taxes for specialized transactions such as Capital Gains Taxes, Income Tax Returns, Value added tax refunds, and Local Government Taxes