Integrity
We uphold honesty, transparency, and truthfulness in every professional engagement.
Our purpose and professional identity
Our purpose
Building Trust. Clarity for what comes next.
We help professionals and organizations in the Philippines and Southeast Asia make informed decisions through reliable financial information and practical professional support.
Our vision
To be a trusted and respected accounting, audit, tax, and business advisory practice in the Philippines and Southeast Asia, recognized for professional integrity, independent judgment, technical excellence, and commitment to the public interest.
Our mission
To provide ethical, competent, and practical accounting, tax, audit, assurance, and advisory services that strengthen financial reporting, promote regulatory compliance, improve governance, and empower informed business decisions.
We are committed to delivering professional services with integrity, objectivity, due care, confidentiality, and accountability while upholding the standards of the accountancy profession.
Our core values — The foundation of professional trust
Our practice is guided by the five fundamental principles of the Code of Ethics for Professional Accountants in the Philippines, complemented by applicable independence requirements.
Objectivity
We exercise impartial professional judgment, free from bias, conflicts of interest, and undue influence.
Professional competence and due care
We maintain technical proficiency and perform our responsibilities diligently in accordance with applicable professional standards.
Confidentiality
We safeguard information entrusted to our practice, subject to applicable legal and professional obligations.
Professional behavior
We comply with applicable laws and regulations and conduct ourselves in a manner that protects public confidence in the accounting profession.
Independence — Our assurance commitment
For audit, review, and other assurance engagements, we uphold applicable independence requirements to safeguard the credibility of our professional conclusions.
Independence is an additional assurance-related requirement, not a sixth fundamental ethical principle. Providing advisory services and a statutory external audit to the same client requires a separate independence evaluation; some combinations of services are prohibited.
Our professional philosophy
Professional engagement is a mutual commitment to trust.
A client has the right to choose their CPA. Equally, a CPA has the professional responsibility to determine whether an engagement can be ethically and competently undertaken.
We believe every professional engagement must be founded on transparency, cooperation, accountability, and respect for professional standards.
Professional fees compensate expertise and service. They do not purchase favorable opinions, predetermined conclusions, or compromised professional judgment.
A CPA’s signature is not merely a formality. It represents professional accountability and public trust.
Our professional credentials
Segundo C. Sanchez, CPA — Certified Public Accountant
BOA Accredited CPA in Public Practice; BIR Accredited Tax Practitioner; ISO/IEC 27001 Internal Auditor; Certified QuickBooks Online ProAdvisor; coursework in Forensic Accounting and Fraud Examination.
Over 10 years of professional experience, including a Big Four professional background, external and internal audit, finance leadership, information systems and process auditing, and governance, risk and data privacy work.
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We build trust through integrity, deliver clarity through competence, and protect credibility through independent professional judgment.
Our responsibility extends beyond compliance to the credibility of financial information, the integrity of professional judgment, and the trust placed in the accounting profession.
SEGUNDO C. SANCHEZ, CPA
Accounting and Audit Office
Building Trust.
Clarity for what comes next.