The Employer's December Compliance Checklist
December is the month where the whole payroll year has to close cleanly. Here is what a Philippine employer needs to finish before the 24th, before the 31st, and before January's filings arrive.
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December is the month where the whole payroll year has to close cleanly. Here is what a Philippine employer needs to finish before the 24th, before the 31st, and before January's filings arrive.
A practical walkthrough of how 13th month pay and year-end bonuses are taxed in the Philippines, from the ₱90,000 exclusion to the taxable excess. It also explains what annualisation does to your December payroll.
The 13th month pay deadline does not move, so the work has to start earlier. This walks through the inputs to clean, the classification decision to settle once, and the release that leaves an audit trail.
Every rank-and-file employee is entitled to 13th month pay, but the details decide whether your computation is correct. This guide covers coverage rules, what counts as basic salary, proportionate pay, and the December 24 deadline.
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A structured pre-payroll review your HR, payroll and accounting teams can use before every cutoff.
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