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19/08/2025

Thank you, APAC for the recognition.

KS Law Office - 2025 winner.

14/05/2025

“We say that the election process is the highest form of democracy. It’s really not. The highest form is impeachment. If you could remove the President or another higher official through a peaceful means, and although impeachment is traumatic but it’s peaceful, [then], that’s the highest point of democracy.”

Reference:

Arirang News. (2025, April 18). Interview with Professor Mark Peterson [Interview]. Within the Frame. Arirang News.

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03/01/2024

It's the office's first anniversary! Thank you to all our valued clients and to all our followers! God bless us all this 2024!

17/08/2023

The estate tax amnesty has been extended until 14 JUNE 2025 through the enactment of Republic Act No. 11956 (R.A. No. 11956) amending R.A. No. 11213 otherwise known as the "Tax Amnesty Act".

As amended, the estate tax amnesty now covers those estate of decedents who died on or before 31 May 2022. Accordingly, R.A. No. 11956 simplified the requirements in filing the estate tax amnesty return, which are as follows:

1. Certified True Copy of the Death Certificate of deceased relative from the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA). If this is not available, a Certificate of No Record of Death from the PSA plus any government-issued document that can prove the fact of death;
2. TIN of the Estate of the Deceased relative;
3. TIN of heir/s;
4. Government-issued Identification Card of Authorized Representative, the heirs, or transferees;
5. Certified True Copy of Tax Declaration of real properties at the time of death;
6. Certificate of No Improvement issued by Assessor's Office where declared properties have no improvement;
7. Certificate of Deposit owned by the decedent for bank accounts and other investments;
8. Certificate of Registration of vehicles (if there is any);
9. Certificate of Stocks (if there is any)

Noteworthy, R.A. No. 11956 specifically states that a Deed of Extrajudicial Settlement of the Estate is no longer required in PAYING the estate tax amnesty due. However, the Bureau will not issue the Certificate Authorizing Registration (CAR) until you submit the Deed Extrajudicial Settlement of the Estate. This CAR is a mandatory requirement before the Registry of Deeds and LGU in order to transfer the title and the tax declarations, respectively, under the names of the new owners.

This could be the final extension as this is the second time the estate tax amnesty was extended since the enactment of R.A. 11213 in 2019. The first extension was through the enactment of R.A. 11569 which gave the taxpayers an additional two years to file the estate tax amnesty return (from 15 June 2021 to 14 June 2023). Hence, start collating those requirements and process the application with the appropriate BIR RDO.

29/07/2023

Ejectment case or Reivindicatory action: which is the proper remedy to recover possession of real property?

The short answer to the question is, it depends!

There are three (3) possessory actions available. They are:
1. Accion Interdictal;
2. Accion Publiciana; and
3. Accion Reivindicatoria.

To learn more about these, you may read. the full article here:

Published on July 29, 2023 By Karen G. Supapo The short answer to this question is, it depends. The proper remedy will depend on the factual milieu of your case. It is well-settled that a person can recover possession over his/her real property either by filing an accion interdictal, accion

05/07/2023

Finders keepers, losers weepers!

It is unfortunate to lose your phone; and terrible if it falls into the hands of fraudsters and/or hackers. As such, stop weeping and act immediately to protect yourself by following these steps:

1. Temporarily deactivate your SIM by reporting the incident to your cellular network service provider;
2. Erase your lost device in your Google and/or Apple account/s using a remote device and change your passwords;
3. Execute a Notarized Affidavit of Loss with Undertaking;
4. Complete your application for permanent deactivation of your SIM;
5. Request the NTC to block the IMEI of your lost smartphone;
6. Update your mobile banking accounts; and
7. Change all your passwords in all your online accounts.

To learn more about these procedures, you can read the details in our latest article entitled "The Aftermath of Losing a Smartphone. How should you protect yourself?". You can access the article through this link:
https://www.kslawph.com/in-the-news/the-aftermath-of-losing-a-smartphone-how-should-you-protect-yourself

02/06/2023

Still confuse on how to start-off processing the estate tax return (or estate tax amnesty return) of your deceased loved one/s? Then, get an insight on how to do your step 1 by reading this: https://www.kslawph.com/in-the-news/starting-off-the-estate-tax-return

08/01/2023

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