Each guide below walks through a Philippine legal procedure — the deadlines, offices, and documents that make it move — and every specific it states is cited to the statute, rule, or Department Order that governs it. Read the source for the letter of the law; read the guide for the shape of the process.
Labor and employment
- Illegal dismissal and money-claim complaint at the NLRC: the procedure end to end
- Legitimate contracting versus labor-only contracting under the Labor Code
- Single Entry Approach: How to file a Request for Assistance for a labor dispute
- Termination for authorized cause: the 30-day notice to the worker and to DOLE
- Termination for just cause: the two-notice rule and the employee's opportunity to be heard
Tax and estate
- Capital gains tax on the sale of real property: rate, 30-day return, and the registry checkpoint
- Documentary stamp tax on the deed: rate, base, and the 10-day filing rule
- Filing the donor's tax return: 30-day rule, place, rate and threshold
- Filing the estate tax return: deadline, place, payment and extensions
- The estate tax amnesty: coverage, rate, and why it is no longer an option
Note. This page describes a procedure by reference to the issuances that create it. It is general legal information from Vivas & Nobles Law Office, not legal advice. Deadlines, offices and requirements can shift with new circulars; a lawyer reviewing your specific facts is the safer path than acting on this alone.