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October 15, 2026
Are you a "large taxpayer"? How BIR classification decides your deadline
The BIR keeps two large-taxpayer lists: EOPT Large, at P1 billion in gross sales, and the Large Taxpayers Service. How to check which one you are on.
October 13, 2026
The second-generation operator's first 100 days
Spend the first 100 days after taking over learning before changing: map how work moves, count what it costs, then fix one small, reversible thing.
October 6, 2026
BIR e-invoicing: who is actually covered by 31 December 2026
As of 3 October 2026, five categories must issue BIR e-invoices by 31 December 2026. Micro taxpayers are exempt; exporters and POS users have no date yet.
September 23, 2026
What the 95% AI failure statistic actually says
The MIT report says 95% of organizations got no measurable return, not that 95% of pilots failed. Different denominators. Here is what it found.
September 16, 2026
What AI actually does in a business that runs on paper
It reads documents into data, matches records written four different ways, and sorts unstructured messages. The decisions are still yours. Here is the honest boundary.
September 9, 2026
Build, buy, or fix what you have
Three options, not two. Buy when the problem is generic, build when the process is what you compete on, fix when only the record of it broke.
September 5, 2026
When a spreadsheet stops being enough
You will never hit the row limit. Five operational breakpoints tell you whether a spreadsheet has actually failed, and which ones mean fixing it instead.
September 1, 2026
The Hidden Hours Audit: how to find where your business is losing time
Five signals that show where a business loses hours to manual work, each with the threshold that separates a nuisance from a real cost. Run it in a week.
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