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REPORTORIAL REQUIREMENTS OF CORPORATIONS not later than January of the following year.
REGISTERED WITH THE SEC 1) The FAS of the following domestic corporations shall be audited by an
If the corporation is not in operation, it should submit an Affidavit of independent certified public accountant (CPA) registered with the
Non-Operation within 120 calendar days after the end of the fiscal year Board of Accountancy:
as specified in the by-laws, with the GIS and FS. a) stock corporations with paid-up capital of PhP50,000.00 or more;
1. What laws govern the submission of reports to the SEC?
and
Securities Regulation Code (R.A. 8799/SRC)
Corporation Code of the Philippines
b) non-stock corporations with annual gross receipts of
Investment Houses Law (P.D. 129)
TABLE 1: REPORT FOR ALL SEC REGISTERED CORPORATIONS PhP100,000.00 or more, or total assets of PhP50,000,000.00 or
WITH PRIMARY LICENSE more
2. Who should file reports with the SEC?
Registered stock corporations (Including foreign corporations e.g. 2) The FS of the following domestic corporations shall, at the minimum,
branch offices, representative offices, regional headquarters or Document No. of Filer Filing Period be certified under oath by the treasurer of the corporation:
regional operating headquarters) copies a) stock corporations with paid-up capital of less than PhP50,000.00;
Registered non-stock corporations (Foundations, associations, and
non-government organizations, religious organizations, Domestic Within 30 days from b) non-stock corporations with annual gross receipts of less than
corporation sole, etc.) Stock/Non-stock date of the annual PhP100,000.00 or a total assets of less than PhP500,000.00.
Corporations granted secondary licenses e.g. broker or dealer in Corporations stockholders’ or
securities, government securities eligible dealer (GSED), members meeting 3) The FS of the following foreign corporations shall be audited by an
investment adviser of an investment company, close-end or open- Branch Office & Within 30 days from independent CFA registered with the Board of Accountancy:
end investment company, investment house, transfer agent, Representative the anniversary date a) branch office of a stock foreign corporation with total assets of
commodity or financial futures exchange/broker merchant, General Office of Foreign of the issuance of the PhP500,000.00 or more;
financing company, pre-need plan issuer, general agent in pre- Information 4 Corporations license b) branch office of a non-stock foreign corporation with total assets
need plans and time shares/club shares/membership certificates Sheet Regional Within 30 calendar of PhP500,000.00 or more;
issuers or selling agents thereof Operating days after the c) representative office of a foreign corporation with total assets of
Other entities required by the SEC to submit reports on a regular PhP500,000.00 or more;
Headquarters issuance of the
or special basis (ROHQs) certificate of d) regional operating headquarters of multinational companies with
Regional registration and assigned capital of PhP50,000.00 or more;
3. What reports should registered corporations file with the SEC? Headquarters license, and then e) regional headquarters of multinational companies with total
The reports to be submitted by all registered stock and non-stock (RHQs) of annually, within 30 assets of PhP50,000.00 or more.
corporations are listed in Table 1. Reports required of corporations Multinational calendar days after
with secondary licenses are given in Table 4. Companies the anniversary date 4) The FS of the following foreign corporations shall, at the minimum, be
of the issuance of the certified under oath by the treasurer of the of the corporation:
4. What are the specifications of the GIS, AFS, General and certificate of a) branch office of a stock foreign corporation with assigned capital
Special FS reports? registration and of less than PhP50,000.00;
license b) branch office of a non-stock foreign corporation with total assets
The GIS, AFS, General and Special FS reports should be printed on of less than PhP500,000.00;
an A4-sized (8.27”x11.69”) bond paper under a standard cover page Domestic
Stock/Non-stock c) representative office of a foreign corporation with total assets of
or sheet. The original and all conformed pages should use only one less than PhP500,000.00;
side of the paper. Corporations
Branch Office & d) regional operating headquarters of multinational companies
Audited Representative with assigned capital of less than PhP500,000.00;
5. Where can one obtain blank GIS, General and Special FS Financial Office of Foreign Within 120 calendar e) regional operating headquarters of multinational companies with
forms? Statements 4 Corporations days after the end of total assets of less than PhP500,000.00.
Both hard and soft copies of blank GIS, General and Special FS (AFS) Regional the fiscal year, as
forms are available at the Main and Extension offices of the SEC. stamped Operating indicated in the
In February 2002, the SEC amended Rule 68 of the SRC Implementing
The forms and revisions thereof may also be downloaded from the “RECEIVED” Headquarters Financial Statements
Rules and Regulations, in view of its adoption and implementation of
SEC web site at http://www. sec.gov.ph . by the BIR (ROHQs)
International Accounting Standards (IAS), as approved by the Accounting
Regional
Standards Council (ASC).
Headquarters
General Information Sheet (GIS) (RHQs) of
Multinational Rule 68 (together with subsequent official pronouncements,
Companies interpretations and rulings on accounting and reporting matters, which
The GIS should be certified and sworn to by the corporate secretary. may be issued by the Commission from time to time) states the
requirements applicable to the form and content of financial statements
In the submission of the General Information sheet (GIS), the 30- required to be filed with the Commission by all corporations that file
calendar day period shall be counted from the date the annual with the Commission AFS that are prepared and presented in
stockholders’ meeting was actually held. If the corporation is conformity with the generally accepted accounting principles,
except those whose paid-up capital is less than P50,000.00.
Banks, insurance companies, non-stock corporations, branch and
Rule 68.1 sets additional requirements for financial statements of
representative offices of foreign corporations, and RHQs and ROHQs of
corporations covered under Section 17.2 of the SRC. REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES
multinational corporations are not required to submit GIS, GFFS and
SFFS in diskette or CD. SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
All Financial Statements submitted to this Commission shall adhere
strictly to the provisions of these Rules. Otherwise, financial The prescribed electronic templates for the GIS, GFFS and SFFS are
statements, which are not in accordance with these Rules, shall be available for downloading from the SEC webpage
considered not filed at all. (http://www.sec.gov.ph), under the link “Downloads”.
If the said incomplete financial statements are submitted with Other Reportorial Requirements
other report(s), the said report(s) shall likewise be deemed not
filed. SEC Memorandum Circular No. 8 series of 2006 states that all
registered foundations shall submit, in addition to the GIS, its AFS
SRC Rule 68, as amended, shall become effective for financial
which shall include:
statements covering the period beginning January 1, 2001 and for
1) sworn statement of its president and treasurer on the following
interim financial statements starting the first quarter of 2002, and
Information that relates to the preceding year:
thereafter.
a) source and amount of funds;
b) program/activity planned, ongoing and accomplished;
Electronic Copy/Diskette of GIS and AFS i. complete name, address and contact number of the project
officer- in-charge;
In addition to the hard copies (document) of the GIS and AFS, SEC ii. complete address and contact number of the project office; and
Memo-Circular No.2 S. 2001 requires corporations with Gross c) application of funds.
Sales/Revenue of at least PhP10 M to submit a diskette containing 2) certification from the office of the mayor, or the office of the barangay
the electronic file/soft copy of the GIS or the FS template shown in captain or the head of either the Department of Social Welfare and
Table 2 below. The GIS diskette(s) shall be accompanied by a Development or Department of Health, on the existence of the subject
Certification under oath by the Corporate Secretary, stating that it
contains the exact data stated in the hard copies. On the other hand,
project/activity in the locality on which it exercises jurisdiction. A CITIZEN’S MANUAL ON
3) in case a registered foundation has not yet submitted to the
the diskette for the FS template(s) shall be accompanied by a Commission a statement of willingness to allow the conduct of an
Certification under oath by the Treasurer that it contains the same audit, it shall attach such statement when it submits the documents
basic or material data in the hard copies of the AFS. required in nos. (1) and (2).
6. Where can one obtain blank SEC forms for reports required of
REPORTORIAL
TABLE 2 : GIS and FS TEMPLATES
REQUIREMENTS
corporations with secondary licenses?
The blank forms are available from the following departments as
NAME/DESCRIPTION FILER shown below.