THE Department of Finance (DOF) recently announced the Philippine Tax Academy (PTA) has secured the accreditation of the Professional Regulation Commission (PRC) as a professional development program provider.
According to DOF Undersecretary Gil S. Beltran the PRC accreditation is significant as the courses and training programs offered by the PTA can be credited as Continuing Professional Development (CPD) units for Certified Public Accountants (CPAs).
Beltran added that, the Bases Conversion and Development Authority is mulling over a plan for the construction of the academy on a lot in the New Clark City. This move is in line with BCDA’s goal of hosting “a global community of learners, educators, technologists, researchers and innovators” in this future metropolis in Central Luzon, a statement by the DOF said.
Earlier, Beltran said the PTA is also exploring a possible partnership with the Centre of Development Studies of the United Kingdom-based University of Cambridge and has partnered with the UP-Los Baños (UPLB) to further raise the standards of its course offerings designed to hone the professionalism of the country’s revenue officers.
The tie-up with Cambridge’s Centre for Development Studies involves developing a study program on integrity education “as a continuing course offering of the PTA,” he explained. On the other hand, the partnership with UPLB in Laguna involves a joint program and possible sharing of facilities with the school that will serve as a secondary campus for the PTA.
Beltran added the PTA is now studying the possibility of using the UPLB’s College of Public Affairs and Development facilities near the Local Government Academy in Los Baños to help set up its training center.