Our Founder

Mr. John Paulo Partacalao is the Founder and Managing Director of JPP CPA. He is a Certified Public Accountant (CPA) by profession having passed the October 2018 CPA licensure examination. He is also a BOA-Accredited CPA in Public Practice, BIR-Accredited Tax Practitioner, and a CDA-Accredited Cooperative External Auditor.

For more than two years, he served as the Finance Manager of a telecommunications construction firm based in Tarlac, where he led a team handling all areas of end-to-end accounting operations, banking and finance, credit and collection, taxation, treasury, and other compliance works.

He has also worked as a Tax Associate at SyCip Gorres Velayo & Co. for two busy seasons, where he was exposed to various engagements such as corporate tax compliance, tax compliance reviews, tax planning, tax test of controls, BIR audit assistance, and bookkeeping, among others.

He graduated Cum Laude at Central Luzon State University (CLSU) in both of his bachelor degrees in Accounting Technology (2017) and in Accountancy (2018). He was also a student leader, having served in various capacities, such as President of the Junior Philippine Institute of Accountants - CLSU Chapter (2015-2016) and Governor of the CBAA Corporate Student Council (2016-2017). For his outstanding leadership contributions to the university, he was awarded as the CLSU Most Outstanding Student Leader in 2017.