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HOME I NEWS I CALENDAR I ABOUT THIS PORTAL I OUR PARTNERS I MY PROFILE I CONTACT US

About the Philippines
Requirement Checklist
Cost of Doing Business
- Getting Started
- Labor / Manpower
Related Laws and Policies
- Omnibus Investment Code
- Foreign Investment Act
- Special Economic Zone Act
- Bases Conversion and 
  Development Act
- Investor's Lease Act
- Export Development Act
- Build-Operate-Transfer Law
- Amended Build-Operate-Transfer
  Law
- ECommerce Act
- Intellectual Property Code
Enhancing Regulatory Reforms
- Electric Power Inductry Reform Act
- Anti-Money Laundering Act
- Securitization Act of 2004
- IRR - Securitization Act of 2004

Steps in starting a business in the Philippines Click to view ROADMAP

Obtain Bank Certificate

Register your Business

Single Proprietorship
Bureau of Domestic Trade Department of Trade and Industry 361 Sen. Gil Puyat Avenue, Makati City
www.dti.gov.ph

Partnership / Corporation
Securities and Exchange Commission SEC Building, EDSA, Mandaluong City
www.sec.gov.ph

Cooperative
Cooperative Development Authority
6/F Beflor Building, 1184 Quezon Avenue
Quezon City

Apply for a Local Clearances and Permits

Apply for Barangay Clearance

Obtain Mayors Permit / Municipal License to Operate

Proceed to the Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR)

	SECURE a Tax Identification Number. Register for VAT
	Pay Documentary Stamp Taxes
	Obtain Authority to Print Receipt / Invoices
	PRINT Print Receipt / Invoices
	SUBMIT Receipt / Invoices for BIR STAMPED
	Obtain Authority to Print Receipt / Invoices

Register with the Social Security System (SSS)

Want to locate in a Special Economic or Freeport Zone?

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