General Registration Requirements

Investors setting up business in the country have to comply with the following general requirements:

• Registration of corporations and partnerships
  Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)
  
  
• Registration of business name/single proprietorship
  Department of Trade and Industry (DTI)
  
  
• Registration for availing of incentives under Executive Order 226 or the Omnibus Investment Code.
  Board of Investments (BOI)
  
  
• Registration with other Investment Promotion Agencies for availing of incentives
  Philippine Economic Zone Authority (PEZA)
  Subic Bay Metropolitan Authority (SBMA)
  Clark Development Corporation (CDC)
  Cagayan Economic Zone Authority
  Phividec Industrial Authority
  Zamboanga Economic Zone Authority
  
  
  
• Registration of foreign investments for purposes of capital repatriation and profit remittances
  Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP)
  
  
• Securing Tax Identification Number (TIN)
  Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR)
  
  
• Securing locational clearance/business permit for firms locating in Metro Manila
  Metro Manila Development Authority (MMDA)
  /City Hall/Municipal Offices in the localities where the business will be set up
  
  
• Securing an employer's SSS number
  Social Security System (SSS)
  
  
• Securing membership in the government health care benefits system
  Philippine Health Insurance Corporation
  
  
• Securing electric services connection
  Manila Electric Co. (MERALCO) for business in MERALCO franchise area; local electric utility firms for companies locating in non-MERALCO franchise area
  
  
• Securing Water services
  Maynilad Water Company and/or Manila Water Company for firms locating in Metro Manila and Local Water Utilities Administration (LWUA) for firms locating outside Metro Manila
  
  
• Securing Telephone services connection
  Philippine Long Distance Telephone Co. (PLDT), Bayantel, Digitel, Smart and Globelines