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The Tagum City Investment Promotion Office (TCIPO) serves to assist you in your business set-up needs. This page is your FAQ buster and portal to almost everything there is to know, especially for your paperwork.

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 For more info on Business Permits, contact the Business Permit & Licensing Division (084)218-2921 & (+63)917-638-8329 or CLICK HERE.

If you are interested in putting up a project inTagum and would like to avail of the incentives under the Tagum City Investment Incentive Code, check the following qualifications and requirements:

Qualifications for Incentives

·         Proposed place of operation or production site shall be within Tagum City;

·         Must be engaged in business activities stated in the Investment Priority Areas (IPAs) as prescribed in the Code;

·         That at least 70% of the semi-skilled and unskilled workers to be hired must be bona-fide residents of Tagum City and the project/enterprise will provide equal opportunities for men, women, (Indigenous Peoples) IPs, and differently-abled persons;

·         Must have a minimum capitalization of Three million pesos P 3,000,000.00 or as specified in the IPAs;

Filing Fees

CAPITALIZATION	APPLICATION FEE
Small Scale Enterprise	P3,000.00
Medium Scale Enterprises	P5,000.00
Large Scale Enterprises	P10,000.00

General Application and Documentary Requirements

·         Three (3) copies of completed Application Form from the TCIPO;

·         Duly signed copy of the Pre-investment Study/Feasibility Study of the proposed investment.

·         Duly approved Articles of Incorporation/Partnership/Cooperation and By-laws for corporation, partnership, or cooperative applicant;

·         Certified Copy of Certificate of Registration from DTI, SEC or CDA;

·         Board Resolution authorizing the filing of the application for corporation, partnership, or cooperative applicant;

·         Copy of the Environmental Compliance Certificate (ECC) duly issued by the Department of Environment and Natural Resources, for projects/activities to be undertaken in Environmentally Critical Areas;

·         Three-year Annual Production and Sales Performance Report for expansion and diversification projects (for existing and expanding enterprise only);

·         Annual Tax Due to the City Treasurer for the last three years (for existing and expanding enterprise only);

·         Financial and Physical Assessment Report of the damages that caused the company to be in distressed status (for distressed enterprise only), and;

·         Other documentary requirements that may be determined by the Tagum City Investment Promotion Board.

Here is the Application Form:

Application for Registration Under the Tagum City Investment Incentive Code

We hope this article has been of good help to you. For any inquiry, comment, or suggestion, contact us. We would also gladly process your registration online. Just make sure to submit scanned manually signed documents and not digitally signed ones.