The City Business Permit and Licensing Office (CBPLO) of the Local Government of Tagum recorded an overwhelming increase in its generated revenue, business tax collection and number of business permits issued subsequent to the implementation of the 3-step Business One-Stop Shop (BOSS), the city government’s simplified business permit renewal process, as revealed by Ms. Noeme Evelyn Cacayorin, License Officer IV, in an interview last February 06, 2016.
By the end of January, CBPLO recorded a revenue of P214,989,884.70 with an equivalent increase of 10.67% compared to last year’s P194,255,380.61 revenue that was generated within the same month.
The business tax collection also swelled by 27.49% as P121, 272,297.53 was collected this year, breaking the tax collection record of P95, 122,112.05 last January, 2016.
Meanwhile, the number of issued business permits also marked a significant increase with this year’s 6,494 permits compared to last year’s figure of 5,742.
Ms Cacayorin, said that the huge achievement tagged with this year’s record was a result of the increase in the number of business entities here in the city as well as their thriving industry activities.
She also stated that the enhanced inspection conducted by CBPLO among businesses’ locations through the use of a technology-based Tax Map partnered with the efficient collection performed by the City Treasurer’s Office was also a factor to the success of the 3-step BOSS.
It can be recalled that from the original 15 steps, the process for getting business permits in Tagum City was cut short to five (5) on the onset of the Rellon Administration and was streamlined to three (3) steps with this year’s APR (Assess, Pay, Release) scheme.
Mayor Allan Rellon initially pronounced that the introduction of the 3-step BOSS was one of the means of the city government in making the course of doing business here a pleasurable one for investors and practitioners.
Ms. Cacayorin, meanwhile, expressed that the businessmen, consumers and constituents of Tagum City can expect the implementation of better projects and the expansion of meaningful programs within this year following the success of the business permit renewal process. (Roy Banias/CIO Tagum)
