The Davao City Business Bureau has advised taxpayers to register or renew their business permits before the January 31 deadline to avoid congestion in application and payment venues.
In an interview with Madayaw Davao on Thursday, Business Bureau Officer-In-Charge Maribel Paguican said that for the past 12 days of operation of the BPOSS or the Business One Stop Shop, 29,148 taxpayers were able to print their renewal forms.
The Business Bureau expects about 49,000 taxpayers to renew their permits, including those whose permits were in process last year and were not issued due to the holidays.
Paguican stressed the importance of renewing early.
“We are encouraging na as early mag cope na sila sa ilahang mga payables because if tanan ang mentalidad didto na sa last days mag settle and then daghan ang dagsa sa tao maglisud napud ta. So kadtong naa na’y capacity naa na’y budget to pay settle na as early para dili ta magtapok sa atong venue (We are encouraging them to settle their payables because if everyone has the mentality to settle their dues during the last days, they may experience inconvenience. So those who already have the capacity, those who have the budget to pay, settle as early so that they will not experience congestion in the venue),” Paguican said.
She said taxpayers from the First district may go to the Sangguniang Panlungsod building; Talomo District taxpayers may go to Almendras Gym; Calinan District taxpayers may go to the Calinan Gym; Buhangin District taxpayers may go to Gaisano CityGate Mall; Toril, Tugbok, Baguio, and Marilog taxpayers to their respective district treasury offices.
“Walay requirement sa renewal, just bring your permit because we will encode your Business ID. Kung wala’y problema sa record they can easily proceed sa issuance sa ilang application. But in the event nga naa sila’y deficiencies, violation with other offices, they need to settle first. But we will not hinder ang ilang pagbayad, they can pay for [the business permit] but later nalang pud nila i-settle ang deficiencies because ang atong naay deadline is ang pagbayad. Ang pag settle we give them time pero dili pud niya dugay dugayan kay by April mag ocular napud ta and there is one hundred peso penalty per day for those who have no permit. (There is no requirement for renewal, bring your permits because we will encode your Business ID. If there are no problems in their record we can proceed to the issuance of their application. But in the event that they have deficiencies, violations with other offices, they need to settle first. But we will not hinder their payments, they can pay [for the business permit] but settle the deficiencies later because only the payment has a deadline. We give them time to settle but they should not delay because by April we will conduct an ocular inspection and there is a P100 per day penalty for those who do not have permits),” Paguican said.
Meanwhile, Paguican said that they make sure to give ample time to taxpayers to pay and they have extended the opening hours on January 31. The Business Bureau will be open until 10 pm at SP building and Almendras; City Gate (Buhangin) will be open until 8 pm; Calinan, Toril, and Tugbok will be open until 7 pm; and Paquibato, Baguio, and Marilog will be open until 5 pm.
“Magrenew nata as early as possible kay wala ta kabalo sa panahon ang weather naga-usab pud samtang maayo pa ang panahon, and you have the capacity nga magbayad na, so magbayad nata ug mag settle nata (Please renew as early as possible because we do not know the changes in the weather conditions, while the weather is fair and you have the capacity to pay, pay and settle),” Paguican said. CIO
