Entrepreneurs and business owners will once again experience the business-friendly—and leisure-friendly environment in Taguig City with the local government’s Business One-Stop Shop (BOSS) set to run at the start of 2018.
The BOSS streamlines the processing of the renewal of business licenses and registrations. Held simultaneously at the Taguig City Hall Auditorium and at the ninth floor of the City Hall Satellite Office in SM Aura, it started on January 3 and will run until January 20, including weekends. Business owners are encouraged to take advantage of the annual event, which will see them enjoying a free massage, film showing and refreshments, while waiting for their documents to be processed.
Tokens like umbrellas and clocks will be provided to the first 100 attendees.
“Taxes are the lifeblood of the city’s programs and social services,” Business Permit and Licensing Office Officer in Charge lawyer Fanella Joy Panga-Cruz explained. She also highlighted that taxes translate to social services that include door-to-door delivery of medicines, scholarship assistance, among others.
“The more taxes we collect from the business community, the more we can provide services to Taguigeños,” she said.
Taguig has received a Blue Certification Award from the Office of the Ombudsman for its streamlined frontline services, and an excellent rating from the Civil Service Commission for its compliance with the Anti-Red Tape Act.
Taguig City is currently home to top corporations, embassies and government offices. New hotels, educational institutions and shopping malls have also sprung up in recent years within the fast-growing business districts of Bonifacio Global City and Arca South.
Taguig City, despite being one of the youngest cities in the country, was also recognized in August 2017 by the National Competitiveness Council of the Philippines as one of the Most Improved Local Government Units in the category of Highly Urbanized Cities.