PhilippineBusiness.com.ph: Guide To Doing Business

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The Guide to Doing Business provides an overview of the Philippines' social, political, and economic climate. It provides important information on the country's assets and strategic positioning that can be useful for businessmen who have plans of setting up businesses in the country. It showcases not only relevant historic and statistical data on the economy but lists and discusses key pieces of legislation that govern business transactions in the country today.

Philippine laws important to investors
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RA No.	Title	Date Signed
9337	Expanded Value-Added Tax (E-VAT) Law	24 May 2005
9334	Increasing excise tax rates of alcohol and tobacco products	21 December 2004
9302	Amending the PDIC Charter	27 July 2004
9295	Domestic Shipping Development Act of 2004	3 May 2004
9294	Restoring the tax exemption of offshore banking units and foreign currency deposits	28 April 2004
9285	Alternative Dispute Resolution Act of 2004	2 April 2004
9281	Strengthening the Agriculture and Fisheries Modernization Act	30 March 2004
9275	Clean Water Act of 2004	22 March 2004
9267	Securitization Act of 2004	19 March 2004
9243	Rationalizing the provisions on documentray stamp tax of the National Internal Revenue Code	17 February 2004
9239	Optical Media Act of 2003	10 February 2004
9238	Excluding certain services from VAT and re-imposition of Gross Receipt Tax on banks and non-bank financial intermediaries performing quasi-bankingfunctions and other non-bank financial intermediaries	5 February 2005

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PricewaterhouseCoopers Phils.

• The Philippines - A Profile
• Foreign investment policies, requirements and incentives
• Board of Investments / Philippine Economic Zone Authority
• Securities and Exchange Commission
• Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas
• Royalties, Technical Service Agreements, Etc.
• Taxes
• Regional or Area Headquarters and Regional Operating Headquarters
• Joint Ventures
• Retail Trade
• Rules on Borrowings

Appendices:
Third Regular Foreign Investment Negative List (E.O. 11)
Income Tax Rates for Special Corporations
Philippine Tax Treaties in Force as of September 2000

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SGV & Co.

• The Philippines (PDF, 216 KB)*
• Why You Should Invest in the Philippines (PDF, 267 KB)*
• Staking Our Claim to IT Leadership (PDF, 138 KB)*
• How to Operate in the Philippines (PDF, 442 KB)*

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More Links / Resources

• Romulo, Mabanta, Buenaventura, Sayoc & De Los Angeles
• Punongbayan & Araullo
• Board of Investments
• Department of Trade and Industry
• Philippine Economic Zone Authority (PEZA)
• Subic Bay Metropolitan Authority (SBMA)
• Clark Development Corporation
• W Growth Corridor

A comprehensive directory
that list key government
people and their addresses,
e-mail, telephone and fax numbers.

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The annual IPP contains the list of priority industries and service areas entitled to fiscal and non-fiscal incentives from the government. Click here

Expansion of Economic Zones
Economic zones play an integral role in the growth of investments in the country. Since the creation of the Philippine Economic Zone Authority in 1995, investments drawn into the country's ecozones have grown by leaps and bounds, contributing as well to growth in employment and exports. Know the trends and characteristics of these ecozones. Click here

SERVICED APARTMENTS IN THE PHILIPPINES

Combining the features of residential condo units with the service of hotels, serviced apartments are gaining popularity in the Philippines as they provide flexible rental periods and a management unit that gives lease owners access to cleaning and maintenance services. Know more about the developments and trends of this sub-sector of the property market, view this report by FPDSavills.
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