Recently, the Cities of Muntinlupa and Marikina and the Municipality of Orion in Bataan were connected electronically with the Philippine Business Registry (PBR). In so doing, they have just empowered their constituents to lodge their applications for new businesses on-line with the DTI, Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) and their Business Permit and Licensing Office (BPLO).
Meanwhile, the registrants from the following LGUs can print the PBR application form and need not fill-up separate forms at the participating agencies, to wit:
1. Bacolod City, Negros Occidental
11. Malaybalay City, Bukidnon
2. Batangas City, Batangas
12. Mandaluyong City, Metro Manila
3. Bayawan City (Tulong), Negros Oriental
13. Muntinlupa City, Metro Manila
4. Cabuyao, Laguna
14. Parañaque City, Metro Manila
5. Calamba City, Laguna
15. Quezon City, Metro Manila
6. Caloocan City, Metro Manila
16. Rosales, Pangasinan
7. Candon City, Ilocos Sur
17. Tacurong City, Sultan Kudarat
8. Guiguinto, Bulacan
18. Taguig City, Metro Manila
9. Iligan City, Lanao del Norte
19. Tanauan, Leyte
10. Malabon City, Metro Manila
The said LGUs may advise the PBR registrants to submit additional documents, if any.
As for businesses located at other cities and municipalities, the PBR will still be useful for business name registration at the DTI and Tax Identification Number (TIN) validation or generation and Certificate of Registration (CoR) at the BIR.
PBR Advisory 09-001
To provide you with additional and more efficient online services, please be advised that the Philippine Business Registry (PBR) is currently undergoing system enhancements. Thus, registration for sole proprietorship businesses will be temporarily unavailable until system enhancements are fully completed by August 2009.
In the meantime, please apply on-line for your new DTI Business Name certificate (for sole proprietorship only) at www.bnrs.dti.gov.ph.
For assistance, you may e-mail pbr-pmu@dti.gov.ph or contact the BNRS Helpdesk at (02) 729-8681.
