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HIGHLIGHTS OF EASE OF DOING BUSINESS MEETINGStarting a Business and Paying Taxes Indicators07 April 2016, 02:00 PM at 6F, Center Conference Room, DTI Main Bldg., Makati City

In Attendance:

Department of Finance

Mr. Albert YapMr. Rene Cris RiveraMs. Marian Albano

Department of Trade and Industry

Dir. Emma Asusano

Department of Interior and Local

Government

Dir. Anna BonaguaMr. Raymond De AsisMs. Marianne AncenoMs. Romana Galve

Securities and Exchange Commission

AD. Mary Anne LaguraMr. Paul Obmina

Bureau of Internal Revenue

A/CIR Charo Curiba Atty. Beverly MiloMr. Rex Recoter

Social Security System

Ms. Ada De SilvaMs. Aurea BayMr. Van Orpilla

Pag-IBIG Fund

VP Reynaldo MalayaMr. Harlan Villanueva

Philhealth

Mr. Jojit Mislang

Landbank

FVP Randy MontesaMs. Ninna VeranMs. Judy Kis-Ing

Development Bank of the Philippines

SVP Benel LaguaMs. Monagie MatammuMs. Ana Domingo

QC-LGU

Ms. Regina Samson

Board of Investment

Dir. Domingo BagaporoMr. EC Delos Reyes

NCC

Mr. Guillermo LuzMr. Ruy Moreno

AD. Malou GesilvaMs. Marina SaldanaMs. Meirin NegapatanMr. Faisah Dela RosaMr. Aries Espano

Private Sector - DAI

Mr. Mr. Alex Kitain


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Action Items/Agreements

For Starting a Business sub-taskforce:

1. QC LGU to submit copy of their proposed amendment of Local Government Code to NCCbefore April 22 report of project repeal to Economic Cluster.

2. SEC and BOI to discuss proposal on expansion of IBRS

For Paying Taxes sub-taskforce:

1. Finalize MOA on e-payment service between LBP and QC LGU2. QC LGU to provide a list of business with email addresses to Pag-IBIG and Philhealth for

marketing of social agencies e-services.3. Pag-IBIG and Philhealth to

NCC Secretariat:1. Prepare a letter of information for Paying Taxes sub-taskforce (Pag-IBIG and Philhealth)

re: e-government services

2. Finalize Doing Business Press Conference (program, presentation, website, etc.)

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1. The meeting was called to order at 2:30 p.m. by Mr. Guillermo Luz, NCC Co-Chairman,Private Sector

2. The proposed agenda are as follows:a. Agreements of April 1, 2016 meetingb. Preparation for the SAB-PT Sub-taskforce press conference on April 14, 2016.

3. On the first item of agreements, SEC discussed and provided a copy of the IBRSperformance report based on the following period a.) April 1, 2014 to April 14, 2015 andb.) April 15, 2015 to March 31, 2016. There are 25,458 corporations registered prior to the

implementation of IBRS while 124,102 corporations registered under IBRS. Data for Jan- April 2015 and Jan-March 2016 are as follows:

JANUARY – APRIL 2015 JANUARY – MARCH 2016

January – 1,532 January – 1,572 February – 2,235 February – 1,722

March – 2,611 March – 1,614 April – 1, 048

4. SEC informed the Chair that during the SEC En Banc Meeting last week, it wasrecommended that proposal to implement electronic submission of registration applicationand/or scanning of documents from satellite offices to H.O will be temporarily ‘put on-hold ’ since they will be implementing Company Registration System (CRS) by June. In addition,SEC will have a separate meeting with BOI to discuss expansion of IBRS in BOI facilities.

It was recommended that SEC may assign a personnel to BOI or to give trainings to BOIpersonnel to pre-process, accept, and transmit documents for registration.

5. On the discussion to merge barangay clearance with city hall procedures, QC LGUresponded that they have submitted proposal to amend the Local Government Code toSenate. Further, QC LGU expressed that there is a need to clarify and review barangayposition in the business regulations. QC LGU then requested to DILG to study saidproposal


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6. GML requested to QC LGU for a copy of the proposed amendment/s for Local GovernmentCode. QC LGU acknowledged said request. He also discussed ‘pre-payment agreement’ for e-services. QC LGU responded that under the ‘ executive order ’ for payment of e-services, there was a commitment for service-level. GML suggested to QC LGU to adddetails of service-level in their website.

7. BIR provided a copy of the RMC No. 43 s. 2016 to NCC in response to clarifications on

SAB procedures. The memo will combine ‘Primary and Secondary Business Registration’,thus, the application for authority to print manual receipts/invoices, registration of manualbooks of accounts and the issuance of the COR can be done simultaneously in one dayor within 8 working hours provided that all documents are complete.

8. On the proposed expansion of SEC IBRS, BOI acknowledged possibility to operationalizeIBRS in BOI facility. This may serve as an extension office in Makati areas to incorporateand assist all types of registrants. SEC acknowledged response from BOI and this will bediscuss with Dir. Sales.

9. For Paying Taxes, BIR provided NCC a copy of the RR No. 3-2016, which prescribes thepolicies and guidelines on the adoption of credit/debit/prepaid card payments as additionalmodes of payment of internal revenue taxes. Mr. Kitain informed the Chair that the BIRregulation is currently implemented however, facilities is not yet available. In addition, BIR

has yet to release copy of the Implementing Rules and Regulation for RR No. 3-2016.10. On the discussion of the NPRS, LBP emphasized that the NPRS served as the framework

for online transactions. This aims for an interoperability of LBP, DBP and bancnetmembers to process bank transactions.

11. PhilHealth emphasized that NPRS may result to additional payment for service charge toindividually paying members. Philhealth reiterated that they have existing agreement withLBP and bancet for e-PRS.

12. On the MOA signing for e-payment service, QC-LGU and LBP is still finalizingcontent/provisions of the MOA. They inform the Chair that this will be part of the pressconference on April 21.

13. GML reminded the banks (LBP and DBP), BIR and Social Agencies (SSS, Pag-IBIG, andPhilHealth) to aggressively promote and advertise electronic services for public

awareness. Currently, DBP has a promo on E-Pay to Win, a raffle promotional andadvertising strategy to encourage members to use e-payment services of partnergovernment agencies.

14. On the marketing strategy for online payment users, GML requested QC LGU to providelist of email addresses/business information to Pag-IBIG and Philhealth. QC LGUacknowledged said request.

15. On the preparation for the press conference, GML informed the sub-taskforces that thiswill be on April 21 and he suggested the following:a. For Starting a Business: quick update/overview of IBRS (to be presented by:

Commissioner Blas Viterbo)b. Current QC LGU initiatives to streamline business payments with CTC and other

related SAB improvements.

c. For Paying Taxes, GML suggested to present/discuss improvements on the onlinefacility from BIR and/or SSS

d. Signing of the MOA on e-payment service between LBL and QC LGU. Also, NCC willdraft a letter of information for Pag-IBIG and Philhealth for their marketing collaterals.

16. The meeting was adjourned at 04:30 p.m. and follow-up meeting was scheduled on April14 to finalize press conference program.

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