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Sunday, September 30, 2012

Business Guide: Register your Business with the BIR (Tax Identification Number, Authority to Print Invoice and Book Journal)

Avoid being hunted as tax evader and fined a huge amount. Follow this next step. Register your business with the Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) in order for you to get your employer’s TIN, and authority to print invoice and book journal which will be valid for 1 year.


Proceed to the BIR Provincial or District Revenue Office and fulfill the following requirements:

                   I.  Application for Employer’s Tax Identification Number (TIN)
A.      For Self-employed or Mixed-income Individual  (BIR Form 1901)
1.       Birth Certificate or any valid ID showing name, address and date of birth
2.       Mayor’s permit or application for Mayor’s Permit
3.       DTI Certificate of Registration of Business Name
B.      For Partnerships and Corporations (BIR Form 1903)
1.       SEC Certificate of Registration for Partnerships and Corporations
2.       Mayor’s permit or application for Mayor’s Permit
3.       License to do business in the Philippines (in case of residence foreign corporations)

                  II.   Application for Authority to Print Invoices and Receipts
A.      For New Taxpayers (BIR Form 1906)
1.       Job Order   
2.       Final and Clear Sample of Receipts and invoices (machine printed)
3.      Photocopy of BIR Form 1901 or 1903, TIN Card, Proof of Payment (BIR Form 0605)
B.      For Registered Taxpayers (BIR Form 1906)
1.       Job Order   
2.       Final and Clear Sample of Receipts and invoices (machine printed)
3.       Photocopy of Proof of Payment (BIR Form 0605), approved Authority to Print Invoice (API), Certificate of Registration (COR), BIR Form 2303, and last booklet printed

For more information, visit the BIR website. You may also contact them thru contact_us@cctr.bir.gov.ph or thru (632) 981-7000 or 981-8888.