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Free Business Registration Checklist – Sole Proprietorship & Corporation

Paano Mag‑Negosyo sa Pilipinas nang Legal at Walang Hassle?

A registered business name is not the same as a legal business. This free 2‑page checklist walks sole proprietors and corporations from DTI or SEC to a legal operation – so you can open the doors and issue receipts without penalties.

  • Registered na sa DTI o SEC? Why that's only step 1 of 4
  • The one document you need before the business is really "open"
  • The 4 mistakes that stall an opening – and invite BIR penalties
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What's inside the checklist

Paano Magparehistro ng Sole Proprietorship o Corporation sa Pilipinas

A Mayor's Permit is not the finish. Here's what the checklist covers – the full details are in the free PDF.

The road to a legal opening: 4 steps

Maraming negosyo ang humihinto sa pangalawa. The checklist takes you all the way to the fourth.

1

Choose & name

2

Local permits

3

BIR & COR

4

Books & receipts

6 sections. Isang legal na pagbubukas.

Each section answers a question new business owners usually ask too late.

6 stops

Sole proprietorship path

From business name to BIR – the stops a one-owner business has to clear, and the clearances the LGU will actually ask for.

6 items

Corporation path

What SEC needs before it says yes – and why a corporation is not "open" on the SEC certificate alone.

4 parts

After permits: BIR, DST & ATP

The BIR side most owners discover only after the sign is up – which office, which form, and what to settle before you print a single receipt.

Before receipt #1

Books & receipts

What has to be registered before you issue your first receipt – and the one receipt choice you can't afford to get backwards.

4 reasons

What stalls a legal opening

The 4 common reasons a new business gets stuck or penalized – at paano sila mahuhuli bago pa magbukas.

1 rule

The stop line

The one point before which you should not treat the business as open – kahit may permit ka na.

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Who it's for

Para sa mga magsisimula ng negosyo

Mag-isa ka man o magtatayo ng kumpanya, sasagutin nito ang "Ano na ang susunod?"

Sole proprietor ka

Ikaw mismo ang negosyo. Alamin ang buong daan mula business name hanggang makapag-issue ka ng resibo nang legal – hindi lang hanggang Mayor's Permit.

Corporation o OPC ang balak mo

Separate legal person ang corporation. Know what SEC looks for – and what still has to happen after the certificate bago ka mag-operate.

Hindi sakop ng checklist ang regulated industries, foreign equity limits, o may tax case na – book a consultation for those.

Free Business Registration Checklist (PDF)

Simulan ang negosyo mo nang tama sa batas.

Leave your name and email. Makukuha mo agad ang free Business Registration Checklist – download it on the next page, and we'll email you the link too.

  • Sole prop + corporation paths: the stops each one has to clear, in order.
  • After the permits: the BIR side that keeps you legal once the sign is on the door.
  • Books + receipts: what to settle before you issue your first receipt.
  • 4 stall points + the stop line: what to catch before it turns into penalties.

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Prepared by

Atty. Ramon Ramirez Atty. Erwin Zagala

Atty. Ramon Ramirez & Atty. Erwin Zagala

Philippine lawyers and legal educators at Legal Access Law Offices. Through Legal Guide Philippines, they simplify the law so Filipino entrepreneurs can register and open a business the right way.