For ease of processing of business permits, the Iloilo City Government converted the four off-site payment centers located in malls into one-stop shops.
These off-site payment centers are located in SM City
Iloilo, Festive Walk Mall at Megaworld, The Atrium, and Marymart Center.
Other than the issuance of renewal and new business permits and
other government fees, these off-site payment centers can also issue community
tax certificates or cedula; health cards; Bureau of Fire Protection and Tourism
clearances; PWD and senior citizen cards; birth and death certificates; and
marriage licenses.
Mayor Jerry P. Treñas encourages the public to go to off-site payment centers for a fast, more convenient, and efficient transaction.
Meanwhile, with the deadline of the renewal of business
permits for 2024 set on Jan. 20, Local Economic Development and Investment
Promotion (LEDIP) head Velma Jane Lao urged business owners and operators to
renew their business permits as early as possible and not to wait for the
deadline to avoid inconvenience.
Lao said the city’s off-site payment centers as well as the
on-site payment center at City Hall are open even on weekends until Jan. 20.
As of January 7, a total of 895 permits for business
renewals have been issued while 2, 088 have been given Tax Orders of Payment
since January 2.
Last year, some 18, 927 businesses in the city were
given business permits.
Lao said they are targeting 80 percent of these businesses
to be renewed by Jan. 20.
Mayor Treñas, meanwhile, said there will be no extension for
business renewals that will be given, emphasizing that all off-site payment
centers had power despite the four-day blackout last week.
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