Bacolod City – The Bacolod Sangguniang Panlungsod recently passed a resolution granting the request of Mayor Alfredo Abelardo Benitez to extend the Business One Stop Shop (BOSS) deadline of filling of business permits and licenses for 2024 from January 20 to February 15.
Taxpayers will avail of a 10 percent discount for the first quarter payment of business taxes, fees and charges from January 1 to 20, on a one time payment, and no discount but without penalty from January 21 to February 15.
Stela Rose Rayos, head of Business Permits and Licensing Office, has requested the mayor to extend the Jan. 20 deadline of the BOSS, citing that there are 25,393 registered business establishments in Bacolod City for the year 2023.
There are 12,124 registered business establishments to date, and they are left with 13,269 more businesses to be registered, not including the possibility of registering new applicants, she said. (Chrysee Semillano via The Visayan Daily Star (TVDS), photo courtesy of TVDS)
