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This article talks about the SEC Memorandum Circular No. 3, Series of 2025 and the mandatory use of SEC Zuper Easy Registration Online (ZERO) platform for the registration of corporations using the Electronic Simplified Processing of Application for Registration of Company (eSPARC) and One-day Submission and E-registration of Companies (OneSEC) portals.
A Representative or liaison office deals directly, with the clients of the foreign parent company but does NOT derive income from the Philippines and is fully subsidized by its foreign head office. It undertakes activities such as but not limited to information dissemination and promotion of the company’s products as well as quality control of
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A Branch office of a foreign company carries out the business activities of the foreign head office and derives income from the Philippines. It has NO separate legal personality since it is merely an extension of the foreign head office. The minimum inward remittance for a branch office is Two Hundred Thousand United States Dollars
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Should you wish to incorporate a Philippine subsidiary, you need to file an application with the Securities & Exchange Commission. It must be noted that a subsidiary has a distinct and separate personality from its parent company. In forming a subsidiary, it must be borne in mind that the Corporate Secretary and Corporate Treasurer must
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