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Domestic Corp or OPC formation
SEC registration, incorporator documents, By-Laws, Articles of Incorporation, BIR registration, LGU business permit, Mayor's Permit — for both Domestic Corporations and One Person Corporations.
A Philippines Domestic Corporation — or a One Person Corporation for solo founders — gives you direct access to the deepest English-speaking IT and BPO talent pool in Asia. Paired with PEZA/BOI tax incentives for qualifying IT-BPO activities and salary bands that still make expansion make sense, Manila and Cebu are where founders build long-lived engineering, support, and back-office teams.
Below is what a LeapGroup Philippines market entry includes — built around IT and BPO hiring, coordinated by Noah, delivered by specialists we've worked with directly.
SEC registration, incorporator documents, By-Laws, Articles of Incorporation, BIR registration, LGU business permit, Mayor's Permit — for both Domestic Corporations and One Person Corporations.
Manila-based CPAs for monthly BIR filings, 12% VAT (or 3% percentage tax), Expanded Withholding Tax, quarterly ITR filings, annual audited financial statements, and BIR-compliant bookkeeping.
Filipino- and English-language marketers for local paid media, PR into the business press (BusinessMirror, Inquirer Business), talent-brand campaigns for engineering hiring, and regional Southeast Asia distribution.
Structured reads on whether your activity qualifies for PEZA (5% GIT in lieu of national taxes) or BOI (Income Tax Holiday of 4–7 years), and end-to-end registration with the relevant authority.
Local corporate lawyers for Foreign Investments Negative List review, share structure, employment contracts under the Labor Code, IP transfers, data privacy (NPC), and BSP-adjacent matters.
The primary lever. Specialised recruiters for software engineering, DevOps, ML, customer support and back-office roles. SSS/PhilHealth/HDMF payroll, employment contracts, and EOR for hires before you incorporate.
Most founders don't come to the Philippines for the tax rate — they come for the people. English-native, technically deep, culturally aligned with Western clients, and paid at levels that make offshore teams durable rather than a stopgap.
The largest English-native tech workforce in Asia. Strong specialisations in software engineering, cloud/DevOps, customer support, financial ops, healthcare admin and ML data ops.
Registered PEZA enterprises pay 5% GIT in lieu of all national and local taxes — a substantial incentive for eligible IT-BPO and export-services activity.
Board of Investments registration for pioneer and preferred activities can deliver a full ITH for four, six or seven years — followed by preferential rates.
Engineering and support salaries remain 40–70% below Singapore or Australia for equivalent skill. Attrition in mature offshore teams is materially lower than in India for many roles.
Manila overlaps standard European mornings and evening US West Coast hours — enabling real-time handoffs across three continents with disciplined shift planning.
Contracts, court proceedings, tax authority correspondence and technical documentation all default to English. Zero translation friction.
Noah is the single point of contact for every LeapGroup engagement — including yours in the Philippines. He takes your brief, shortlists two or three specialists from our Manila and Cebu network, joins the first call, and stays on point throughout.
Fifteen years placing founders across our eight jurisdictions. Straight-talking, personally accountable, on the first call.
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Send a private brief. Noah will reply within one business day with a proposal covering your Philippines market entry and a shortlist of the specialists worth your time.