Quezon City - Obtain Professional Tax Receipt

Advertisement

Procedure

Apply In-Person

1. It is very easy to apply for a Professional Tax Receipt in Quezon City. To apply go to the Miscellaneous Section of the City Treasury Office.
2. Proceed to Window 12 and present your PRC ID. If your application is to be file by a representative you will need to provide an authorization letter. In case of renewal, you will need to present the same documents with the addition of the original receipt from the previous year.
3. You will need to pay the application fee which is Php300. Now, you must know that PTRs are to be applied for or renewed at the beginning of the year, during the month of January. A penalty of Php75 plus 2% (Php82.50) is charged if you are applying during the month of February. x2% for the succeeding months (March-December).
4. Your application will be processed immediately and your new Professional Tax Receipt number will be release to you on the same day.

Advertisement

Required Documents

For NEW Application:

• PRD ID
• Authorization letter (if application is to be filed by a representative on behalf of the applicant)

For RENEWAL:

• Original and photocopy of previous receipt
• PRD ID
• Authorization letter (if application is to be filed by a representative on behalf of the applicant)

Office Locations & Contacts

Quezon City Local Government
Elliptical Road, Brgy. Central
Diliman Quezon City 1100 Philippines
+632 988-4242

City Treasurer's Office
Annex Building, QC Hall Compound
Tel. No. 988-4242 locals 8317 / 8145 / 8156 / 8157

Note: NTC issued Memorandum Order No. 10-10-2017 last October 27, 2017, directing all telecommunications providers in the country to migrate all its customers to eight-digit telephone numbers.

3000-YYYY to 3499-YYYY – Bayan Telecommunications, Inc.
6000-YYYY to 6699-YYYY – ABS-CBN Converge, Inc.
6700-YYYY to 6999-YYYY – Eastern Telecommunication Philippines/ Telecommunications Technologies Philippines Inc.
7XXX-YYYY – Globe Telecom, Inc./ Innove Communications, Inc.
8XXX-YYYY – PLDT, Inc./ Digital Telecommunications Philippines, Inc.

A customer who still incorrectly dials the old seven-digit number will hear a special announcement saying the format has been changed to eight-digit, for a period of three months after the migration (March 18, 2019 to June 17, 2019).

Eligibility

Any person legally authorized to practice his/her profession

Fees

Application fee: Php300 to be paid every month of January of each year (new or renewal).

A penalty of Php75 plus 2% (Php82.50) is charged if the payment will be made on the month of February. x2% for the succeeding months (March-December).

Validity

Explain the time until which the certificate/document is valid.
e.g. Birth Certificate Valid Forever

Documents to Use

Please attach documents that can be used by people. e.g. links

Sample Documents

Please attach sample completed documents that would help other people.

Processing Time

Please explain processing time taken in obtaining the document/certificate.

Related Videos

Videos explaining the procedure or to fill the applications. 
Attach videos using the following tag <&video type='website'>video ID|width|height<&/video&> from external websites. 	
Please remove the '&' inside the tags during implementation.
Website = allocine, blip, dailymotion, facebook, gametrailers, googlevideo, html5, metacafe, myspace, revver, 
sevenload, viddler, vimeo, youku, youtube
width = 560, height = 340, Video ID = Can be obtained from the URL of webpage where the video is displayed.
e.g In the following url 'http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y0US7oR_t3M' Video ID is 'Y0US7oR_t3M'.

Instructions

Please provide other instructions related to the certificate/documents.
e.g. The state office holds birth records since january 1908.

Required Information

A list which displays the kind of information which is required to complete the procedure.
e.g.
1. Date of Birth.
2. City or Country of Birth.

Need for the Document

Please provide the need for the procedure. e.g. Birth Certificate - why do we need to have a birth certificate? 
 

Information which might help

According to the Local Government Code of the Philippines, the local government may impose payment of professional tax on each person legally authorized to practice his profession (example: lawyers, CPAs, doctors etc.).

The professional tax is payable annually on or before the thirty first (31st) day of January.

Professionals exclusively employed in the government shall be exempt from the payment of this tax.

Individuals paying professional tax shall write in deeds, receipts, prescriptions,reports, books of account, plans and designs, surveys and maps, as the case may be,the number of the official receipt issued to him.

Other uses of the Document/Certificate

Please explain what are other uses of obtaining this document/certificate.
e.g. Birth Certificate can be used as proof of identity.

External Links

Official website of the Quezon City Government

Others

More information which might help people.