TAXES
 
• Real Property Taxes

• Surigao City Business Taxes and License Fees

   BUSINESS TAXES IN SURIGAO CITY (per Ordinance No. 190, Series 2002)

A. General Merchants - Wholesalers, distributors or dealers in any article of commerce or whatever kind of nature in accordance with the following schedules:

B. (1) On Retailers

  

(2) On cafes, cafeterias, ice cream and refreshment parlors, restaurants
soda fountains, bars, carenderias or foodcaterers, and other similar eating establishments - 2% of gross receipts

(3) On travel agencies and travel agents 2% of gross receipts

(4) On operators of cable network system 2% of gross receipts

(5) On operators of computer Services 2% of gross receipts

(6) On private cemetery 50% of 1% gross receipts

 C. ON CONTRACTS - Include general engineering's, general buildings and specially contractors as defined under applicable laws; demolition and salvage works contractors; of dockyards; person engaged in the installation of water system, and gas or electric light, heat or power; proprietors or operators of smelting plants; engraving; plating, and plastic lamination establishments; proprietors or operators of establishments for repairing, repainting, upholstering, washing or greasing of vehicles, heavy equipment, vulcanizing , recapping and battery charging; proprietors or operators of furniture shop and establishment of planning or surfacing and recutting of lumber, and sawmills under contract to saw or cut logs belonging to others; proprietors or operators of dry cleaning or dyeing; establishments, steam laundries, and laundries using washing machines; proprietors or owners of shop for the repair of any kind of mechanical and electrical devices, instruments apparatus, or furniture and shoe repairing by machine or nay mechanical contrivance; proprietors or operators of tailor shops, dress shops, milliners and hatters, beauty parlors, barber shops, slenderizing and body building saloons and similar establishments; proprietors or operators establishments of lots for parking purposes; photographic studios; funeral parlors; proprietors or operators of hotels, motels and lodging houses; proprietors or operators arrastre and stevedoring, warehousing , or forwarding establishments; master plumbers; smiths, and house or sign painters, bookbinders, lithographers; publishers except those engaged in the publication or printing of any newspaper, magazine, review or bulleting which appears at regular intervals and fixed prices for subscription and sale and which is nit devoted principally to the publication of advertisements; business agents; private detective or watchman agencies, commercial and immigration brokers, and cinematographic film owners and distributors.       

 

Gross Sales/Receipts for the Preceding	Calendar Year Amount of Tax per Annum (Php)
Less than 5,000.00	44.34
5,000.00 or more but less than	99.33
10,000.00 or more but less than	168.51
15,000.00 or more but less than	266.06
20,000.00 or more but less than	443.33
30,000.00 or more but less than	620.81
40,000.00 or more but less than	886.88
50,000.00 or more but less than	1,419.00
75,000.00 or more but less than	2,128.00
100,000.00 or more but less than	3,192.75
150,000.00 or more but less than	4,257.00
200,000.00 or more but less than	5,853.38
250,000.00 or more but less than	7,449.75
300,000.00 or more but less than	9,933.00
400,000.00 or more but less than	13,303.00
500,000.00 or more but less than	14,915.63
750,000.00 or more but less than	16,528.13
1,000,000.00 or more but less than	18,543.75
2,000,000.00 and up	75%of 1% but not less than 18, 543.75




D. Mayor's Permit Fee on Business and Other Activities

Gross Sales/Receipts for the Preceding Calendar Year	Amount of Fee per Annum (Php)
Less than P2, 000.00	50.00
2, 000.00 or more but less than 10,000.00	100.00
10,000.00 or more but less than 50,000.00	150.00
50,000.00 or more but less than 100,000.00	175.00
100,000.00 or more but less than 200,000.00	325.00
200,000.00 or more but less than 300,000.00	450.00
300,000.00 or more but less than 400,000.00	500.00
400,000.00 or more but less than 500,000.00	600.00
500,000.00 or more but less than 600,000.00	750.00
600,000.00 or more but less than 700,000.00	825.00
700,000.00 or more but less than 800,000.00	900.00
800,000.00 or more but less than 900,000.00	975.00
900,000.00 or more but less than 1,000,000.00	1,050.00
1,000,000.00 or more but less than 10,000,000.00	1,500.00
10,000,000.00	3,000.00

E. Sanitary Inspection Fee

Type	Amount of Fee Per Annum (Php)
1. Financial Institutions:
- Main Office	750.00
- Every Branch Office	500. 00
2. Gasoline Service/Filing Station	400.00
3. Private Hospitals	400.00
4. Medical and Dental Clinic	300. 00
5. Dwelling or other spaces for base or rent:
a. Hotels, motels, apartelles, pension house
- with more than 150 rooms	800.00
- w/ 100 to 149 rooms	600.00
- w/ 25 to 49 rooms	200.00
- with less than 25 rooms	150.00
b. Apartment, per door	40.00
c. House for Rent	40.00
d. Dormitories, Lodging/Board Houses
- more than 40 boarders/lodgers	200.00
- 15-39 boarders/lodgers	200.00
- less than 15 boarders/lodgers	120. 00
6. Private Institution of Learning	500.00
7. Media Facilities	200.00
8. Telegraph, Teletype, Cable and Wireless Communication companies	200.00
9. Telephone Electric and Power Companies	300.00
10. Peddlers	120.00
11. Lending Investors	400.00
12. All other business industrial commercial, agricultural       establishment not especially mentioned above
- with an area of more than 500 sq.	300.00
- with an area of 200 to 500 sq. m.	200.00
- with an area below 200 sq. m.	120.00
13. Amusement Places	300.00
14. Importers, Exporters, Wholesalers and Distributors	500.00
15. Public eating-places:
- with 50 or more personnel	300.00
- with 25 or more but less than 50 personnel	200.00
- with less than 25 personnel	120.00
16) Establishment of offering services	120.00
17) Funeral Parlors	200.00

 

WAGE RATES
 
           As of December 2001 the  following wage rate has been set for the province by the Regional Tripartite wages and Productivity Board:

POWER RATES

            Surigao del Norte Electric Cooperative (SURNECO) provides electric power to mainland municipalities of the province at the following rates:

 

Charge	Unit	Residential	Commercial	Industrial	Public Bldgs.	Street Lights
Generation - System Charge	Php/kWh	1.5101	1.5101	1.5101	1.5101	1.5101
Generation -Franchise & Benefits	Php/kWh	0.0282	0.0282	0.0282	0.0282	0.0282
Generation - ICERA	Php/kWh	0.2934	0.2934	0.2934	0.2934	0.2934
Transmission -- Demand Charge	Php/kWh	-	-	12.10	-	-
Transmission -- System Charge	Php/kWh	0.8924	0.8838	0.7819	0.8729	0.8207
System Loss Change	Php/kWh	0.3562	0.3562	0.3562	0.3562	0.3562
Distribution - Demand Charge	Php/kWh	-	-	12.10	-	-
Distribution - System Charge	Php/kWh	0.8869	0.5645	0.4395	0.5550	1.8777
Supply - Retail Customer Charge	PhP/Cust./Month	-	34.64	34.64	34.40	34.17
Supply - System Charge	Php/kWh	0.5205	-	-	-	-
Metering - Retail Customer Charge	PhP/Meter/Month	5.00	27.25	220.51	17.64	-
Metering - System Charge	Php/kWh	0.3342	-	-	-	-
Inter-Class Cross Subsidy Charge	Php/kWh	(0.4296)	0.6559	0.5819	0.6529	(0.6896)
Universal - Missionary Electrification	Php/kWh	0.0373	0.0373	0.0373	0.0373	0.0373
Universal - Environmental Charge	Php/kWh	0.0025	0.0025	0.0025	0.0025	0.0025
Lifeline Rate (Discount)/Subsidy	Php/kWh	0.0520	0.0520	0.0520	0.0520	0.0520
Power Act Rate Reduction	Php/kWh	(0.3000)	-	-	-	-
Loan Condonation	Php/kWh	(0.2262)	(0.2262)	(0.2262)	(0.2262)	(0.2262)

 
         FUEL PRICES
 

WATER RATES
 

Surigao Metropolitan Water District operates the Surigao City water system facility extending services to residential, commercial and industrial users at thefollowing rates:  

TRANSPORTATION RATES

As of January 2000

             *Fares vary according to the type of accomodation
          ** Including Terminal Fee

 WATER TRANSPORTATION
 
•    Shipping Companies operating in Surigao City:
 
 -  Sulpicio Lines - trips to and from Cebu, Davao and Manila
 -  W G  & A  Super Ferry - trips to and from Cebu, Davao and Manila
 -  Cockaliong Shipping Lines  - trips to and from Cebu
 -  Trans Asia Shipping Lines  - trips to and from Cebu
 -  Water Jet (fast craft) - trips to and from Cebu and Maasin, Southern Leyte
 -  Negros Navigation - trips to and from Manila

• Fast Craft Ferries serving local inter-island trips to Siargao Island particularly to the Municipality of Dapa aside from the regular boat trips:
 
- Tropical Queen
- Askha Queen
- Fortune Angels
- New Frontier
 
• Maharlika II Ferry Service at Lipata Ferry Terminal serves the Lipata, Surigao City to Lilo-an, Southern Leyte route making possible a Luzon-Visayas-Mindanao inter-island vehicle travel.
 

AIR TRANSPORTATION
 

At present the province is served by Mindanao Express with a trip every Tuesday and Thursday to Cebu City.  Plane fare as of January 1, 1998 is Php 1,011.50.
 
Ticket offices of Philippine Air Lines and Grand Air also operate in Surigao City which enable travellers to buy ticket and book their flights to other destinations.
 
 
LAND TRANSPORTATION
  Surigao City Bus Terminal at Km. 4 Nat'l Highway  
• The following bus companies operating in Surigao City are servicing routes to Cagayan de Oro City, Davao City, Butuan City and Mangagoy, Bislig and Tandag, Surigao del Sur:

-  Bachelor Express
-  Concorde Bus Lines
-  Land Car, Inc. (LCI)
-  Durian Lines
-  Ilemma Lines
-  El Reno Express
 

COMMUNICATION FACILITIES

        TELEPHONE COMPANIES
 

• Cruz Telephone Company
- Residential and Commercial Lines
- Long Distance Public Calling Services (Domestic & Overseas)

• Philippine Long Distance Telephone Company
          - Long Distance Public Calling Services (Domestic & Overseas

• Philippine Telegraph and Telephone Company
- Long Distance Public Calling Services (Domestic & Overseas)
- Telegraph
- Facsimile

• RCPI/BAYANTEL
- Long Distance Public Calling Services (Domestic & Overseas)
- Telegraph
- Facsimile

• Bureau of Telecommunications
- Long Distance Public Calling Services (Domestic & Overseas)
- Public Calling Offices in Municipalities

• PHILCOM Corporation
- Residential and Commercial Lines
- Long Distance Public Calling Services (Domestic & Overseas)
- Public Phones
- Internet Service and Leased Lines

• SMART Communication

- Cellular Telephone System

• Computronix System/Net City

- Internet Service
 

Telephone Rates
 

Telephone:  Land Lines	Residential  (Php)	Commercial  (Php)
Installation Fee	2,000.00	2,000.00
Telephone Set	1,500.00	1,500.00
Deposit:   Basic Services                 (DDD)	550.00 1,000.00	880.00 3,000.00
Other Charges (VAT)	350.00	350.00
Monthly Subscription Fee	302.50	484.00
NDD Toll Charges	Call Destination	1st  Minute	Excess per   minute
	Metro Manila	6.00	4.50
	Cebu	5.00	4.00
	Cagayan de Oro, Davao	5.00	4.00
IDD Toll Charges	USA, Canada	68.00	56.00
	Western Europe	78.00	64.00
	ASEAN	58.00	46.00
	Australia, New Zealand	76.00	76.00
	Saudi Arabia	80.00	76.00

 
 

Telephone:  Mobile
Cell Phone Unit1  (Cost in Php)	3,500.00
Registration Fee2  (Cost in Php)	1,500.00
Rate per Minute  (Cost in Php)	8.00
NDD Toll Charges (Cost in Php)	Call Destination	Per  Minute
	Luzon	11.00
	Visayas	12.00
	Mindanao	13.00
IDD Toll Charges (Cost in US $)	Call Destination	1st Minute	Every 6 sec.  excess
	USA, Canada	1.70	0.14
	Western Europe, UK	1.95	0.16
	ASEAN, Hongkong, Taiwan, Japan, Korea	1.45	0.12
	Australia, New Zealand, Hawaii, Pacific Territories	1.90	0.15
	Middle East	2.00-3.00	0.15-0.27
	Carribean, Africa	2.30	0.20

  ¹cost may vary according to cell phone type and brand
  ²rates may vary according to plan/subscription mode
 
 
 
      POSTAL & COURIER SERVICES
 
• Postal Offices in Surigao City and Municipal Capital
• JRS Express
• LBC Express
• Aboitiz Air Freight
• Fastpak
• DCI Express
• Kabayan Forwarders
• Amores Integrated Services (PAL Cargo Forwarder)
 

 FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS
 

•  Commercial  Banks

- United Coconut Planters Bank
- Land Bank of the Philippines
- Phil. Commercial & International Bank
- Allied Banking Corporation
- Rizal Commercial Banking Corporation
- Equitable Banking Corporation
- Metropolitan Bank & Trust Co.
- Bank of the Philippine Islands
- Far East Bank and Trust Co.
- Development Bank of the Philippines
- Philippine National Bank
 
•  Rural Banks
 
- Alegria Rural Bank
- Evergreen Rural Bank
- Loreto Rural Bank
- Dapa Rural Bank
- Gigaquit Rural Bank
- Placer Rural Bank
- Surigaonon Rural Banking Corp.

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