Cebu City sets up one-stop shop during renewal season

With the intensified efforts against those establishments without business permits, Cebu City Mayor Tomas Osmeña is reminding all business operators in the city to do their share in paying their dues.

This, as the City Council approved the additional days for the renewal of business permits.

In a resolution sponsored by Councilor Margarita Osmeña, the City has set the renewal of Mayor’s business permit on Jan. 3 to 26 instead of the usual Jan. 1 to 20.

A one-stop shop will be established inside Robinsons Galleria, where taxpayers can renew and pay their dues instead of going to Cebu City Hall during the renewal period.

Councilor Osmeña said the sixday extension of the schedule for the renewal of business permits should be enough for the City Treasurer’s Office to prepare, as most taxpayers will avail of the services of the one-stop shop.

It will also give enough time for the taxpayers to settle their dues on local taxes, fees and charges to the City without surcharges and penalties.

In his news conference yesterday, Osmeña explained the importance of the taxes that are being collected by the City, say- ing it will be used to fund basic public services.

“The role of the City Government is to provide service that people can’t get elsewhere, that the private sector is unable or unwilling to provide. From traffic, health to garbage. It costs money to do these things,” he said. /