Investment guide
The Municipality of Baler is one of the first local governments to enact an investment incentive in the Province of Aurora. Passed in 2012, the code aims to encourage inward investments and generate employment opportunities. The Baler Investment Incentive Board through the Local Economic and Investment Promotion Office (LEIPO) is tasked to implement the code and establish favorable and stable policy on business climate which will encourage and support private sector investments.
Priority investment areas
- Tourism and recreational facilities
- Light manufacturing
- Industrial estate development
- Agri-business - food processing
- Information and communications technology
- Establishment of health facilities, educational and sports facilities
Investment incentives
- — Exemption from payment of 40% municipal share of the Real Property Tax
- — Exemption of Business Tax from the Gross Sales or Receipts for Four (4) Years with prescribed schedule
- Special incentive taxes on expansion or diversification — With a project cost of at least Three Million Pesos (Php3,000,000)
Free professional services to investors
The Local Economic and Investment Promotion Office of Baler offers free professional services to investors such as:
- Data-banking to support business information requirements
- Facilitation in processing of local permits and licenses
- Referral for manpower and raw material sourcing
- Referral of ideal project locations for certain projects
- Investment counselling
- Business matching
Cost of doing business
Cost details in the guide cover daily minimum wage, water rates, power rates, telephone rates, mobile phone providers, internet rates, land rates per sq.m., commercial space rentals, transportation cost, hotel rates, and local and national tax rates and mandatory contributions. Figures in the screenshot are too small to transcribe accurately and need verification from the source file.
Establishing points of contact
There is a fairly established working dynamics within and among public and private agencies in Baler tasked to facilitate your business concerns:
- Ground Floor, Executive Building, Municipal Hall, Baler, Aurora. Contact Person: Glenda P. Dumapay.Local Economic and Investment Promotion Officeglendadumapay@yahoo.com
- Office of the Mayor
- 2nd Floor, Executive Building, Municipal Hall, Baler, Aurora. Contact No.: 09778033744info@baler.gov.ph
- Ground Floor, Executive Building, Municipal Hall, Baler, Aurora. Contact No.: 09399197518Business Permit and Licensing Officebplo@baler.gov.ph
- Quezon Highway, Brgy. Suklayin, Baler, Aurora. Contact No.: 09175789695Department of Trade and Industry
- Negosyo Center Baler
- Beside San Luis Obispo Parish Church, Brgy. 04, Baler, Aurora. Contact Nos.: 09091666858, 09309318489
- President: Arnel C. Querijero. Aurora Telecom, Quezon Street, Brgy. 2, Baler, Aurora. Contact No.: 09985890427Philippine Chamber of Commerce, Inc. Aurora Chapter
Revised Municipal Investment and Incentive Code of Baler 2024
Ordinance No. 016-2024