Booklet on Registration for Self-Employed & Professionals

Open publication - Free publishing - More 1901

This is a booklet on registration for self-employed individuals and professionals. Professionals regulated by the PRC and professionals not regulated by the PRC.

How to Register a Business as Professional / Self Employed

For Doctors or professions regulated by PRC
or not like bloggers, writers, actors, actress etc.

First, the BIR Form you will need is BIR Form 1901 & page 2 of this form (click this link so you can get a good look of this form). In the Part 1 portion of this form. Check the box on “PROFESSIONAL”.  As you can see this form is also used for “SINGLE PROPRIETORSHIP” ; “ESTATE” & “TRUST”. We will not go into those yet but focus on the  ”PROFESSIONAL” category.

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How To Register as a Professional

Hello and good day to all practicing professionals and would-be professionals. If you are in this category then this article is for you. To help you in registering your profession with the BIR so you would be able to dispense a BIR Registered Official Receipt. Hopefully to help you through the seemingly complicated process of applying for registration on your profession or professional service and thereby getting that registered ORs that your client needs. 


The professionals being referred here are those professions regulated by the PRC and those individuals who earn in a particular profession or field which is not regulated by the PRC.