1. Domestic investment
  2. Chukha
  3. Business creation (service, production and manufacturing)
  4. Medium and large industry
  5. Inside industrial estate
  6. With environmental clearance
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Steps (17) arrow_drop_up arrow_drop_down
Security clearance  (2) expand_more expand_less
Legal stamps  (1) expand_more expand_less
Sign lease agreement  (3) expand_more expand_less
Project approval  (5) expand_more expand_less
Business license  (3) expand_more expand_less
Current bank account  (1) expand_more expand_less
Tax payer number  (2) expand_more expand_less
16 Request tax payer number
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17 Obtain tax payer number
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Summary of the procedure

Institutions involved 7 expand_more expand_less

Any post office or local stationery shop
3
Ministry of Industry, Commerce & Employment, Regional Office of MoICE, Phuntsholing (x 2)
4 14
Any commercial bank
5
Ministry of Industry, Commerce and Employment (MoICE), Department of Industry (x 3)
6 7 11
Delegated competent authority for environmental clearance (x 2)
8 10
Revenue section of the competent authority
9
Any commercial bank in Bhutan
15

Results 4 expand_more expand_less

Land lease agreement
6
Project approval
11
Business license
14
Tax payer number
17

Required Documents expand_more expand_less

Land allotment order (x 3)
4 5 6
Approval of implementation plan
6
Revenue receipt
6
Bank guarantee
6
Legal stamp (x 2)
6 15
Letter of undertaking for license
6
Business proposal (x 2)
7 12
Land lease agreement
7
Initial environmental examination (IEE) - Industry
8
Environmental clearance payment notification
9
Payment receipt
10
Undertaking form
12
Current account opening form
15
Business license (x 2)
15 16
Current account number
16
Promoter's details
16

Estimated cost BTN  68,740

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BTN 40 -
BTN  10 per 
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BTN 50,000
Environmental Clearance fee
BTN 500
Environmental clearance application fee
BTN 4,000
Business license fee
BTN 8,000
Registration fee
BTN 100
Booklet fee
BTN 2,000
Business license fee
BTN 4,000
Registration fee
BTN 100
Booklet fee

Total Duration 9d - 20d  expand_more expand_less

  Min. Max.
Total time (sum): 9d 20d
of which:
Waiting time in queue (sum): 5mn 2h. 30mn
Attention at counter: 40mn 2h. 40mn
Waiting time until next step (sum): 9d 19d

Laws 11 expand_more expand_less

Companies Act of Bhutan 2016 Companies Act of Bhutan 2016 Chapter 4, Section 32(a)
Environmental Assessment Act, 2000 Environmental Assessment Act, 2000 Section 35 (sub-section 35.3) and section 63
Evidence Act of Bhutan, 2005 Evidence Act of Bhutan, 2005
Fee schedules to cover the cost of administering the environmental assessment act 2000 Fee schedules to cover the cost of administering the environmental assessment act 2000
  articles 5, 5.4
GENERAL GUIDELINES FOR INDUSTRIAL AND COMMERCIAL VENTURES IN BHUTAN, 1997 General Guidelines for Industrial and Commercial Ventures in Bhutan, 1997
  articles 2.4, ii
Income Tax Act of the Kingdom of Bhutan 2001 Income Tax Act of the Kingdom of Bhutan 2001 Part II, Chapter 6, Section 14
Public Finance Act of Bhutan 2007 Public Finance Act of Bhutan 2007
  articles 171, 172
Regulation for the Environmental Clearance for Projects 2006 Regulation for the Environmental Clearance for Projects 2016 Annex II
Rules and Regulations for establishment and operation of industrial and commercial ventures in Bhutan, 1995 Rules and Regulations for establishment and operation of industrial and commercial ventures in Bhutan, 1995 Rules 1, 29
Rules and Regulations for Lease of Government Reserved Forest Land & Government Land 2009 Rules and Regulations for Lease of Government Reserved Forest Land & Government Land 2009
  Section  60
Rules on the Income Tax Act of the Kingdom of Bhutan 2001 Rules on the Income Tax Act of the Kingdom of Bhutan 2001 Part II, Rule 3
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