1. Domestic investment
  2. Thimphu
  3. Business creation (service, production and manufacturing industries)
  4. Cottage and small industry
  5. Outside municipality
  6. On private land
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Steps (21) arrow_drop_up arrow_drop_down
Security clearance  (2) expand_more expand_less
Legal stamps  (1) expand_more expand_less
Site layout plan and location map  (1) expand_more expand_less
Gewog administrative approval  (2) expand_more expand_less
Location clearance  (2) expand_more expand_less
Project approval  (7) 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
20 Request tax payer number
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21 Obtain tax payer number
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Summary of the procedure

Institutions involved 10 expand_more expand_less

Any post office or local stationery shop
3
Any licensed architect/ engineer or architectural/ engineering firm
4
Any Concerned Gewog Administration Office (x 2)
5 6
District Administration, Thimphu (x 2)
7 8
Ministry of Industry, Commerce & Employment, Department of Industry (x 3)
9 14 15
Ministry of Industry, Commerce & Employment, Department of Industry
Delegated competent authority for environmental clearance (x 3)
10 11 13
Revenue section of the competent authority
12
Ministry of Industry, Commerce & Employment, Regional Office of MoICE, Thimphu (x 3)
16 17 18
Any commercial bank in Bhutan
19
Regional Revenue and Customs Office, Thimphu (x 2)
20 21

Results 3 expand_more expand_less

Project approval (CSI)
15
Business license
18
Tax payer number
21

Required Documents expand_more expand_less

Business proposal (x 4)
5 7 9 16
Cover letter for gewog approval
5
Land Use Approval from geog
7
Site layout plan
7
Location map
7
Covering letter
7
Location clearance
9
Valid Security clearance
9
Initial environmental examination (IEE) - Industry
11
Environmental clearance payment notification
12
Payment receipt
13
Project approval (CSI)
16
Current account opening form
19
Business license (x 2)
19 20
Legal stamp
19
Current account number
20
Promoter's details
20

Estimated cost BTN  8,240

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BTN 40 -
BTN  10 per 
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BTN 2,000
Environmental Clearance fee
BTN 500
Environmental Clearance application fee
BTN 500
Environmental clearance fee
BTN 500
Environmental clearance application fee
BTN 1,000
Business license fee
BTN 2,000
Registration fee
BTN 100
Booklet fee
BTN 500
Business license fee
BTN 1,000
Registration fee
BTN 100
Booklet fee

Total Duration 23d - 125d  expand_more expand_less

  Min. Max.
Total time (sum): 23d 125d
of which:
Waiting time in queue (sum): 5mn 1h. 30mn
Attention at counter: 20mn 1h. 20mn
Waiting time until next step (sum): 23d 124d

Laws 10 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
  Chapter  II ,  articles 8, 9, 10, 35.3
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
  Article 5
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 I, Chapter 10, Section 47 and Part II, Chapter 4, Section 16
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 2
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 Rule 1
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 I, Rule 6.1 and Part II, Rule # 3 (3.1)
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