1. Domestic investment
  2. Thimphu
  3. Business creation (service, production and manufacturing industries)
  4. Medium and large industry
  5. Outside municipality
  6. On private land without environmental clearance
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Steps (16) 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  (2) 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
15 Request tax payer number
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16 Obtain tax payer number
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Summary of the procedure

Institutions involved 9 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 and Employment (MoICE), Department of Industry (x 2)
9 10
Ministry of Industry, Commerce & Employment, Department of Industry (x 2)
11 13
Ministry of Industry, Commerce & Employment, Department of Industry
Ministry of Industry, Commerce & Employment, Regional Office of MoICE, Thimphu
12
Any commercial bank in Bhutan
14
Regional Revenue and Customs Office, Thimphu (x 2)
15 16

Results 2 expand_more expand_less

Business license
13
Tax payer number
16

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Business proposal (x 3)
5 7 11
Cover letter for gewog approval
5
Land Use Approval from geog
7
Site layout plan
7
Location map
7
Covering letter
7
Business plan
9
Location clearance
9
Current account opening form
14
Business license (x 2)
14 15
Legal stamp
14
Current account number
15
Promoter's details
15

Estimated cost BTN  18,240

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BTN 40 -
BTN  10 per 
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BTN 4,000
Business license fee
BTN 8,000
Registration fees
BTN 100
Booklet fee
BTN 2,000
Business license fee
BTN 4,000
Registration fee
BTN 100
Booklet fee

Total Duration 21d - 120d  expand_more expand_less

  Min. Max.
Total time (sum): 21d 120d
of which:
Waiting time in queue (sum): 5mn 1h. 15mn
Attention at counter: 35mn 1h. 30mn
Waiting time until next step (sum): 21d 119d

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
Evidence Act of Bhutan, 2005 Evidence Act of Bhutan, 2005
GENERAL GUIDELINES FOR INDUSTRIAL AND COMMERCIAL VENTURES IN BHUTAN, 1997 General Guidelines for Industrial and Commercial Ventures in Bhutan, 1997
  articles 2.4, ii
Guideline for preparation of business plan (production and manufacturing) Guideline for preparation of business plan (production and manufacturing)
Guideline for preparation of business plan (service industries) Guideline for preparation of business plan (service industries)
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
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
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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