The steps, systems and procedures in the city's simplified systems and procedures on the Business Permit Processing still needs to be brought to the Barangay level. Hence, through the city's Barangay.Net Project and with digital connectivity achieved, the city's Business Permit applicants should be able to:

• download application forms in their own homes and at the barangay halls. This component has already been put in place.
  
• obtain information on tax assessments. At present, the city's constituents can already send a query through the E-mail. Next year, taxpayers can already obtain such information directly through the listings that the city will make accessible. The city is still working on how each individual taxpayer can be protected from unnecessary exposure of his/her tax assessments, liabilities and tax dues
  
• obtain information on tax incentives and other investment-related data
  

After the simplification of the Business Permit Processing, the city will now work on the other civil application components, like the applications for Building Permit, Occupancy Permit, Civil Registry, and other permits and clearances processing.

The bottom line for all the city's initiatives on civil applications is to simplify the steps leading towards the acquisition of permits and clearances and make more efficient, effective, and less costly in transacting business in the city.