1. After securing Tax Declaration for the Land and paying all the corresponding Real Property Taxes, you can now proceed to this document.
2. Go to Office of the City Assessor as shown below. Gather all the documents relating to the construction of the "Property" (House | Improvement | Building) such as Construction Receipts, Bill of Materials, Occupation Permit, Location Map, etc.
3. Municipal Assessor will schedule for the ocular inspection of the property so be aware that someone from the Assessor's Office will come in but don't worry they will inform beforehand. They may take some pictures, ask questions and make some measurements. This is needed for the computation of "Assessed Value" to be written in Tax Declaration. In case nobody was in the property the time it was inspected, they may require you to submit pictures of the Property like facade, rooms, kitchen, ceilings, porch and other areas esp. when multiple floors involved.
4. In case, construction receipts and other documents mentioned in item 2. they will require you to submit a notarized Affidavit stating that you misplaced those documents. Some questions will be; when did the Property started to build?, When did it end? What are the materials used? Did you secured permits? and so on..
5. After the interview, an assessed value will be presented in writing. Estimated fees will be informed. This includes fees and penalties if applicable. Mine is about P10,000 for the past 3 years..
6. You will be directed to go to a particular window in Real Property Tax office.
"Notice of Assessment" will be issued.
7. When cash for payments are ready, proceed to Property Tax Order of Payment will be issued from another window.
8. Proceed to Office of the City Treasurer. "Statement of Account" will be issued. Here you can see the amount to be paid and you will be instructed to pay in cash.
9. Proceed to Real Property Tax Office and submit the paid documents. Here your Tax Declaration "Declaration of Property" will be issued finally!
10. If you opt to have a "Tax Clearance" and CTC of the Tax Declaration, proceed to the Cashier | Miscellaneous counter and pay for the fees. P50 for Tax Clearance and P100 for the CTC.
11. There you have it!
