SEC reduces corporate document fees by another 25%

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on Friday announced it has further reduced the cost of requesting copies of corporate documents by an additional 25% as part of efforts to ease doing business in the country.

In a statement, SEC said the additional 25% reduction was pursuant to Memorandum Circular (MC) No. 18, series of 2026, which will take effect on June 1, 2026.

The 25% discount is on top of the 50% reduction earlier granted under MC No. 6, series of 2025.

“The SEC remains committed to lowering the cost of government services and making corporate information more accessible through digitalization and efficient regulation,” said SEC chairperson Francis Lim.

“This additional 25% reduction builds on the 50% cut we implemented in 2025 as part of our continuing effort to ease the burden on stakeholders and improve the ease of doing business. This is likewise the Commission’s meaningful contribution to the celebration of Ease of Doing Business Month,” added Lim.

Under the new rates, physical and authenticated copies of company filings, namely articles of incorporation (AOI) and by-laws; AOI or amended AOI; by-laws or amended by-laws; general information sheet; increase in capital stock; resolution; secretary’s certificate; board resolution; registration data sheet; and deed of assignment, may be requested for P750 each, down from the previous price of P1,000.

Authenticated copies of other documents may be purchased for P35 per page, down from P50 per page previously.

Plain copies of the same documents will cost P565 each, instead of the old rate of P750.

Other documents will be priced at P20 per page, from P25 per page under the old rates.

For digital copies of the same types of documents accessible through the Electronic SEC Education, Analysis, and Research Computing Hub (eSEARCH), standard rates have been set at P470 for each authenticated copy and P280 for each plain copy.

These represent a 25% reduction of the previous prices at P625 and P375, respectively.

Meanwhile, the standard rates for the use of the SEC API (Application Programming Interface) Marketplace—which allows the direct sending and ingestion of corporate data from one application to another—shall remain in effect.

The SEC currently offers two packages for SEC API Services, priced at P10,000 for 100 API calls and P50,000 for 1,000 API calls. —LDF, GMA News