Overview

This documentation is the user guide to Korp: how to use the Korp app, and the steps you take in it — your requests and their statuses, the incorporation checklist, uploads, Korp ASK, and the compliance calendar.

How the government process itself works — the SEC, BIR, business permit and employer rules, deadlines and documents — is covered in our guides. Where a page here touches a government rule, it gives you one sentence and a link to the guide.

It's written for the people who actually handle company setup: founders establishing their first entity, executive assistants and operations staff managing the process on someone's behalf, and small-business owners who want to understand each step without wading through legalese. Whether you're incorporating from abroad or across town, the goal is the same — clear answers, in plain language.

Before anything else, one point matters:

Korp is a private firm, not a government agency. We facilitate registration and compliance. All government documents, certificates, and permits are issued directly by the relevant government agencies.

What Korp is#

Korp is service first. Corporate and tax specialists prepare your filings, deal with the SEC, BIR and your local government, and make the judgment calls. The platform is how we make that service faster, clearer, and easier to follow — a guided application, paperwork prepared from what you tell us once, and a dashboard that shows exactly where your registration stands.

Korp ASK is built into the product: ask questions in plain language about your company, documents, or what comes next. AI helps with guidance and preparation; it does not file with the government or replace specialist review.

The result is a process that stays transparent and easy to follow — people for the work that needs judgment, the platform for visibility and speed. For a step-by-step account of how this works, see How Korp works.

How this documentation is organized#

The sidebar follows the life of a company — and the surfaces you use in Korp:

• Getting started — overview, how Korp works, and logging in.
• Your dashboard — Requests and every status, Korp ASK, and the compliance calendar.
• Pre-incorporation — the first thing every incorporator does: getting a TIN and eSECURE account.
• Incorporation — how it runs in Korp, processing options, the incorporation checklist, and required documents.
• Taxes & permits — BIR registration in Korp, after your certificate.
• Compliance & services — your Corporate Secretary and virtual office.

For the government process behind each step, see the guides to SEC incorporation, BIR registration, the business permit, and employer registration. Prices are on our pricing page.

Kept current#

Regulations and processes change, so every page carries a last updated date — you always know how current the information is. The most recently revised page is highlighted on the documentation home page.

The same language as the platform#

These docs mirror the product. When a page refers to a request status, it shows the exact indicator you'll see in your dashboard — such as SEC review or Action required — along with the same progress tracker. What you read here matches what you work with, including how Korp ASK refers to filings, documents, and next steps.

Some pages also preview platform features still in development. Those sections are clearly marked: the service is available today, handled by our specialists, with the dashboard experience on the way.

Where to start#

For the complete picture, begin with How Korp works. To sign in, see Logging in. To track filings in the product, see Requests. For questions inside the product, see Korp ASK. If a question isn't answered here, ask from your dashboard, or talk to an expert — 30 minutes, at no cost.