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Belize
Offshore
International Business Company
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Belize International Business Company
(IBC) becomes increasingly popular offshore
legal entity due to one of the highest level of privacy protection,
quick incorporation and inexpensive annual fees.
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Belize IBC
$790
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Belize IBC
Package
$1,090
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Belize E-Commerce Package
$1,290
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first year Belize government fee, Belize
registered office and Belize registered agent fees, all mandatory corporate documents and courier delivery.
Read detailed list. Your company will be completely
organized and ready for opening a corporate bank account.
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Includes
first year Belize government fee, Belize
registered office and Belize registered agent fees,
all mandatory corporate documents, corporate seal, nominee director,
power of attorney, Apostille legalization, bank account
introduction and courier delivery. Read
detailed list. Your company will be completely
organized and introduced to a bank in UK for opening a corporate
bank account.
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Includes
irst year Belize government fee, Belize
registered office and Belize registered agent fees,
all mandatory corporate documents, corporate seal, nominee director,
power of attorney, Apostille legalization, bank account introduction,
merchant account introduction and courier delivery. Read
detailed list.
Your company will be completely
organized and introduced to a bank in Belize for opening a corporate
bank account and merchant account.
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Annual
Fee: $590 |
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includes Belize government fee, Belize registered agent and
registered office fee.
The annual fee is due on May 31
starting from the second year. Our company sends invoices to our
clients on May 1 of each year.
It means if your Belize company
was incorporated in the current year, you have to pay your
first annual fee on or before May 31 of the next year.
For example, Mr. White incorporated
his company on January 2, 2007 and Mr. Black incorporated his
company on December 31, 2007. Both Mr. White and Mr. Black will be
required to pay the first annual fee of $550 on or before May
31, 2008.
Those clients, who
do not pay the annual fee, lose their companies. All unpaid
companies are removed from the Belize Registry in 6 months after
the due date. When a company is removed from the Registry it ends
its legal existence and can not hold bank accounts and conduct
business.
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MAJOR
ADVANTAGES OF BELIZE IBC
Exempt from all local taxes -
Inexpensive annual support
No
requirements of a minimum paid up capital -
Information
about corporate directors, officers, shareholders and beneficial
owners is not filed with the Belize Registry and not available to the public.
Any
individual and legal entity may become a shareholder, director and
officer. No
foreign exchange controls.
LEGISLATION
Belize International
Business Company is regulated by the International Business Company Act,
1990.
TAXES
Belize IBC is exempt from all local taxes
including income tax, capital gain tax, dividend tax, and stamp duty on
transfer of corporate shares, and other property.
The only fee required to pay is the annual fee.
PRIVACY
PROTECTION
Information
about all persons connected to Belize IBC is completely private.
The
Memorandum and Articles of Association is a single document filed
with the Belize Registry. This documents does not include any information
about corporate directors, officers, shareholders and beneficial owners.
The
Memorandum and Articles of Association includes only one name, which
is a name of the registered agent in Belize, and only one address, which
is a registered office address in Belize. Our company provides Belize
registered agent and registered office for each Belize company at no extra
cost for our clients.
COMPANY NAME
The
word "Limited", "Corporation",
"Incorporated", "Societe Anonyme" or "Sociedad
Anonima" or “Aktiengesellschaft” or the abbreviation "Ltd", "Corp",
"Inc" or "S.A." or
"A.S." or "A.G." must
be part of the name of every Belize offshore IBC.
A suggested corporate name is not acceptable in the
following cases:
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Confusingly similar to
a name of the already existing Belize company |
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Contains
the words “Building Society”, “Chamber of Commerce”, “Chartered”,
“Cooperative”, “Imperial”, “Municipal”, “Royal”, “Assurance”,
“Bank”, “Insurance” or “Trust” |
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Suggests a
patronage of the Queen or a member of the Royal Family |
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Indecent, offensive
or objectionable. |
DIRECTORS
AND OFFICERS
Any individual or legal entity
(corporation or LLC) may be appointed as a director and officer of Belize
offshore company. There is no Belize residency requirement.
One person could hold all
positions, such as directors, president, secretary and treasurer. However,
if you would like to have several directors in your Belize IBC, there is
no problem. We could appoint any number of directors from a minimum of one
to a maximum of ten.
If you need a nominee director
and officers, our company is able to provide nominees. However, in
most cases it's preferable to be appointed as a director of your own
Belize company. It simplifies dealing with banks, suppliers and customers
and makes the annual renewal fee cheaper.
SHAREHOLDERS
There is no Belize residency
requirement. Shares could be issued to any individual or company.
A minimum of one shareholder is
required. Just one share for US$1.00 could be issued to that shareholder.
If you need a nominee
shareholder, our company provides such services.
AUTHORIZED
CAPITAL
Authorized capital of Belize IBC is the amount, which
the company may receive from its shareholders in consideration for the
issued shares. For example, if a company has an authorized capital of
US$50,000 divided into 50,000 registered shares of US$1.00 each, the
company is allowed to issue up to 50,000 registered shares and receive
from its shareholders not less that US$1 for each issued share.
Belize offshore legislation offers a great level of
flexibility. Belize companies could have any fixed amount of authorized
capital starting from US$1 or have no authorized capital at all. When a
Belize offshore company is incorporated, the authorized capital is stated
in the Memorandum and Articles of Association.
Belize IBC is not obliged to issue all its shares for
the total amount of authorized capital in any mandatory timeframes. The
company could issue just one share to a single shareholder and remaining
shares or any part of them could be issued any time in the future. All
issued shares must be paid up by shareholders.
Authorized capital affects the government
incorporation fee and annual fee.
The lowest incorporation and annual government fee of
US$100 is applicable, when IBC has authorized capital up to US$50,000.
The highest incorporation and annual government fee of
US$1,000 must be paid, when authorized capital exceeds US$50,000.
If Belize IBC has no authorized capital and all its
shares have no par value, the government fee is US$350.
Authorized capital of US$50,000 divided into 50,000
registered shares of US$1.00 each is considered as the standard authorized
capital. Such capital keeps the incorporation and annual cost of Belize
offshore company at a minimum level and perfectly fits business needs of
99% of our clients.
BEARER
SHARES
Shares issued in non-registered form (to the bearer)
are permitted by the Belize International Business Company
Act. However, bearer shares must be kept in custody of a registered agent
and may not be given to the owner.
Please be advised, we do
not recommend to order Belize offshore companies, which are authorized to
issue bearer shares. Most international banks do not accept applications
from such companies.
If you would like to increase your privacy,
the following solutions are available:
TIME
REQUIRED FOR INCORPORATION
We incorporate all Belize offshore companies the
same or next business day. If a client needs to get a copy of the
Certificate of Incorporation, we could email a scanned copy the same or
next business day.
Additional 2 to 4 business days are required for
preparation of resolutions, share certificates, registers and
legalization of corporate documents with Apostille.
Shelf
companies are available immediately. If the documents are required legalization with Apostille, it usually
takes 1 to 3 business days.
To select a shelf company please visit our Shelf
Company List.
ACCOUNTING
AND AUDIT
There are no statutory requirements of accounting and
audit of Belize offshore companies. It's totally up to the corporate
directors.
ANNUAL
GENERAL MEETING
Annual meetings are not required. Board of directors
may decide to conduct an annual meeting of shareholders in any place
inside and outside of Belize.
VIRTUAL
OFFICE SERVICES
Our
company offers Belize mail
forwarding services and other office services.
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