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About Belize Company

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.

Currently, our fee for Belize IBC is $700. This offer is valid until May 18, 2013.

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 control.

Corporate Legislation

International Business Company (IBC) is incorporated under the Belize International Business Company Act adopted in 1990.

This Act absorbed and further developed the best provisions of BVI offshore corporate legislation. It is considered as one of the most friendly business legislation in the offshore-financial sector.

Corporate Name

The word "Limited", "Corporation", "Incorporated", "Society 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:

• Confusingly similar to a name of the already existing Belize company

• Contains the words “Building Society”, “Chamber of Commerce”, “Chartered”, “Cooperative”, “Imperial”, “Municipal”, “Royal”, “Assurance”, “Bank”, “Insurance” or “Trust”

• Suggests a patronage of the Queen or a member of the Royal Family

• Indecent, offensive or objectionable.

Office Address and Local Agent

Registered office address must be located in Belize. Principal office address (business address) may be in any country.

Each company has to have a local registered agent authorized by the Belize government.

Our fee includes Belize registered office address and registered agent for the first year.

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.

Directors and Officers

Any individual or legal entity (corporation or LLC), who is a resident of any country may be appointed as a director and officer of Belize offshore company.

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.

Authorized Capital

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.

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 time frames. The company could issue just one share for US$1.00 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.

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.

Annual FeeS

Each Belize IBC must pay the annual renewal fee starting from the second year. Our annual fees are listed in the Fee Schedule.

Public Records

Information about all persons connected to Belize IBC is completely private.

The Memorandum and Articles of Association is the only document filed with the Belize Registrar. This documents does not include any information about corporate directors, officers, shareholders and beneficial owners. It lists only name of the Belize registered agent and Belize registered office address.

Our company offers Nominee services, as an extra layer of privacy protection.

Accounting and Audit Requirements

There are no statutory requirements of accounting and audit for Belize offshore companies. It's totally up to the corporate directors, what kind of records they would like to keep, if any.

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.

Time Required for Incorporation

We incorporate all Belize offshore companies 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

We form Belize companies and keep them in our office as shelf companies for convenience of our clients. All shelf companies do not have any previous business transactions. When a client buys a shelf company of any age, he may be absolutely confident that he is the first owner of it.

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.

Virtual Office Services

Our company offers Belize mail forwarding services and other tailored office services.