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Belize Company Formation - Offshore Company Formation
Services provided by our Law Firm – or our Partner Network:
-Formation of
the company, Apostille, upon request certified translation of the
formation documents
-Certificate of Incorporation:
The certificate of incorporation is an official document that confirms
the name of a registered company, as well as the registration number.
-Certificate
of Good Standing
-Ranging from
Registered Office to maintaining a business office
- Upon request:
Nominee Director (attorney acts as a trustee and acts as the Director of
the company during the formation phase) and / or Nominee Shareholder
(natural person or legal entity – Law firm acts as a trustee in the form
of the shareholder of the company)
- Upon
request:
Permanent Nominee Director (Attorney acts
as trustee in the capacity of Director of the company during the entire
term of the agreement)
A production site, a site for the exploitation of mineral
resources or construction works whose duration is greater than 12 months
always constitutes the establishment of a place of business in the
country of the company's seat
(for
example: Belize, BVI, Cayman Islands, Nevis etc….), independent „of the
place of managerial supervision” (analogous to Article 5 OECD_Model
Convention). Otherwise the taxable permanent establishment is defined
via the „place of managerial supervision”.
As a rule this implies, that a person who
maintains his ordinary residence in the country of the company's seat
must act as the Director of the company.
Either the client or an agent relocates his ordinary residence to the
country of the company’s seat and he, himself, acts as the Director of
the company or our Law Firm in the country of the company’s seat
provides a Nominee Director.
Alternative: For example: The Danish client / founder acts as the
Director of the company and establishes credibility that he is present
in the country of the company’s seat within the course of carrying out
the required managerial supervision. Due to the fact that as a rule tax
havens (Belize, BVI Cayman Islands, Nevis etc…) do not maintain a public
commercial register, the installation of a “Nominee Director in the
formation phase” is possible and not necessarily a "permanently present
Nominee Director”.
- Upon request:
Bearer shares
- Upon request:
Liechtenstein Institute as the shareholder of the company
Clarification:
The shareholder or the shareholders are the „Owner”
of the company. It can be individuals or companies.
Bearer shares, nominee shareholder or for
example a Liechtenstein Institute as a shareholder serve to conceal the
true ownership relationships.
Which constellation is best suited, is
dependent upon different prerequisites. We would welcome the opportunity
to discuss this with you in a personal setting.
- Opening of an
account in the name of the company, incl. Online banking and VisaCard
(in the case of bearer shares the opening of an account is often only
possible, if the client / founder is not present at the opening of the
account)
- Upon request:
Investment account in Switzerland (Minimum deposit 10,000 CHF)
- To the extent
it is a requirement of domestic law: Provision of proof of the exempt
status to the authorities (most tax havens differentiate between
offshore and onshore companies. Onshore companies are taxed normally,
offshore companies – i.e. companies which transact business outside of
the country are not taxed. The Cayman Islands is the exception: Real
zero-tax haven)
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Belize is a Central South American Country
which borders the Caribbean Sea between Guatemala and Mexico. Formerly
known as The British Honduras the official name was changed to Belize in
1973 with full independence granted within the Commonwealth on 21
September 1981, although this was not accepted by Guatemala until 1992
because of its historical disputes over the territory with the United
Kingdom.