Offshore company in Belize – General information

Belize is a continental state on the north east coast of Central America.
Its capital is Belmopan. The population is around 300,000. The official currency is the Belize Dollar (currency code BZD). The national language is English.
Belize is known as a stable and rapidly developing financial centre with perfect conditions for offshore business. Belize offshore companies are totally tax exempt.
Contemporary legislation provides company incorporation in a form of IBC (International Business Companies).

A new Belize company registration process

The registration process contains 3 main steps and takes 1 week:

• Verification and confirmation of a company name in Registrar of companies (1-2 days)
• Preparation and submission documents to Registrar of Companies (2-3 days)
• Legalisation of documents and delivery to a client.

You can buy a shelf company as well.

Offshore in Belize – Requirements for the company structure

• Board of directors – minimum one director (physical or legal person)
• Shareholders – minimum one shareholder (physical or legal person)
• It is obligatorily to have a registered office in Belize
• A secretary is not necessarily required

Share capital

There are no requirements for mandatory payment of share capital. The Law does not define minimum and maximum of share capital. In practice, the share capital is 50,000 shares with a nominal value of $ 1.00 each

Financial statements

There are no financial statements or audit requirements, however every company is obliged to keep records and inform the registered agent of the address, where these records are kept

Belize taxation provisions

Companies incorporated in Belize are totally tax exempted

Information for submission to the Registrar

No details of beneficiary, shareholder or director are submitted to the Belize Registrar; such information is confidential and is not accessible to the public.

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If you decided to open an offshore company, our team will provide you with qualified services in order to register a company in Belize or anywhere else in the world. If you have not enough time, you can always buy a ready offshore company in Belize.

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