Company registration in the Seychelles takes approximately 2 to 5 working days. The Seychelles IBC incorporation fee includes: Company name availability confirmation and reservation Payment of first year's Seychelles legal and initiation fees Submission of applications that details company's executive officers (US$100,000 authorized shared capital divided into 100,000 shares, a minimum of one share may be issued, bearer shares - permitted) Applicant appointment of director and shareholders roles for IBC company (appointed electronically) Preparation & filing of Memorandum & Articles of Association at Registry Compliance with minimum local domicile requirements: provision of the registered address and registered agent in Seychelles for the first year The following documents will be posted to you (Note: these documents are sent to you through FedEx Express Mail Service): Original Certificate of Incorporation Printed bound copy of Memorandum & Articles of Association Minutes of the First Meeting of the Board of Directors Issuance of shares, Register of Directors and Shareholders Share Certificates and Completed Members Register
Premier Package
£ 465.00
Renewal fees from £401.00
Company incorporation in the Seychelles takes approximately 2 to 5 working days. The Seychelles IBC registration fee includes: Company name availability confirmation and reservation Payment of first year's Seychelles legal and initiation fees Submission of applications that details company's executive shareholder (US$100,000 authorized shared capital divided into 100,000 shares, a minimum of one share may be issued, bearer shares - permitted) Applicant appointment of shareholder role for IBC company (appointed electronically) Preparation & filing of Memorandum & Articles of Association at Registry Compliance with minimum local domicile requirements: provision of the registered address and registered agent in Seychelles for the first year Coddan provides a company nominee director service for one year The following documents will be posted to you (Note: these documents are sent to you through FedEx Express Mail Service, and are to be completed upon arrival): Original Certificate of Incorporation Printed bound copy of Memorandum & Articles of Association Minutes of the First Meeting of the Board of Directors Issuance of shares, Register of Directors and Shareholders Share Certificates and Completed Members Register A pre-signed, undated letter of resignation from the nominee director General Power of Attorney signed by Nominees An indemnity Letter for General Power of Attorney A nominee service agreement which provides for the indemnification of the nominees
Deluxe Package
£ 575.00
Renewal fees from £511.00
Company start-up in the Seychelles takes approximately 2 to 5 working days. The Seychelles IBC formation fee includes: Company name availability confirmation and reservation Payment of first year's Seychelles legal and initiation fees US$100,000 authorized shared capital divided into 100,000 shares, a minimum of one share may be issued, bearer shares - permitted Preparation & filing of Memorandum & Articles of Association at Registry Compliance with minimum local domicile requirements: provision of the registered address and registered agent in Seychelles for the first year Coddan provides a company nominee director service for one year Coddan provides a company nominee shareholder service for one year The following documents will be posted to you (Note: these documents are sent to you through FedEx Express Mail Service, and are to be completed upon arrival): Original Certificate of Incorporation Printed bound copy of Memorandum & Articles of Association Minutes of the First Meeting of the Board of Directors Issuance of shares, Register of Directors and Shareholders Share Certificates and Completed Members Register A pre-signed, undated letter of resignation from the nominee director General Power of Attorney signed by Nominees An indemnity Letter for General Power of Attorney A nominee service agreement which provides for the indemnification of the nominees Declaration of Trust from the Nominee Shareholder
Incorporate in Seychelles: Legal Requirements
The incorporation documents do not carry the name or identity of any shareholder The names or identities of these persons do not appear in any public record An IBC cannot trade within the Seychelles or own real estate there Company subscribers may be resident outside the Seychelles The company is required to have a registered office in the Seychelles You must appoint a minimum of one director There is no maximum number of directors Directors can be corporate bodies or private individuals A director can be of any nationality There has to be at least one shareholder The names and address of shareholders are not available to the public Shareholder and director may be the same person There is no requirement for appointing local shareholder and director There is no requirement for a resident secretary There is no paid-in capital requirement The minimum paid in and issued capital may be one share which is fully paid Shares can be issued with or without par value Shares may be issued in any recognizable currency or in more than one recognizable currency IBC records and accounts do not have to be held or filed with the authorities Bearer shares are PERMITTED
SEYCHELLES COMPANY FORMATION. INCORPORATE OFFSHORE COMPANY IN SEYCHELLES An IBC is exempt from the provisions of the Seychelles Income Tax Act as are shareholders of an IBC if they are not resident in the Seychelles. An IBC is formed by filing a Memorandum of Association ("Memorandum") and Articles of Associations ("Articles") with the Registrar of Companies together with the requisite incorporation fee. The Articles, which are similar to by-laws in the United States, must be filed simultaneously with the Memorandum which is similar to a US certificate of incorporation. Need a Seychelles company formation expert? Do you want to set-up your new Seychelles Limited Company formation using your own Director, Secretary and Shareholder? You've come to the right place. The Coddan is an online resource providing Seychelles companies registration services and business products for use in the Seychelles. We are a leading provider of Seychelles companies' formations service offering registered limited company names, registered offices address, nominee secretary and nominee director services. Coddan is a leading provider of company formations to all businesses and professional intermediaries. Coddan has delivered high quality services to those requiring Seychelles company registration. If you want to become familiar with the description and the contents of Seychelles IBC formations packages, offered by Coddan and to find above, what kind of service is included in this or that Seychelles offshore companies incorporation package, to get an idea about the price of annual renewal of the service, and about the general legal requirements to the company incorporation within Seychelles Islands, please, select the package you need from the list, situated below the banner. The information in the banner will be renewed according to the package you've chosen.
1. A Seychelles IBC has zero percent tax liability. 2. An International Business Company and its employees are not liable to pay any kind of tax. 3. An IBC has no compulsion to disclose the identities of its directors, secretaries, shareholders and employees. 4. A sole director can register an IBC in the Seychelles. The sole director can also act as the sole shareholder. 5. There is no minimum or maximum share capital limit, nor is there a need to disclose this information to any authority. 6. Bearer shares are allowed for an offshore company. 7. There is no compulsion to hold an Annual General Meeting (AGM) for an offshore company registered in the Seychelles. 8. The accounting books of the partnership may be kept at the registered office of the company or abroad. 9. An IBC in the Seychelles can hold and issue shares in any currency. 10. An IBC registered in the Seychelles operates in a stable political and economic environment.
At Coddan we assist clients with this step of Seychelles business creation by reviewing the goals and individual facts of each situation to recommend the best entity - selecting from limited or general partnerships, limited companies, and the different elections or options available under each. We offer a quick, simple, and inexpensive way for anyone to form a company online. We hope that this site will help us towards achieving this aim and we would welcome any feedback which you may have.
The Seychelles comprises of a group of small islands situated in the Indian Ocean, to the north of Madagascar. The capital Victoria is located within Mahe, the main Island. The Seychelles is becoming one of the most attractive offshore financial international centres, due to the incentive laws implemented by its government. Investment Promotion Act was enacted in 1994 to encourage incoming investments. This jurisdiction offers total confidentiality and anonymity and is recommended for high profile trading operations. It has excellent up-to-date telecommunications network and advanced professional and technological infrastructures. The Seychelles has two corporate statutes. The Companies Act (Cap. 40) (the "Companies Act") is, in it's original version, over 25 years old and resembles fairly closely the 1948 English Companies Act. It is used, for the most part, to incorporate companies to do business within the Seychelles. The International Business Companies Act (Cap100A) (the IBC Act) was passed in 1994 and provides for the incorporation of the International Business Company, an offshore company which is used worldwide, not only for holding companies and investment companies but also to carry on business within other jurisdictions. This memorandum deals first, and in greater depth, with the International Business Company since it forms by far the greater number of incorporations in the Seychelles.
Seychelles Incorporation Benefits:
Incorporation fees are fixed for life. Even if the annual renewal fees are increased in the future, a company incorporated before such an increase came into effect will not be 18affected adversely;
IBC pays no taxes in Seychelles other than the Government License fee;
Annual reporting (accounting, auditing) not required for IBC's;
Accounts need not be kept; however, if they are kept there is no requirement for an audit;
No minimum or maximum capital requirements;
Shares can be issued with or without par value;
IBC's may engage in any lawful business in any country and may carry on transactions in whatever currencies they choose;
Nominative or bearer shares, at owner's option;
Bearer shares do not need to be paid up for issuance thereof;
Only one shareholder and one director is required. Their particulars do not appear on public record. Moreover, we could provide nominees to maintain owner's confidentiality;
Shareholders, directors and officers need not be resident in the Seychelles and there is no stipulation as to their nationality;
Directors and/or officers can be either corporate entities or natural persons;
There is no foreign exchange control;
It takes only 24 hours to incorporate an offshore company in Seychelles and the fees are the lowest on the Internet;
Speedy incorporation procedures and simple ongoing administration;
Shareholders and directors meetings need not be held in the Seychelles, can be held by telephone, may attended by proxy;
The Memorandum and Articles of Association are the only documents to be held on the public record;
There is no requirement to register initial or ongoing changes in directors and/or officers;
IBC's may engage in any lawful business in any country and may carry on transactions in whatever currencies they choose;
Not highlighted by OECD;
Not yet widely perceived as a tax haven;
Use of apostilles for international legalization of documents;
Incorporation can be submitted in either English or French, or in another language if accompanied by English or French translation;
The name of the company may be expressed in any language together with its translation into, or transliteration in English or French;
Fee anniversary is 12 months from incorporation, not December 31st.
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As your company formation agents, we can only act on information and instructions given to us. You should not assume that we have knowledge of any factual matters. All of the information contained on this web site is not meant to be advice, nor should it be followed. The information on this site pertains to U.K. law only and is offered as a public service. It is not intended to give legal advice about a specific legal problem, nor does it create an attorney-client relationship. We do not hold ourselves out as offering tax advice, although we do not hold ourselves out as experts in the laws of any foreign country.
All our Seychelles IBC are general trading companies which include Certificate of Incorporation & Memorandum and Articles of Association, Registered Agent and Address in Seychelles. 3-5 days incorporation service which enables you to appoint members details straight away. This procedure applies to all or packs with the payment of all government fees. This pack is sent directly to you via DHL.
THE FOLLOWING UPGRADES CAN BE ADDED TO THE ABOVE PACKAGE:
1. Company Pliers Seals - £20.00. 2. Apostilled Certificate of Incorporation - £100.00. 3. Seychelles Nominee Director service for 12 months - £166.00. 4. Nominee Shareholders service for 12 months - £110.00. 5. Apostilled Certificate of Good Standing £125.00.
If you order an offshore company we usually require to send us by fax, email (as attachments in PDF, GIF or JPEG format) or mail: copy of the passport (with photo, signature and personal data pages) of the beneficial owner of the company; copy of the passport (with photo, signature and personal data pages) of the individual who contacts us and places order with us if he is not the beneficial owner. Beneficial owner is the individual who benefits from ownership of a company regardless of who holds title.
The most versatile type of all offshore corporate entities available in Seychelles is the International Business Company, known as the IBC. It is very similar to the other widely known offshore corporate vehicles, notably the British Virgin Islands IBC. There are currently over 12,000 IBC registered in Seychelles. The International Business Company is the most widely used vehicle for offshore operations in the Seychelles; it normally takes the form of a private company limited by shares, but can also be a Limited Life Company. The governing legislation is the International Business Companies Act 1994.
Every company files a copy of its Memorandum and Articles of Association, or "M&A" with the Registrar of Companies upon incorporation. These documents can be extremely brief or very detailed, depends on the law in the particular jurisdiction and on the practices of the particular incorporation agent. These documents lay out all the general information about the company. Usually these documents describe the type of company, its address, operational objects, authorised capital, the procedure for appointing and dismissing directors and officers and their scope of competence and responsibility, the procedure of share allocation, how shareholder's meetings are called and the competence of such meetings and how it should be executed, the procedures of keeping accounts, liquidation and similar administrative matters that are characteristic to any corporate entity. The Memorandum and Articles of an offshore company are usually signed by a person called "Subscriber" or "Incorporator". The Subscriber is simply a person (or, more often, a dedicated company) closely associated with your offshore service provider. The Subscriber essentially incorporates the company for you and acts as the first shareholder on your behalf. Otherwise you would have to travel to the offshore jurisdiction and sign the documentation personally. The Subscriber usually subscribes for the legally acceptable minimum amount of shares in the company. After the registration of the company, the initial Subscriber may remain registered on public file as the (nominee) shareholder, or the minimum amount of shares that he usually holds can be transferred to the actual client.
TAXATION.
A Seychelles IBC is, by definition of the law, not subject to any tax or duty on income or profits. It is also exempt from stamp duties on transfer of property and any exchange controls. Essentially, a Seychelles IBC is a completely tax-free corporation, insofar as it complies with a few simple rules of operation. The law provides that all exemptions for a Seychelles IBC shall remain in force for a period of twenty years from the date of incorporation of an IBC.
SHAREHOLDERS.
A minimum of one shareholder is required and either registered or bearer shares may be issued. No details of the shareholders appear on the public file but a register of shareholders must be kept at the registered office address of the company. Coddan could provide nominee shareholders. Bearer shares. A Seychelles IBC can be configured with bearer shares, although certain procedural restrictions towards use of bearer shares are expected to be introduced soon. Offshore corporations, like onshore corporations, use shares to reflect their ownership. Shares are units representing a participation of a person in the company. Taking (or buying) a share in a company means simply that a person has agreed to invest some of his personal money or assets into the company. When he has done so, he acquires the right to participate in the profits and the decision-making process of that company in proportion to his share as in the total amount of the capital of the company.
AUTHORISED AND ISSUED SHARE CAPITAL.
Seychelles IBCs are normally incorporated with an authorised share capital of $5,000 with par value. This being the maximum for the minimum capital duty payable at the time of incorporation and annually thereafter. The authorised share capital maybe expressed in any currency. The minimum issued capital is either one share of no par value or one share of par value.
DIRECTORS.
A minimum of one director is required. The director does not need to be a shareholder. In addition, corporate and non-resident directors are permitted. Details of the directors are not required to appear on the public file. Coddan could provide nominee directors. The company directors may sometimes appoint managers or attorneys of the company, granting them certain powers to manage the affairs of the company. The manager may, for example, have a signing authority on a bank or securities account, or the powers to negotiate certain types of contracts for the company or do anything else that may be written in his power of attorney.
REPORTING REQUIREMENTS.
An IBC is not required to file any financial reports or tax returns. In addition, the books and records may be maintained in any manner desired and in any part of the world.
RESTRICTIONS ON NAME AND ACTIVITY.
Names must end with one of the following words, or abbreviations thereof - "Limited", "Corporation", "Incorporated", "Societe Anonyme" or their abbreviations. Other suffixes such as B.V. GmbH, SARL may also be used. The name can be in any language, but must be accompanied by a translation. The documentation will either be in English, or it is possible to have bilingual documentation in English and Chinese. The following words, and their associated activities, cannot be used: Assurance, Bank, Building Society, Chamber of Commerce, Chartered, Cooperative, Imperial, Insurance, Municipal, Royal, Imperial and Trust.
LOCAL REQUIREMENTS.
The local company law requires that an IBC maintain a registered office address within Seychelles and must also appoint a Seychelles resident as registered agent.
SECRECY.
There are no specific statutory provisions governing secrecy in relation to companies.
Seychelles Offshore Incorporation
UK Company with Bearer Shares
£ 300.00
Company registration in the Seychelles takes approximately 2 to 5 working days. The Seychelles IBC incorporation fee includes:
Company name availability confirmation and reservation
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