Viewpoints from Kaizen

Tax Benefits Company incorporation Ireland is an attractive proposition due to low corporation tax rates (12.5%) and a current 3-year tax exempt period for new companies. For foreign investors considering setting up business in Ireland and existing organizations seeking a more tax efficient corporate base, the benefits of Irish company formation should be given serious consideration.   Ireland as a Holding Company Location As the international pressure against the use of tax haven locations intensifies, Ireland is attracting considerable attention as a holding company location of choice. The key drivers behind such moves are as follows: • The Irish tax regime provides a platform for multi-nationals to own shares in subsidiaries through Ireland without attracting an incidence of Irish tax liabilities on dividends or capital gains; • Irish holding companies are not exempt to Irish corporation tax. They can obtain the benefit of Ireland’s network of double tax treaties. Holding […]

Belize Company here refers to International Business Company (Offshore Company) registered in Belize. Belize Company Registration Procedures Step 1 You confirm and engage Kaizen to register your Belize company by either sending Kaizen an email or fax. If so requested, Kaizen will prepare and sign an engagement letter with you.   Step 2 You provide to Kaizen either by fax or scan and email the following materials: Proposed company name, either in English only or Chinese only or both; One photocopy of passport (only the page showing the particulars of the holder) and residential address of each shareholder; if any shareholder is another corporation, please provide Certificate of Incorporation and Registered Office of that corporation; One photocopy of passport (only the page showing the particulars of the holder) and residential address of each director; if any director is another corporation, please provide Certificate of Incorporation and Registered Office of that […]

IBCs registered in Belize do not generally require licenses to operate. The following are certain business activities which would require licensing and an application to the International Financial Services Commission, the regulatory board of Belize: Formation or management of international business companies or other offshore entities Formation or management of international trusts and the provision of international trustee services International insurance services International asset protection and management International collective investment schemes (such as mutual funds, unit trusts, etc.) Money transmission services Payment processing services Trading in foreign exchange Trading in financial and commodity-based derivative instruments and other securities Money brokering Money lending and pawning or exchange Safe custody services Accounting services Brokerage, consultancy or advisory services in any of the above services

Ready-made, or “shelf” companies are IBC’s, already incorporated by us and available for immediate purchase. Shelf companies have not done any business, have not entered into any dealings or obligations whatsoever. As the name suggests, the incorporation documents of these IBC’s have been kept “on the shelf” in our office, without any practical usage whatsoever. By choosing a shelf company over a new incorporation several benefits can be achieved:  especially quick delivery times can be achieved, because the incorporation process has already been completed;  an IBC with an older registration date may be acquired, which may be useful by adding a certain “age” and, therefore, respectability to the IBC;  there is no need to go through the frustrating task of thinking-up an original company name, as one can choose from an existing list and perhaps find a suitable name without much thinking. For more information, please read […]

The management, directorship and practical operation of your Belize IBC will usually be one of the two possible options: Option 1: Company directed by the beneficial owner. You, the beneficial owner, can be appointed as the Director of Your International Business Company. Just as well, any other person, designated by the beneficial owner, can be appointed as the Director of the IBC. This can be a relative, a friend or a business partner of the owner – anyone whom the owner trusts, provided he/she agrees to such appointment. Minimum one director needs to be appointed. Of course, and IBC can also have more than one director. For all intents and purposes, whenever the beneficial owner or his own appointees act as director(s) of the IBC, this is called “management by the owners”. In this option, the name(s) of the beneficial owner or his/her appointees will directly show up in the […]

1. THE BELIZE IBC AND MAINTENANCE OF CORPORATE RECORDS 1.1 Memorandum and Articles of Association (‘M&A’) Kaizen or its associated agent will issue and provide an original and one copy of the M&A, both have been stamped and sealed by the IBC Registry of Belize. The Registered Agent and the Registrar of Companies in Belize shall retain a copy. Any amendments to the M&A may be passed by resolution of the director(s) or shareholder(s) and must be filed with the Registrar of Companies in Belize. Amendments are NOT effective until filed. Kaizen will be pleased to assist with providing standard form amendments, with filing amendments and with re-printing the M&A on request. 1.2 Minutes and Financial Records An IBC is required to keep minutes of all meetings of directors, members, committees of directors, committees of officers and committees of members. Copies of all written resolutions consented to by the foregoing […]

Specimen of Belize Company Incorporation Documents Certificate of Incorporation of Belize Company (IBC) – English Version Certificate of Incorporation of Belize Company (IBC) – Chinese Version Memorandum and Articles of Association of Belize Company (IBC) – English Version Memorandum and Articles of Association of Belize Company (IBC) – Chinese Version Register of Members (Shareholders) of Belize Company Register of Directors of Belize Company Share Certificate of Belize Company Certificate of Gooding of Belize Company (optional) Certificate of Incumbency of Belize Company (optional)   Belize Readymade Company Lists Belize Readymade Company (Shelf Company) List (PDF) Belize Readymade Company (Shelf Company) List (Word)   Belize Company Laws and Related Regulations Belize International Business Companies Act, Revised Edition 2000   This is the main and the most important law, which currently regulates the registration, status and operation of the International Business Companies in Belize. This is a revised edition of the law, prepared […]

GENERAL INFORMATION Anguilla, the most northerly of the Caribbean Leeward Islands, has a landmass of 90 sq km and was originally inhabited by, and was an important home island to, the Arawak Indians, an indigenous Caribbean race. Numerous significant artefacts have recently been unearthed which establish the Fountain (a freshwater underground spring) and other Island sites as important archaeological finds which now draw substantial international interest. The British established control of Anguilla in the late 1600’s, prevailing in numerous skirmishes with other European powers throughout the colonial period, so that today Anguilla is a British Dependent Territory.   POPULATION Anguilla supports a population estimated at 9,000. The Island is generally flat with occasional rainfall but has the finest powder white sand beaches in the Caribbean. The official language is English; the primary industries are tourism (featuring numerous world class resorts and restaurants, catering to high net worth individuals from the […]