International Business Company (IBC) Belize

(An International Business Company) all set up by lawyers ready to trade complete with official Belize documentation, memorandum, certificate of registration, certficate of good standing, share certficate, articles of association, all of which will be sent to you by courier anywhere worldwide. Registered in Belize (former British Honduras) British commonwealth jurisdiction.

You get to choose the company name subject to availability on the IBC register and you can also choose the company suffix to suit the territory, anywhere worldwide, that you wish to appear to operate from. (e.g. ltd, inc, GmBH, SA, pty ltd, etc)

The only tax you pay to the Belize government is a fixed flat fee of US$100 every year which allows you to trade with anyone anywhere in the world except within Belize itself. We manage all the overseas legal set-up documentation and renewal documentation for you each year and pay the government flat fee for you each year.

Included in our monthly fee of £49.99 (GBP) is the Internet management, website set up and ongoing support plus remote telephone number forwarding and maintaining the company local registered office and agent in Belize which is required under the Belize IBC law.

There is no public register of shareholders. You will need to provide us with a notarised copy of your passport and a bank reference.

The company we form for you is not a "dodgy" illegal firm in a banana republic or in a blacklisted tax haven country. On the contrary, it is a 100% legal international business company in a jurisdiction that is fully compliant with current international, US, and EU anti money laundering and anti-terrorism laws and is not a jurisdiction that is a blacklisted country under these laws. The jusrisdiction does, however, have very strict confidentiality laws and only passes information to other countries information requests where a crime has been committed so if you are running a legal business then you have nothing to worry about.

An IBC is a separate legal entity just like an individual person and is resident in the country of formation. It is only personal drawings that you take out of the company into the country you pay taxes in that needs to be declared to that country separately for taxes. You will need to take separate legal or tax advice in your country of tax residence regarding this aspect.

This company structure and related international Internet trading platform is ideal for expat, International and Internet traders alike.

Your legal obligations as an owner of an IBC in Belize are as follows:-

1. To maintain a registered office in Belize. We do this for you as part of our service.

2. To remit the annual return of ownership which involves a payment of US$100 to the Belize government every year on the 1st January. We do this for you as part of our service and is included in our service charge

note:- There are no legal obligations to maintain or return annual accounts or to hold annual general meetings.

3. To adhere to any legal obligations, if applicable, for reporting the ownership of an overseas company to the authorities of the country in which you are a legal tax resident. We are unable to assist or advise in this respect as every country has different rules.

4. To declare, in any tax return you are liable for in your country of tax residence, any personal earnings you withdraw from the company into your personal funds.