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BELIZE
  • Belize is known as a country with the most beautiful nature in Central America. Its ecologically clean waters washing reefs untouched by civilisation together with forests, rivers, waterfalls and jungle, as well as historical sites of Mayan civilization attract many tourists from all over the world. In 1862, Belize became a British colony and was known as British Honduras in such status, until it became an independent nation in 1981. The country is ruled by a Prime Minister elected by a Senate.
  • Frequent flights connect the country with such cities as Houston, Miami, and New Orleans. Its administrative capital is the city of Belmopan; however, its main commercial centre is Belize City with the population of 60,000.
  • Incorporation and management of non-resident companies in this country is regulated by International Business Companies Act 1990.

GENERAL INFORMATIONTotal area - 22,965 sq km
Population - 230,000
Location - click here to see the map of offshore jurisdictions
Political status - Member of British Commonwealth.
Capital - Belmopan
Official language - English
Official currency - Belizean Dollar (BZD)
Time zone - GMT - 6
Company typeInternational Business Company (IBC)
Directors/OfficersBelize IBC companies require a minimum of 1 Director, who may be a natural person or a corporate body from any legal jurisdiction. There is no statutory requirement for a Company Secretary to be appointed.
Each Belize IBC company must file a Register of its Directors with the Register of Enterprises of Belize.
ShareholdersBelize IBC companies require a minimum of 1 shareholder, who may be a natural person or a corporate body from any legal jurisdiction.
Each Belize IBC company must file a Register of its Shareholder/s with the Register of Enterprises of Belize.
Authorised share capitalStandard authorised capital = USD 50,000.
There is no statutory requirement for capital to be fully or partly paid on incorporation.
Company Names The name of a Belize IBC company must end with the words "Incorporated", "Corporation", "Limited", or suffixes such as "Inc.", "Corp.", "Ltd.", "S.A.", etc.
Company names containing restricted words such as "Bank", "Insurance", "Trust", "Assurance", "Imperial", "Royal" etc. will not be permitted unless an appropriate national operating licence has been obtained by the company.
Beneficial Ownership information Information with regard to ultimate beneficial ownership must be disclosed to the Registered Agent, and is held by the agent on a confidential basis.
Filing of Annual ReturnThere is no requirement to file an Annual Return.
Filing of Financial Statement There is no requirement to file Financial Statements in Belize for IBC companies.
Corporate TaxationBelize IBC companies are not subject to corporation tax in Belize.
Tax TreatiesBelize does not have treaties with any other jurisdictions dealing with the avoidance of double taxation for non-resident companies.
Timeframe for incorporation 6/7 working days. A complete set of company documents can be delivered in 4/5 weeks.
Takeover of management & secretarial services for an existing Belize IBC companyPossible, following verification of Beneficial Ownership and agreement with and discharge of liabilities to previous corporate service provider in Belize.
Description of incorporation documentsClick here for itemised description of company documents.
"Ready-made"("Shelf") companiesToday we have 18 "Ready-made" companies available in this jurisdiction
Price of Belize IBC companyUSD 1580, including incorporation costs, full domiciliary (Registered Agent/Office) costs, Nominee services and legal support services for one year.
Cost of annual support servicesUSD 990 per year, including full domiciliary (Registered Agent/Office) costs, annual Government Duty, Nominee services and legal support services for each year.
  • INTERNATIONAL OVERSEAS SERVICES has the following comments:
  • Belize is a classical tax-free jurisdiction that does not require complicated procedures for the company maintenance or annual reporting. An additional benefit of company incorporation in Belize is its legislative norm that allows for the name of the incorporated company to be stated not only in English, but in the Cyrillic alphabet as well, or in any existing writing. It should be noted that government franchise fees in Belize should be paid not later than July 1st, irrespective of actual date of registration of the company.
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