Peru Company Formation

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ENGAGEMENT COSTS

Year 1 incorporation US$12,000 *

Annual fees from Year 2 US$4,250 *

Resident director fee
US$1,800 **

company de-registration
US$1,450

* Total fee depends on corporate structure and range of professional services required.

**Excludes US$1,100 refundable deposit,

Peru company formation is a legitimate way for international business people to conduct business in Peru and throughout South America. The following information will help you determine whether Peru company formation is the optimum corporate structure to fulfill your international business objectives:

Advantages of Peru Company Formation

A minimum of one shareholder and one director is required with Peru company formation.

Peru company formation is cost-effective due to low government registration fees and the absence of minimum capital requirements.

A Peru company accesses a network of double taxation treaties the country has signed.

Healy Consultants will open a corporate bank account to support Peru company formation. Healy Consultants works with internationally-recognised banks such as HSBC, Standard Chartered and Citibank.

Disadvantages of Peru Company Formation

A Peruvian company is subject to tax on corporate profits of 27%. Profits distributed to non-residents are taxed at 4.1%. Capital gains tax is 30%.

Peru suffers from a poor international reputation as a place to do business. According to the World Bank's Doing Business 2010 Survey, Peru is negatively ranked at 56th in world for its ease in which to do business in. The survey measures factors including business start up procedures, time, cost and minimum capital required to start a business. In addition, Peru is negatively ranked as the world’s 75th least corrupt country in the 2009 Corruption Perceptions Index by Transparency International, a global measure of corruption amongst public officials and politicians.

According to the 2010 Index of Economic Freedom by The Heritage Foundation, Peru is poorly ranked as having the world's 45th-freest economy, and scores at 70% in terms of investment freedom and capital flows. The survey is a measure of freedom enjoyed in business, trade, monetary, financial, investment and labour markets.

At least one shareholder of a company must be Peruvian.

Peru is poorly ranked as the world's 78th most competitive economy in the World Bank's Global Competitiveness Report 2009-2010.

Contact Us

For more information on Peru company formation, email email@healyconsultants.com or call us at (+65) 6735 0120.

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