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Austria Company Formation

If properly-structured, an Austrian limited liability company (GmbH) allows international entrepreneurs to legitimately receive low-taxed dividends received from global subsidiaries. The following information will help you determine whether Austria company formation is the optimum corporate structure to fulfill your international business objectives:
Advantages of Austria company formation
1.
An Austrian company is legally exempt from dividends tax received from a foreign subsidiary. Austria levies no witholding tax on dividends paid to the foreign parent.
2.
As a member of the European Union (EU), Austria is governed by the provisions of the EU's Parent-Subsidiary directive. Thus, an Austrian holding company which holds at least 25% of the shares of an EU subsidiary can receive dividends from the subsidiary free of withholding tax.
3.
An Austrian company can access a large network of double taxation treaties Austria has signed with major trading nations around the world.
4.
A minimum of one shareholder and one director is required for Austria company formation. The shareholder and director can be the same person, and need not be resident in Austria. Corporate shareholders are permitted with Austria company formation.
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Austria company formation is reputable. Austria is positively ranked as the 15th least corrupt country in the 2007 Corruption Perceptions Index by Transparency International, a global measure of corruption amongst public officials and politicians. Furthermore, Austria is positively ranked as the world's 30th freest economy in the Heritage Organisation’s 2008 Index of Economic Freedom, a measure of freedom enjoyed in business, trade, monetary, financial, investment and labour markets.
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It is easy to open global corporate bank accounts to support Austria company formation. Healy Consultants works with internationally recognised banks such as HSBC, Standard Chartered and Citibank to provide corporate bank account services.
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In its 2008 World Competitiveness Yearbook, the Switzerland-based IMD positively ranks Austria as the world’s 14th most competitive economy. The ranking takes into account factors including economic performance, government efficiency, business efficiency and infrastructure.
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Vienna ranks 6th in the Monocle Quality of Life Index. The index bases its ranking on factors like quality of housing, urban scale as well as amount of crime and the quality of education and healthcare.
Disadvantages of Austria company formation
1.
A GmbH pays corporate profits tax of 25% on all income. In addition financial statements must be submitted to the Austrian Chamber of Commerce. Healy Consultants will assist our clients efficiently and effectively to complete this annual statutory obligation.
2.
Austria company formation requires a minimum share capital of €35,000 (US$51,400), of which at least half, €17,500 (US$ 25,700) , must be paid up in cash.
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A register containing shareholders and directors details is available for public viewing, following a Austria company formation.
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Austria company formation is a relatively time consuming process. According to the World Bank's Doing Business 2008 Survey, Singapore is the world's 25th easiest place to do business. The survey measures factors including business start up procedures, time, cost and minimum capital required to start a business.
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Year 1
US$15,600*


Year 2 onwards
US$8,000*


Nominee shareholder/director
US$1,800**


Company de-registration
US$1,450


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