Belize Company Formation

Belize company formation has no minimum paid-up capital requirements. Belize company formation is cost effective and straightforward, with low government business registration fees. The annual government fee is US$100 for an IBC whose authorised capital does not exceed US$50,000. For an IBC whose authorised capital exceeds US$50,000, the annual fee is US$1,000.

In accordance with the Belize Income and Business Tax Act, the international profits of a properly structured Belize IBC are legitimately tax-exempt. There are no dividends tax or taxes on other distributions paid by the company to non- residents of Belize. There are no capital gains taxes. Because Belize is a trading jurisdiction in its own right, with a diversified economy, it is not perceived as a tax haven.

Following Belize company incorporation, an IBC is not required to submit annual tax returns or audited financial statements.

Belize provides a stable business climate for investors, as the exchange rate has been fixed for more than 30 years. In addition, Belize enjoys preferential treatment for trade in certain commodities with the Caribbean Common Market, USA, the European Community, and Canada.

It is easy to open global corporate bank accounts to support Belize company formation. Healy Consultants works with internationally recognised banks such as HSBC, Standard Chartered and Citibank to provide corporate bank account services.

Foreign investors planning to use their IBCs for merchandising, real estate, insurance, transport, tourism, accounting and legal services, require a special license from the Belize government. Belize is less than positively ranked as the world's 71st freest economy in the Heritage Foundation's 2011 Index of Economic Freedom, a measure of freedom enjoyed in business, trade, monetary, financial, investment and labour markets. This moderately free ranking is an improvement from 79th place in 2010.

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