In our professional opinion, New Zealand company formation is an attractive, tax-efficient method to conduct international trading. The following information will help you determine whether New Zealand company formation is the optimum corporate structure to fulfill your corporate objectives:

New Zealand business set up is straight forward. According to the World Bank's Doing Business 2008 Survey, New Zealand is ranked second in the world in terms in ease of doing business (see our New Zealand company set up page). The survey measures factors including the procedures for starting a business in New Zealand, time, cost and minimum capital required to start a business. Furthermore, New Zealand is ranked as the least corrupt country in the 2007 Corruption Perceptions Index by Transparency International, a global measure of corruption amongst public officials and politicians.

New Zealand company formation is an excellent corporate vehicle to promote to customers, suppliers and investors due to the positive image portrayed by the New Zealand company formation.

Healy Consultants will open a corporate bank account to support New Zealand company formation. Healy Consultants works with internationally recognised banks such as HSBC, Standard Chartered and Citibank to provide corporate bank account services. For more information, refer also to our New Zealand corporate bank account page. For a broader overview of our services, visit our Other services to support New Zealand incorporation page.

In its 2008 World Competitiveness Yearbook, the Switzerland-based IMD positively ranks New Zealand as the world’s 18th most competitive economy. The ranking takes into account factors including economic performance, government efficiency, business efficiency and infrastructure. New Zealand also ranks as the world's 24th most competitive economy in the World Bank's Global Competitiveness Report 2007-2008.