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Setting up your business in Seychelles
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The best advantages Seychelles can offer you

An excellent African option for international trade.

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Lowest annual government license fee

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Confidentiality is guaranteed by Law

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Setting up your business in Seychelles

Seychelles, an independent republic located in the Western Indian Ocean with proximity to Europe, Asia, Africa, Middle East and Australia, political independence and English Legal System of law and business. The Seychelles has grown to become one of the most sought-after offshore jurisdictions of the modern era.

Why Seychelles?

Seychelles offshore products are becoming the most ideal vehicle to achieve anonymity, maintain all-business details confidential without any requirements for auditing or reporting. Combine all this with limited liability without any paid-up capital requirement and legal tax exemption with possibility of usage of nominee services, offshore products enable you to best structure your business in a fully legal manner and permits you to conduct activities worldwide.

Seychelles IBC

Seychelles IBCs are companies incorporated under the International Business Companies Act 1994 licensed to do business worldwide except Seychelles Tax Free.

Main key features and advantages:

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Fastest Registration (within 24hours or the same day).

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Lowest annual government license fee of any Offshore Financial Centre.

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No public filing or disclosure of shareholders / beneficial owners or directors.

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Minimum requirement: 1 Director, Shareholder (may be same person).

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Corporate Directors/Shareholders permitted.

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Confidentiality is guaranteed by law.

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Migration of domicile permitted.

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Nominee Shareholders and Directors are permitted.

Special License Companies (CSL) – Main Key Features

The CSLs are Seychelles domestic companies granted with a Special License. A CSL is foreseen and considered as a tax-resident in Seychelles (1,5% on its worldwide income). Its main purpose is to obtain the benefits of the Double Taxation Avoidance Agreements (DTAA) since a CSL falls within the ambit of a resident under the DTAA.

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May conduct business within Seychelles

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Access to Double Taxation Treaty

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Nominee shareholders permitted

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Minimum requirement of 2 directors

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Corporate directors not permitted

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Minimum requirement of 2 shareholders

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Corporate shareholders permitted

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Bearer Shares not permitted

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Seychelles resident secretary required. (represented by ICSP as per stated by law)

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Requirement to file accounts, returns and beneficial ownership information, which are not made available publicly

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Continuation or re-domiciliation as a CSL allowed

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CSL can be continued/re-domicile in/from another jurisdiction

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Confidentiality is guaranteed by law

Tax Information Exchange Agreements (TIEAs) signed by Seychelles

Greenland, Faroe Islands, Iceland, Finland, Denmark, Norway and Sweden only!

The Seychelles IBC – Key features, advantages & benefits

The Seychelles International Business Company (based on the classic Bahamas and British Virgin Islands IBC Model), is a tax-free corporation designed for use in all forms of international trading and investment activities.

With no reporting requirements, minimal record-keeping obligations, and unparalleled privacy features the Seychelles IBC has risen in stature to become one of the most sought-after IBCs in the International Financial Services World. Unlike the historically popular Caribbean (and Channel Islands) IBC Centres (most of which, as British Colonial territories, are facing enormous pressure to bring their privacy features and tax rates into line with the rest of Europe) Seychelles is a politically stable and independent republic and has signed NO Tax Information Sharing Treaties.

The Seychelles IBC common uses

(1) As a vehicle to safely and discreetly hold investments including real estate, shares and intellectual property.

(2) For commercial transactions and international trading operations.

(3) As Oil and Commodity trading vehicles.

(4) As a forex, options, futures and/or share trading vehicle.

(5) As an asset protection vehicle.

(6) For import/export activities.

(7) As a vehicle with which to gain access to alternative investments including pre-IPO offerings & private/hedge funds.

(8) As a consultancy and/or personal service business entity.

Unparalleled Privacy

Rather than using a Seychelles IBC for international trade, due to its tax exemption benefits, we, at Eurofinanzza, do recommend its use as an extremely positive tool for confidentiality purposes, for all those investors withing to keep a considerable high level of anonymity.

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