A Belize IBC is an offshore company which conducts its trading and business outside of Belize. An IBC is essentially for offshore activities; your IBC cannot own property in Belize or carry on business with residents of Belize. Your IBC must have a registered office and registered agent in Belize.

Belize is the only Commonwealth country in Central America. Their modern offshore legislation provides for maximum flexibility in global asset protection and tax and investment planning.

Documents and Infomation

To incorporate an offshore company in Belize we require the following:

• The company name
• Name and address of director
• Name and address of shareholder

Company Name

Your company name can be in any language as long as the relevant translation is approved first. Certain words are prohibited such as names suggesting the patronage of any Government or country. The name approval process takes less than thirty minutes, and a name may be reserved for 10 days. Your company name will need one of the following suffixes from the list to show that this is a limited liability company.

• Limited (Ltd)
• Corporation (Corp)
• Incorporation (Inc)
• Société Anonyme (SA)
• Sociedad Anónima (SA)

Incorporating a Belize IBC

It takes 24 hours to incorporate a company in Belize. The company statutes can be files in Spanish or Chinese. After you have submitted the name of your IBC to us, approval of the company name can be obtained within several hours. We then present the Memorandum and Articles of Association of the company to the Registrar, a certificate of incorporation will be issued and your new company is incorporated.

Directors

• Directors may be of any nationality and may reside anywhere.
• Only one director is required.
• The names of directors do not appear in public records.
• There is no requirement to appoint a local resident director.
• Nominee Directors are allowed. We can provide this service.
• The director can be a person or a Corporation.

Shareholders

• Shareholders may be of any nationality and may reside anywhere
• Only one shareholder is required. This can be the same person as the director.
• No upper limit to the number of shareholders.
• Nominee shareholders are allowed. We can provide this service.
• The shareholder can be a person or a corporation.

Registered Office

You must have a registered agent and registered office in Belize and this service is included in the formation price.

Share capital

The standard share capital for a Belize IBC is $50,000 USD. Your companies share capital can be issued in any currency. One share of the share capital must be issued and paid up.

Company Records

Your company does not have to keep records in Belize. If the company chooses to keep records they can be kept anywhere in the world. There is no requirement to file accounts or a financial statement.

Key features of a Belize IBC:

The Belize legislation offers some of the most flexible features available today with very minimum requirements for incorporation. These include:

• No company secretary is required
• Disclosure of the beneficial owners is not required
• Nominee shareholders are permitted
• Exempt from the payment of local taxes
• Shares may be issued with or without par value and in any currency
• No statutory accounting or audit records need be kept or filed in Belize
• No minimum paid-up capital requirements
• The share register may only be inspected by a shareholder
• Annual Government fee is only $100 when the authorised share capital is $50,000 or less