Company formation in Antigua & Barbuda

The path from first call to live company, in order:

1. Orientation session and engagement — 2. Settlement of the invoice — 3. For remote setups, notarisation of the power of attorney on your side — 4. We prepare the registration documents — 5. Signing before the notary — 6. The company is valid on the register immediately.

2–4 days for the standard incorporation — run entirely remotely with our legal team, no travel required.

Fully remote on a notarised power of attorney: we draft it for your chosen services, you certify it (apostilled where your country demands full legalisation), we verify, and you courier us the physical original. Antigua and Barbuda sits inside the Hague Apostille Convention — one stamp, recognised worldwide.

Three things get the file moving: three name options for the company plus a contact email; the names, addresses and emails of all shareholders and board members; and a short description of the activity. That's the whole intake form.

Passport scans of all shareholders and board members, plus the beneficial owner where applicable; the power of attorney for remote registration; and certified corporate documents where a shareholder is itself a foreign company.

The IBC is completely tax-free: no income tax, no capital gains tax, no withholding on dividends. And here's what almost no other flag offers: the government guarantees the no-tax regime for 50 years from incorporation — a statutory promise, not a policy that shifts with the next budget. You're not betting on rates staying low; you're holding a guarantee that they will.

No double-taxation agreements — with a 0% rate there's nothing to relieve. On the transparency side, Antigua has signed Tax Information Exchange Agreements with 21 states — the US, UK, Germany, France, Switzerland, Australia, the Nordics and others — which is precisely what keeps it off the blacklists.

Accounting is compulsory — filing is not: the IBC keeps its books but submits nothing to any authority. Audit applies only to licensed businesses, such as gaming operators. Books in order, registry silent.

Featherweight: an IBC needs only a registered address in Antigua and Barbuda — no local director, no local shareholder, no visit to the islands. We register on your behalf, with our team local on the ground.

Bearer shares are officially permitted under the IBC regime — increasingly rare anywhere. The one rule that keeps it legal: the FSRC requires a register of issued bearer shares — number, date of issue, identification number and beneficial owners — maintained with the registered agent. Skip the register and an investigation carries a USD 50,000 fine. We keep it as part of the service, so the instrument stays an asset rather than a liability.