Company formation in The Bahamas

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 and file the registration documents with the Registrar General — 5. Signing before the notary — 6. The company is valid on the register immediately, certificate of incorporation in hand.

2–4 working days once the basic document package is formed — and the whole process runs fully remotely within one week, courier time included.

Fully remote, no travel: we draft the power of attorney for your chosen services, you certify it before a notary (apostilled where your country demands full legalisation), we verify, and you courier us the physical original. The Bahamas sit 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.

An IBC registered in the Bahamas is exempt from any kind of taxation. The one fixed cost worth knowing to the dollar: a mandatory annual government fee of USD 350 for companies with capital up to USD 50,000, and USD 1,000 above that line — which is why nearly everyone incorporates at USD 50,000. One footnote for the biggest players: multinational groups above roughly €750M in global revenue face the new 15% minimum tax the Bahamas enacted for 2024/25 — for everyone else, the exemption stands untouched.

No double-taxation agreements — at zero there's nothing to relieve. What the Bahamas signed instead is the largest TIEA network on this site: tax information exchange agreements with 33 states, from the US, UK, Germany and France to Japan, China, India and South Korea — the transparency ledger that keeps the reputation clean.

The obligation stops at your own drawer: the company keeps financial statements, accounts and records — but there are no requirements to report, audit, or file a return with anyone. Books in order, registry silent.

No residency requirements to incorporate an IBC — and the registered office address is provided at incorporation by our project management team. Nothing else to arrange locally.