Belize

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

1. Initial consultation 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.

Exceptionally fast, even by offshore standards: 1–2 days maximum, and a fully remote setup completes in under 48 hours. Few registries anywhere move a file this quickly.

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. Belize sits inside the Hague Apostille Convention — one stamp, recognised worldwide.

Passport scans of all partners, 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.

Three questions worth settling before the engagement — and we'll help you answer each: ready-made company or fresh incorporation? Will you deposit share capital? Do you need a bank account? Ten minutes of clarity here saves weeks later.

An International Business Company in Belize is exempt from any form of taxation — on one clean condition: the IBC conducts no business activity within Belize itself. Trade with the world, keep the border between your operations and the local market, and the tax line on your projections stays at zero.

A regional-plus-European mix: treaties with the United Kingdom, Sweden and Denmark, and across the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) — from the Bahamas and Barbados to St Kitts, St Lucia and Trinidad. Alongside them, tax information exchange agreements with 18 states including the UK, Australia, the Netherlands, France, Switzerland, India and Mexico — modern transparency where the standard requires it.

The honest picture: no audited financial statements and no annual returns filed with the Registry — but an annual tax return is required, and some activities trigger an economic-substance report. Proper accounting records, meeting minutes and registers must be kept and shown to the registered agent or authorities on request (never published) — and neglecting that invites penalties or deregistration. Our accounting package keeps the file ready so the request, if it ever comes, is a formality.

No residency requirements at all — directors and shareholders live anywhere. The IBC needs two local fixtures: a registered address in Belize and an appointed registered agent (typically the incorporating firm) — both of which we provide, with our team on the ground.