Marshall Islands

The minimum cast: one director and one shareholder — the same person will do — plus a secretary and a registered agent. The file: identification documents, the Articles of Incorporation, and a POA for remote setups. Share capital starts at a symbolic $1, and the whole process runs remotely in about a week.

No corporate income tax for non-resident companies — and no double tax treaties either, only information-exchange agreements with a dozen states. This is a pure exemption jurisdiction: perfect for structures that don't need treaty relief, wrong for those that do. We'll tell you which one you are.

No annual returns, no statutory audits for non-resident companies. Internal records stay internal — kept for your own control, not for any regulator.

Director details (names, nationalities, addresses) are kept within the company — nothing is filed with the Registrar of Corporations and nothing is public. Shareholder information stays equally private. One honest caveat that separates us from the brochures: nominee services are not legal here — the privacy comes from the closed registers themselves, not from front men. If nominees are essential to your plan, we'll point you to a jurisdiction where they're lawful.

Economic Substance Regulations exist — but they bite tax-resident companies earning income inside the jurisdiction through relevant activities, which then need local office, staff and directors. The standard non-resident company carries none of that. Directors and shareholders can be of any nationality, resident anywhere, never visiting.

The IBC — the everyday international vehicle, from joint ventures to trading; the LLC — blending corporate protection with partnership flexibility, zero tax and zero audits included; plus trusts for asset protection and foundations mixing trust and corporate traits, often for charitable purposes.