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The Seychelles offshore industry has experienced significant success since the industry¡¯s creation in 1994 and has matured into a stable and respected offshore financial centre. Its success has been enabled through Seychelles striking the right balance between sound regulatory practice and pleasing the market. The Seychelles international business Company (IBC) has been the ¡°star performer¡±, its surging popularity a result of attractive client benefits (see below ).
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SEYCHELLES IBCs - CURRENT FEATURES AND BENEFITS |
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Value for money-low annual Government license fee of US$100 irrespect of the IBC¡¯s authorized capital |
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Fast incorporations and name approvals-same day incorporations |
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Nil Seychelles taxation on foreign income |
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privacy and asset protection –including no public filling of shareholder or directors |
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Ease of administration –no requirement to file financial accounts or annual company return in the Seychelles |
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Minimum number of shareholders-1(corporate shareholders allowed ) |
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Seychelles is a stable and independent country ,and is therefore not subject to ever-growing EU directives (which are increasingly impacting on European dependent territories) |
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SEYCHELLES CSLs (¡°company special license ¡±)-CURRENT FEATURES AND BENEFITS |
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Seychelles tax-resident which may access Seychelles Double Tax Avoidance Agreement (¡°DTA¡±)-including favourable treaties with china, Indonesia, Vietnam ,etc |
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To reduce china tax exposure, CSLs may be deployed as intermediary holding vehicles for foreign investors into china |
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Liable to Seychelles business tax at the rate of 1.5﹪ on its world-wide taxable income(which may be eliminated in DTA access cases) |
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Exempt from all other Seychelles taxes, including withholding taxes |
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Minimum number of directors-2natural persons(resident directors required in DTA access cases) |
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Must file annual audited accounts and company return(which are not publicly accessible) |
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