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Twenty years ago, a Nevis LLC was incorporated and kept all those years until the agent became stupid/greedy/absurd. While the Nevis agent cannot be named, the limit was reached when the agent added this service: Discard all mail received, at a fee of $100 per annum This agent charges US$1,000 for a Nevis LLC incorporation, then US$700 per year for the maintenance, plus an extra US$100 per year just to throw mail in the trash… By switching to our Trust service, the customer paid £350 GBP for the first year, and will pay £150 GBP per year for the subsequent ... Read more

Similar to a holding company: an investment company can open a brokerage account and start investing in the stock markets around the world. If you are in a country that has investment restrictions (economic patriotism), or in which the yearly management is expensive and burdensome: you can outsource and organize it into another country. The implementation requires two legal entities: a trust and a company (acting as a trustee). The trust will shield away your ownership while still granting you full control over the assets. The trustee company will give you the flexibility and a bundle of two Nominee Shareholders: ... Read more

The ultimate goal of an entrepreneur is to sell its own company: this often marks a lifetime achievement and the potential ability to retire with a lump-sum of cash. From an entrepreneur you can become an investor (another great next step). There is no other way than using a holding company to maximize the future investing ability. There are so many great things you can do with a holding company: it gives you more options. Let’s say that you want to change the ownership of the company owned by the holding company, but to do this you have to: go ... Read more

The most common use case of our services is to meet a statutory requirement for a specific legal form (this sentence seems so general, but if you want an explanation keep reading). Let’s say that you want to incorporate or create an association. The legal requirement in your country for this type of company is to have 2 persons, but you are alone. You do not want to involve family member, or you are scared of potential problems in the future, or trusting someone newly met makes you feel uncomfortable. Whatever it is: the fact is that you are alone ... Read more

From time to time: new customers ask or search for any reviews of PROMINEE®, but they cannot find any. Unfortunately for those new customers, they forget that PROMINEE® is exactly like the provided services: discreet. This leads to the second point: positive feedback is received from happy customers, but if their names cannot be published, what value or authority do they have to others?… Third point: publishing reviews of customers on the website with changed names defeats the purpose, in all cases the reviews are meaningless. In the next few months: some case examples of problems and their solutions will ... Read more

Det er slut! Dominicas International Business Companies-ordning afskaffes officielt fra 1. januar 2022. Disse virksomheder har mulighed for at omregistrere sig som et lokalt selskab (Fristen var 31 December 2021) and be subject to the Dominica’s local 25% Selskabsskat. Alle de lokale agenter er derfor ude af drift. Den eneste mulighed, der er til rådighed, er at overføre alle aktiver til et andet selskab så hurtigt som muligt. You can contact us if you need it. Dominica er en lærebog sag for stigning og fald i en ustabil jurisdiktion. It has been reported previously that the ... Read more

From the 4th June 2022: Indonesia will now be able to certify documents with an Apostille (and also accept such documents). It is paramount for a country to be part of this Convention as it increases commerce and investments. Source: https://www.hcch.net/en/news-archive/details/?varevent=825 Notable countries still not part of the Convention: Canada China Egypt Jordan Madagascar Malaysia Nigeria Pakistan Saudi Arabia Sri Lanka Thailand United Arab Emirates Maybe Indonesia will lead the way to new countries?

If you use your US LLC as a shareholder of another non-US company, and this non-US company has a bank account: you have to file a FBAR report every year if that shareholding is equal or more than 50%. The penalty for not filing is US$10,000. You might want to change your structure as soon as possible to avoid any possible penalty: Kontakt os.

The Wyoming Secretary of State is increasing its prices: from $50 to $60 for the Annual Report ; from $0 to $5 for a change of registered agent ; $10 per Series (at creation time or incorporation time). It was possible to create an unlimited amount of Series before that date: too bad if you have missed this opportunity. Our company has just saved $400 because we had created forty Series. The good news is that it is now possible to get a Certificate of Good Standing for a specific Series for a fee of $20 per Series. Certificate of ... Read more

In a world where transparency is always increasing: the US has adopted the “Corporate Transparency Act” requiring the disclosure of any Beneficial Owner having over 25% control. The Act includes the LLCs and Statutory Trusts as reporting entities. This will be enforced no later than: 1st January 2023. Failure to comply with the Act’s reporting requirements can result in civil penalties of up to $10,000, as well as jail time in the case of criminal non-compliance. It is now crucial to organize your affairs and structures in a compliant matter prior to the deadline. Contact us to know how this ... Read more