Bulan: Mei 2020
Seychelles membuat daftar pemilik berfaedah
In March 2020 the beneficial owners of every companies in the Seychelles will be registered in a database to which the Financial Intelligence Unit and other local agencies have direct access. The register only accepts natural persons and do not accept legal persons. It has to be noted that both the nominee and the nominator have to be registered. If the beneficial owner is a trust there is no shelter: either the settlor or all the beneficial owners will have to be registered. Companies incorporated in the Seychelles can move to another jurisdiction (contact us). For reference: attached below is ... Read more
Belize tidak diperbaharui 16 pengendali
What a genocide by the Belize IFSC: they did not renew 16 pengendali. The announcement is made at the end of April 2020 with effect from the 1st January 2020! That is a real problem with license-based jurisdictions (Seychelles is another one): suddenly an entire list of companies created by those operators become illegal. This official document is attached for reference: 30-04-2020-Revised-Public-Notice-3-Non-renewal-of-licences-for-2020Download
Increase of the annual maintenance fee in the Marshall Islands
Effective 1st of April 2020: the yearly maintenance fee increases from US$450 to US$500 for all LLCs and IBCs. Partnerships and Foreign Maritime Entity (FME) are unchanged. This increase is due to the cost of compliance with the Economic Substance regulations pushed by the European Union onto the Marshall Islands. Talking about Sovereignty: do not be surprised Brexit happened. After all the Marshall Islands are not in the EU so it is easy to walk on them. It was written already: the Article 4(2) of the Treaty on European Union respects other Member States only. Let’s send a big thank ... Read more