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Incorporate Your Company in Hong Kong
A Hong Kong private company (limited liaility company) requires one shareholder, one director, a Hong Kong addresss and a Company Secretary. In addition, there is no restriction on the amount of share capital.
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The incoproration of a Hong Kong Limited Liability Company is a three step procedure. Step 1: apply for Certificate of Incorporation; setp 2: appointments of officers; setp 3: apply for Business Registration Certificate.
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A company is required to notify the Companies Registry on the changes of its particulars, maintain proper books of accounts, file Annual Return, file Tax Returns etc to Maintain itself in Good Standing.
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Due to its Territories Tax System, a company will not be subject to Hong Kong Profits Taxes if it derives all its income from business activities performed outside Hong Kong.
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HONG KONG BUSINESS
COMPANY SECRETARY SERVICES


ON-GOING MAINTENANCE AND COMPLIANCE OF
A PRIVATE COMPANY LIMITED BY SHARES

Nominee Company Secretary

Every limited company must have a Company Secretary (Hong Kong Companies Ordinance) who will perform a variety of tasks crucial to the smooth running of the company, which includes ensuring that the company's statutory obligations are complied with.

We provide a company secretarial service to ensure that these important statutory requirements are fulfilled, leaving the day to day running of the company to the directors. We ensure that all the company's statutory requirements are met, including the filing of the accounts and annual returns (subject to the receipt of all requisite documents).

As your Company Secretary, we will prepare other documents in respect of changes to the company structure as and when they occur. Such matters will include allotment of shares, transfer of shares and appointments and resignations of officers.
• Maintaining the Register of Directors and Secretary
• Issuing share certificates and recording transfers of shares
• Maintaining the Register of Members and Debenture Holders
• Arranging for charges to be registered and recorded in the Register of Charges
• Preparation and submission of the Annual Returns
• Filing of documents at the Companies Registry including changes of registered office, changes of directors and secretary

Our fee for this service is USD275.00 per year.

Company Formation Services - Registered Office

Every company must have a Registered Office at which official documents can be served (Hong Kong Companies Ordinance) and this address should be displayed on all business letterheads and order forms of the company.

The Registered Office address need not be the company's place of business, and is often the address of a company that provides company formation services such as Kaizen Corporate Services Limited or that of a solicitor or accountant or even one of the directors home address.

Official documents, such as documents from a court, are normally served on a company at its Registered Office, and official correspondence is usually sent to the Registered Office, for example official letters from the Inland Revenue Department and the Registrar of Companies.

The address must be in Hong Kong for companies registered in Hong Kong.

If you do not have a suitable address, or if you would prefer not to use your own address, we can provide you with a Registered Office.

Our standard fee for our Registered Office service is USD175 per year.

See also: Virtual Offices

Change of Particulars

Change of Company Name

Our fees for change of company name (either only change of Chinese name, English name or both) are USD325. The fees cover the following services:
(1) Performing a name availability check
(2) Preparation of shareholders minutes
(3) Filing of name change documents with Companies Registry and payment of appropriate official filing fee
(4) Collection Certificate of Change of Name from the Companies Registry
(5) Ordering a new set of chop and seal with the new company name
(6) Delivery of new Certificate and chop and seal

Please note delivery charge is not included in the fees stated above.

Share Transfer

Our fees for handling a Share Transfer are USD260. The fees cover the following services:
(1) Review Articles of Memorandum and Association and Register of Members
(2) Prepare of Minutes of Directors' Meeting and Share Transfer Instrument and Bought and Sold Note
(3) Arrange to have the Transfer Instrument and Bought and Sold Note executed and stamped by the Stamp Duty Office and payment of Stamp Duty
(4) Issue new share certificate
(5) Update Register of Members
(6) Delivery of new share certificate and stamped instrument of transfer and bought and sold note.

Please note delivery charge and stamp duty are not included in the fees stated above.

Allotment of Shares

Our fees for handling an allotment of Shares are USD200. The fees cover the following services:
(1) Review Articles of Memorandum and Association and Register of Members
(2) Prepare of Minutes of Directors' Meeting and share allotment documents
(3) File share allotment documents with Companies Registry
(4) Issue new share certificate
(5) Update Register of Members
(6) Delivery of new share certificate

Please note delivery charge is not included in the fees stated above.

Increase of Authorised Share Capital

Our fees for handling an increase of authorised capital are USD160. The fees cover the following services:
(1) Review Articles of Memorandum and Association and Register of Members
(2) Prepare of Minutes of Shareholders' Meeting and other necessary documents
(3) File documents for the increase with Companies Registry and payment of capital duty
(4) Delivery of documents for the increase of capital to client

Please note that capital duty and delivery charge, if any, is not included in the fees stated above.

Fees Schedule for Secretarial Servcies

Services Fees (USD) Remarks
Provide of Company Secretary and perform Company Secreatry's responsibilities 300 Fees do not include Change of Company Name, Change(s) of Shareholder(s)
Provide Registered Office (per annum) 150 Include postage for forwarding official mails (mails from Companies Registry and Inland Revenue Department) by Air Mail
Preparation and filing of Annual Return 115 include statutory filing fee of USD15;
Appointment and resignation of director or secretary 30 Per change
Notification of change of address 30 Per change
Change of company name 325 Including official filing fee
Shares transfers 260 Per transfer; does not cover stamp duty
Increase of share capital 160 Does not cover the Government charge of 0.1% on the amount increased

Allottment of shares

200  

Nominee Corporate shareholder

250 Per annum
Nominee Corporate Director (4) 350 Per annum

Deregistration

350

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Legalisation of incorporation documents (1) 650 Per set (5)
Notarisation of incorporation documents (2) 350 Per set (5)
Certification of incorporation documents (3) 100 Per set (5)

Note:
(1) Legalisation of incorporation documents is required for the establishment of Representative Office in China;
(2) Notarisation of incorporation documents may be required for the purpose of opening bank accounts in other countries;
(3) Certification of incorporation documents is required for opening bank account in Hong Kong.
(4) We require a deposit of USD500 for provision of nominee director services. The deposit will be fully refunded after our Nominee Director Servies is terminated.
(5) A whole set of Incorporation documents normally include the following:
(a) Certificate of Incorporation
(b) Business Registration Certificate
(c) Memorandum and Articles of Association
(d) Form D1 - Appoint of first director and seceratry
(e) Form D3 - Consent to Act as Director

See also:
Hong Kong Virtual Office
- business mails forwarding, fax messages forwarding, answering phones
Corporate Bank Account - We can assist in the opening of corporate bank account with one of the international bank in Hong Kong for only USD425. Please click here for details.

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