Seychelles

Learn more about Seychelles International Business Company, Special License Company, Company Administration, Banking.

 

Seychelles’ location outside the cyclone belt, in a time zone whose working hours overlap with those of major financial centers, its excellent sea and air connections with Europe, USA, Asia and Africa make it an excellent place to conduct business.

Seychelles is a member of the United Nations, the African Union, and the Commonwealth. It also has embassies in Paris, New York as well as numerous honorary consulates worldwide.

Economy & Infrastructure

The Seychelles economy is primarily based on tourism, commercial fishing and a thriving offshore financial services industry. Encouraged by favourable tax policies, inward investment has increased significantly over recent years, especially in the financial services sector and the tourism industry.

Law & Government

The country has good political stability with a democratically elected Government. Seychelles has comprehensive and modern international financial services laws. The legal system is based on English Common Law and French Civil Law. The corporate and financial services legislation is heavily based in English law and on comparable laws in prominent offshore jurisdictions.

Distinguishing feature of the Seychelles is its relative independence from regulatory pressure of the USA and the European Union. In parallel with this the Seychelles are included in the so-called OECD’s (Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development) "white list" allowing access for Seychelles companies to international markets.

Corporation

As a result of increasingly high number of applications for new companies’ registration, as today there are more than 130,000 International Business Companies registered. Today, one of the priority areas of the economic policy of the Seychelles is the transformation of the Seychelles from a classic offshore zone into an International Financial Centre.

Advantages of Incorporating in Seychelles are:

• One of the fastest & most efficient Registrars in the World, (especially for International Business Companies).
• Well reputable jurisdiction with fiscal incentives.
• Confidentiality is a cornerstone of the functioning of offshore centers.
• Well-developed banking sector offering internet banking facilities & deferred debit card facilities.
• Expanding double taxation avoidance treaty network.
• Skilled, professional & bilingual population.
• Modern communications network.
• Fast Incorporation, usually within 24 hours.
• Multi-lingual Incorporation documents allowed (Chinese characteristics accepted).
• Low Taxes.
• 1 shareholder, 1 Director; minimum requirement.
• No public register of Shareholders.
• Bearer Shares allowed. Corporate Service Provider are required to have on file (not for public or official records), the name of the custodian (holder) of the bearer share certificate(s). No minimum Share Capital requirements.