How it works

Close a company with one decision and a fixed fee.

Entiva confirms the route, prepares every document and follows each notice to dissolution. The waiting periods are set by law, and Entiva tracks every one.

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Closing a companyHow it works

To deregister a Hong Kong company, including 3 months for objections: About 5 months
Earliest UK strike-off after the first Gazette notice: 2 months
Fixed fee to deregister a Hong Kong company: US$679

Every step to a dissolved company.

The last filing is handled like the first.

Follow every step of a closure through to dissolution

Get the final filing accepted by the registry

Close out every deadline before a penalty applies

Approve one fixed fee before anything is filed

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How a Hong Kong company is deregistered.

Deregistration closes a solvent company that has stopped trading, with no liabilities, where all members agree.

The steps

7 steps

1
Choose how to closeYou
Entiva shows each route the law allows, with its fixed fee, before anything starts.
2
Members and directors agreeYou
Every member agrees in writing, and a director confirms the company meets the legal conditions.
3
Entiva applies for tax clearanceEntiva
Entiva prepares Form IR1263 for the Inland Revenue Department, and a director signs it online.
Notice within 21 working days
4
Entiva files Form NDR1Entiva
It goes to the Companies Registry with the tax notice, within 3 months of the notice's issue date.
Acknowledged in about 4 working days
5
The Registry gazettes the proposalThe registry
Anyone with an objection then has 3 months to raise it.
About 3 weeks later, then 3 months
6
The company is dissolvedThe registry
The Registrar gazettes the deregistration, which dissolves the company.
About 5 months in total
7
Entiva keeps the recordEntiva
The tax notice and the filed Form NDR1 stay with the company's record.

The law sets the waiting, and Entiva removes the rest.

Objection periods take the same time whoever files. What changes is everything around them.

TaskThe usual wayWith Entiva

Choosing the route

The usual wayCalls and emails to learn the options

With EntivaEach route and its conditions shown for the company type

Price

The usual wayA different package price from each provider

With EntivaA fixed fee before it starts, with government fees at cost

Signatures

The usual wayResolutions printed, signed and scanned

With EntivaSigned online by each member and director

Tax clearance

The usual wayForms passed between you, the provider and the tax office

With EntivaForm IR1263 prepared for a director to sign online

Objection period

The usual way3 months in Hong Kong

With EntivaThe same 3 months, tracked by Entiva

Final records

The usual waySpread across email threads

With EntivaEvery filing and notice in one record

Hong Kong timings and fees come from the registry and tax office rules, and the waiting periods apply however the company is closed.

Each country closes companies its own way.

Entiva follows each registry's route and calendar to the end.

United Kingdom

Entiva files the strike-off application and follows each Gazette notice to dissolution.

Singapore

Entiva files the strike-off application itself, so directors need no Singpass endorsement.

Cayman Islands

A struck-off company is dissolved on the next quarterly strike date, so Entiva files before the Registry cut-off.

British Virgin Islands

A solvent liquidation needs a qualified local liquidator, and the appointment is void unless filed in time.

United States

Taxes and annual reports are brought up to date before the certificate of dissolution is filed.

Start with your first company.

We are onboarding a small group of founders and finance teams with entities in more than one country.

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