How it works
Countries
Solutions
Developers
Hong Kong
Companies
Private company limited by sharesPublic company limited by sharesCompany limited by guaranteeUnlimited company with a share capitalForeign companies
Registered non-Hong Kong companyTrusts and societies
Registered trustees corporationRegistered or exempted societyRegistered co-operative societySingapore
Companies
Private company limited by sharesExempt private companyPublic company limited by sharesPublic company limited by guaranteeUnlimited companyPartnerships and sole traders
Limited liability partnershipLimited partnershipGeneral partnershipSole proprietorshipUnited Kingdom
Companies
Private company limited by sharesPrivate company limited by guaranteePrivate unlimited companyPublic limited companyCommunity interest companyPartnerships
Limited liability partnershipLimited partnershipScottish limited partnershipGeneral partnershipScottish qualifying partnershipForeign companies
UK establishment of an overseas companyOverseas entity on the Register of Overseas EntitiesCharities and societies
Charitable incorporated organisationScottish charitable incorporated organisationCharitable companyCo-operative or community benefit societyCayman Islands
Companies
Exempted companyExempted limited duration companySegregated portfolio company, including SPC-LDCSpecial economic zone companyOrdinary resident companyOrdinary non-resident companyLimited liability companyFoundation companyPartnerships
Exempted limited partnershipLimited partnershipLimited liability partnershipGeneral partnershipNot-for-profit and societies
Company designated under s.80Co-operative societyFriendly societyBuilding societyTrusts
Exempted trustBritish Virgin Islands
Companies
BVI business company limited by sharesCompany limited by guarantee not authorised to issue sharesCompany limited by guarantee authorised to issue sharesUnlimited company not authorised to issue sharesUnlimited company authorised to issue sharesSegregated portfolio companies
Segregated portfolio companyMutual fund segregated portfolio companyBVI insurer segregated portfolio companyPartnerships
Limited partnershipLimited partnership without legal personalityExisting limited partnership under the Partnership Act 1996General partnershipForeign companies
Foreign company registered to carry on business in the BVIUnited States
Corporations
C corporationS corporation electionPublic benefit corporationClose corporationProfessional corporationLimited liability companies
Single-member LLCMulti-member LLCSeries LLCProfessional LLCWyoming DAO LLCPublic benefit LLCL3CWyoming close LLCPartnerships
Limited partnershipLimited liability partnershipLLLPGeneral partnershipPublic benefit LPForeign companies
Foreign company's US branchEntiva forms, runs and closes companies in Hong Kong, Singapore, the UK, the Cayman Islands, the BVI and the US.
Each country has one standard company, and the United States has two more options to weigh.
The standard Hong Kong operating and holding company, with no more than 50 members, not counting employees.
The standard Singapore operating company, a separate legal entity with limited liability and no more than 50 members.
The standard UK company, where each member's liability is limited to any unpaid amount on their shares.
The standard Cayman offshore company, set up to carry out its business mainly outside the Islands.
The standard BVI business company, with no minimum capital and no par-value requirement.
The default for venture-backed startups, usually formed in Delaware.
An LLC with one member, taxed by default as a sole proprietorship or branch of its owner.
Nonresident aliens cannot be shareholders, so it does not suit most foreign founders.
Entiva prepares, signs and files every action.
These are the local rules for the standard company in each country, from who must live there to where the office sits.
The secretary is an individual ordinarily resident in Hong Kong, or a body corporate with its registered office or place of business there.
The register of people who control the company needs a designated representative, such as a Hong Kong-resident member, director or employee, or an accounting or legal professional.
The registry, ACRA, counts citizens, permanent residents and holders of an Employment Pass, Personalised Employment Pass or ONE Pass as resident.
The secretary is appointed within 6 months of incorporation, and a sole director cannot also be the secretary.
The Companies Act does not require any director to be resident in the UK.
Since 4 March 2024 it must be an appropriate address, not a PO box, in the part of the UK where the company is registered.
The Companies Act requires no resident director, no resident shareholder and no company secretary.
Required by Companies Act s.50(2), and in practice every Registry filing goes through it on the CAP portal.
The company also needs a registered office at a physical BVI address (BVI Business Companies Act ss.90 and 91).
The BVI Business Companies Act sets no residency or nationality requirement for directors or members.
The registered agent needs a physical office in the state, generally open in business hours.
The corporation must register in each other state where it transacts business, which the law calls foreign qualification.
Registry deadlines for the standard company in each country, with the form named wherever the law names one.
Due at the Companies Registry within 42 days after each anniversary of incorporation, with no accounts attached.
Held within 9 months after the accounting period ends, or 6 months for a subsidiary of a public company, unless dispensed with.
Due within 7 months after the financial year end, with a filing fee of S$60.
Held within 6 months after the financial year end, unless financial statements reach members within 5 months or all members agree to dispense with it.
Due at Companies House within 14 days after the end of each 12-month review period.
Due 9 months after the accounting reference date, the day the company's financial year ends.
Due every January after the year of registration, and 31 January keeps the company in good standing.
Due by 31 January each year, before the annual return can be filed.
Due 31 May for companies incorporated in January to June and 30 November for July to December, from the year after incorporation.
Lodged with the registered agent, not the Registry, within 9 months after each financial year end.
Due 1 March for the previous calendar year, with the franchise tax paid alongside it.
Due with the license tax on the first day of the anniversary month.
Tax and accounts deadlines for the standard company, from audited accounts to the foreign-ownership return.
Audited accounts go to the Inland Revenue Department with the profits tax return, due by the date stated on the return.
Due within 1 month of issue, usually early April, even if the company has no employees.
Paid by the date on the Inland Revenue Department's demand note, for a 1-year or 3-year certificate.
Filed with the Inland Revenue Authority of Singapore (IRAS) within 3 months after the financial year end, unless revenue is S$5m or less and the ECI is nil.
Due 30 November each year on Form C-S (Lite), C-S or C, even if the company made a loss.
Due 12 months after the end of the accounting period.
Due 9 months and 1 day after the end of the accounting period.
Due within 12 months after the financial year end, but only if the company carries on a relevant activity.
Filed on the Registry's VIRRGIN platform within 6 months after the end of the financial period.
Due on the 15th day of the 4th month after year end, which is 15 April for a calendar year.
Filed with the Form 1120 by a corporation that is 25% or more foreign-owned and has reportable related-party transactions.
Due 15 April, with an automatic extension to 15 October, when foreign accounts total over US$10,000.
Electronic signatures are accepted for most company documents, and this is where each country asks for more.
The founder member signs form NNC1 personally, using their own password, digital certificate or iAM Smart.
They are charged to stamp duty, which puts them outside the Electronic Transactions Ordinance.
Form 45 is the consent to act as director, and nobody else can sign it for them.
Entiva files every ACRA transaction, so directors and the secretary do not endorse filings with Singpass.
Since 18 November 2025 each new director must verify their identity and give Companies House their personal code.
In England and Wales and in Northern Ireland, an individual signs a power of attorney as a deed, with a witness who is physically present.
Entiva normally signs the memorandum and articles as initial subscriber, with a Cayman witness, so the customer signs nothing at incorporation.
It is signed as a deed in front of a witness who is physically present.
The consent to act is personal to the director and can be given electronically.
The Electronic Transactions Act excludes transfers of personal property, which includes BVI shares.
A board acts without a meeting only if all directors consent in writing or electronically (Delaware General Corporation Law s.141(f)).
An authorised officer signs Form 2553 and every shareholder consents.
Entiva forms the company in each country and closes it when you decide to stop.
Entiva files form NNC1 with the business registration notice and, by default, acts as company secretary and registered office.
Entiva obtains the Inland Revenue Department's notice of no objection and delivers form NDR1 within 3 months.
Entiva files through ACRA's Bizfile portal and lodges controller and nominee information with ACRA on the incorporation date.
Entiva applies on Bizfile when the company has no debts, assets or charges, and all or a majority of directors agree.
Entiva collects each director's Companies House personal code and each subscriber's authentication, then files the incorporation.
Entiva prepares form DS01, collects the directors' authentication, files it and follows the two Gazette notices to dissolution.
Entiva files the memorandum, articles and section 165 declaration on CAP, and acts as the registered office.
Entiva files the request on CAP before the Registry cut-off, and the company is dissolved on the next quarterly strike date.
The Registry accepts filings only from the registered agent, so Entiva files everything for the company (BVI Business Companies Act s.232).
Entiva files the notice of appointment with the declaration of solvency within 14 days of the resolution, or the appointment is void.
Entiva files the certificate or articles of incorporation, naming the registered agent and the first directors and officers.
Entiva files the certificate of dissolution after approval, then IRS Form 966 within 30 days of the plan being adopted.
Every company on this page is formed, run and closed through the same API, one action at a time.
Every Entiva fee and every government fee for the standard company in each country, then the price of every company type.
$679one-off
Steps marked only if needed are not counted.
From $679
Each extra is quoted before it starts, and nothing is done until you approve it.
Electronic HK$1,545. Hard copy HK$1,720. Plus business registration fee and levy HK$2,350 or HK$6,170 for 2026/27, set by the date of submission; companies cannot claim the small-business exemption.
HK$3,440 plus HK$975 per person subject to the fit-and-proper test.
Excludes steps marked only if needed.
HK$105 on time. Late: HK$870, HK$1,740, HK$2,610, HK$3,480; re-delivery is charged at its own date.
Certificates starting 1 Apr 2026 to 31 Mar 2027: 1-year HK$2,200 plus a HK$150 levy; 3-year HK$5,720 plus HK$450, HK$6,170 in total; branch 1-year HK$230, 3-year HK$658.
Tax is payable on assessment: corporations 8.25% on the first HK$2m and 16.5% above; unincorporated 7.5% and 15%.
Ad valorem: 0.1% of consideration or value on each of the bought and sold notes since 17 Nov 2023, plus HK$5 on the instrument; a gift is HK$5 plus 0.2%.
HK$295.
NDR1 HK$420 plus IR1263 HK$270; both non-refundable.
HK$11,250 deposit to the Official Receiver plus HK$1,045 court fee at the High Court Registry. A further HK$3,500 deposit applies if a provisional liquidator is sought, and the court may direct more (r.22A).
HK$240 notice plus HK$55 certificate of change of name.
$269one-off
Steps marked only if needed are not counted.
From $379
Each extra is quoted before it starts, and nothing is done until you approve it.
S$15 for every entity type, including VCCs.
S$300 registration, plus the separate S$15 name application.
Late registration risks a fine of up to S$10,000 plus a 10% penalty on GST due, with registration backdated.
S$15 name application plus S$100 registration for 1 year. The 3-year registration is S$160, so S$175 in total, if CPF Board conditions are met.
Excludes steps marked only if needed.
S$60 per filing. Late filing adds S$300 or S$600, applied automatically by Bizfile.
No separate fee; covered by the S$60 annual return fee.
Tax at the flat 17% rate is payable on assessment.
Tax at the flat 17% rate is payable on assessment, within 1 month of the Notice of Assessment.
IRAS duty is 0.2% of the higher of price or value, rounded down, minimum S$1. Late: S$10 or the duty, S$25 or 4x duty after.
S$15 name application, non-refundable if rejected or withdrawn. Notice of resolution and entity-name update are S$0.
S$60 per filing. Late filing adds S$300 or S$600, applied automatically by Bizfile.
S$20 per filing.
S$20 per filing.
A lodgement fee of S$20 applies to notices of appointment of liquidators.
Add S$15 if a new name is reserved. The S$300 registration fee applies only if the amalgamated company is new.
S$400 amalgamation registration, plus S$300 to register the new company and S$15 for the name application.
$9one-off
Steps marked only if needed are not counted.
From $129
Each extra is quoted before it starts, and nothing is done until you approve it.
£100 software, £156 same-day, £124 paper.
The registration threshold is £90,000.
Tier 1 £52; tier 2 £78; tier 3 £3,763; £5 off by direct debit.
Excludes steps marked only if needed.
£50 online or software, £110 paper.
CICs pay £15 for the CIC34 report, shown as a separate line in government_fees[].
Late filing penalties: 200 GBP at 1 day, another 200 GBP at 3 months, then 10% of unpaid tax at 6 and 12 months; 1,000 GBP each if late three times in a row.
Tier 1 £52; tier 2 £78; tier 3 £3,763; £5 off by direct debit.
0.5% of consideration rounded up to the nearest GBP 5 where it exceeds GBP 1,000; otherwise nil.
£20 online or software; £85 for same-day service; £30 on paper.
The Gazette 2026 price list: £96.55 plus VAT per corporate insolvency notice placed by webform, XML or template. A CVL normally needs two notices, about £193.10 plus VAT.
Gazette notice extra: £96.55 plus VAT via webform.
Court fee 3.8 on a notice of intention or appointment; court route fee 3.2 is £352.
$2,729one-off
Steps marked only if needed are not counted.
From $2,159
Each extra is quoted before it starts, and nothing is done until you approve it.
By period: 1 week CI$40; 1 month CI$60; 2 months CI$80; 3 months CI$120; 4 months CI$160.
Express filing CI$150 extra. Penalties: company CI$10 a day capped CI$500; LLC CI$200 a day capped CI$5,000; ELP CI$200 a day per GP.
By authorised capital: up to CI$42,000 CI$700; CI$42,001 to 820,000 CI$1,000; CI$820,001 to 1,640,000 CI$1,984; above CI$1,640,000 CI$2,568. Express service adds CI$500. Annual fee after registration CI$925 to 2,793.
No fee; the CI$100 officer-change notice is filed through the officer actions.
CI$4,125 registration and first annual fee plus CI$300 administrative fee and CI$750 per sub-fund. Offering document amendment CI$125.
Excludes steps marked only if needed.
2027: CI$1,025, 1,325, 2,309, 2,893 above. 2026: 925, 1,225, 2,209, 2,793. Late filing adds 33.33%, 66.67% or 100%, by quarter.
CI$300 per mutual fund or sub-fund; private fund CI$300 plus CI$150 per AIV or sub-fund.
Express name change adds CI$150.
Express service adds CI$150.
Express adds CI$150.
January 2027 annual fees: exempted company or LDC CI$1,025 to 2,893 by capital band, SPC from 3,025, SEZC 925, non-resident 1,000 or 1,240, resident 300 or 500, LLC 1,200, ELP 1,400 regulated or 2,200.
Surrender fee CI$750; none for a sub-fund. Audit waiver CI$500.
Certificate of strike-off CI$150.
No fee; CI$100 on the child filing.
Express CI$150 each.
Pre-clearance CI$400 if requested. Express CI$500.
Express CI$500.
$1,479one-off
Steps marked only if needed are not counted.
From $2,799
Each extra is quoted before it starts, and nothing is done until you approve it.
Late penalties: initial US$300 first month or part, US$350 per further month up to 2 months, then US$400 per month up to 3; change US$300 per month up to US$3,600.
Late penalties: initial US$200 first month or part, US$250 per further month up to 2 months, then US$300 per month up to 3; change US$200 per month up to US$2,400.
Late filing: US$500 for the first month, US$550 per month for months 2-3, US$600 per month after that.
US$100 for organisations established on or after 1 January 2013; US$50 for those operating before.
Every entity required to be enrolled pays the US$185 annual BVIFARS fee by 1 June, which is a separate action.
Excludes steps marked only if needed.
Late penalty: 10% of the fee if paid before 2 months after the due date, 50% after that.
A first determination carries US$5,000 to 20,000.
The US$185 annual BVIFARS fee is a separate action.
US$50 where gross annual income is up to US$250,000; US$100 above that.
Late filing: US$300 per month or part, up to US$3,600.
Late filing: US$300 per month or part, up to US$3,600.
Late filing costs US$200 per month or part, up to US$2,400.
Late filing costs US$200 per month, up to US$2,400.
The annual fee band changes accordingly: US$550 for up to 50,000 shares and.
Adding costs US$425.
Notice of appointment US$150. Regulated persons also pay US$100 FSC consent and US$200 for approval of the liquidator.
Failing to file or advertise carries an administrative penalty of up to US$10,000.
Completion statement US$100 plus certificate of dissolution US$100.
Within 12 months of dissolution: US$200 application plus US$500 for restoration and certificate, total US$700. After 12 months: US$400 plus US$1,200, total US$1,600.
Application within 12 months of dissolution: filing the order US$400 plus restoration and certificate US$2,000, US$2,400 in total. After 12 months: US$600 plus US$4,000, US$4,600 in total.
Follow-on child actions are quoted at cost: register of members change US$75, register of directors change US$50, beneficial ownership change US$75.
Raised from US$1,000 on 1 January 2023.
$189one-off
Steps marked only if needed are not counted.
From $299
Each extra is quoted before it starts, and nothing is done until you approve it.
Delaware $75 for a 120-day reservation.
DE expedite: 24-hour $50, same-day $100, 2-hour $500, 1-hour $1,000. WY $100.
Federal figure: no fee. $6,200 user fee only for a business-purpose tax year request.
Excludes steps marked only if needed.
$50 filing fee for non-exempt corporations, $25 for exempt. Late: $200 penalty plus 1.5% interest per month; charter void after 1 year unpaid or unfiled.
Authorised Shares Method: $175 up to 5,000 shares, $250 for 5,001-10,000, plus $85 per extra 10,000 shares or portion. Maximum $200,000; Large Corporate Filers fixed $250,000. Non-stock for-profit non-exempt: flat $175.
Greater of $60 or $0.0002 per dollar of WY assets. Nonprofits and cooperative marketing associations $25; statutory foundations $100; statutory trusts $100 annual tax. Over $500 must be filed by mail or courier.
Corporation minimum $150 list plus $500 licence, $650 in total. LLC $150 plus $200, $350 in total. Nonprofit list $50.
Delaware: corporation amendment or restated certificate $214; LLC $220; LP $200; statutory trust $500. Nevada $175. Wyoming $60.
Delaware: corporation $214; LLC $220; LP $200; statutory trust $500; foreign corporation name-change amendment $100. Wyoming $60. Nevada $175.
Delaware: $50 for corporations, LLCs, LPs and partnerships; expedite 24-hour $100, same-day $200. Wyoming $5. Nevada $60.
Delaware figure: foreign corporation qualification $245; foreign LLC $200; foreign LLP statement $300 per partner. WY $150.
$50 filing fee for non-exempt corporations, $25 for exempt. Late: $200 penalty plus 1.5% interest per month; charter void after 1 year unpaid or unfiled.
Authorised Shares Method: $175 up to 5,000 shares, $250 for 5,001-10,000, plus $85 per extra 10,000 shares or portion. Maximum $200,000; Large Corporate Filers fixed $250,000. Non-stock for-profit non-exempt: flat $175.
NV $100, NV nonprofit $50. WY $60, nonprofit $25.
Delaware foreign corporation withdrawal $175; foreign LLC, LP or partnership cancellation $200. NV foreign corporation $100, NV LLC cancellation $100. WY $60.
Delaware figure: corporation $259; LLC $220; LP $200; statutory trust $500; foreign corporation merger $50. WY $60.
Delaware figure: other entity into a DE corporation $184 plus Certificate of Incorporation. DE corporation to non-DE entity $234. Into or out of a DE LLC $220. LP $200; statutory trust $500.
Delaware figure: corporation $1,069. LLC $220; LP $200; statutory trust $500.
Delaware corporation revival $189 plus all back taxes, penalties and interest; LLC revival $220; LP $200; LLP/LLLP reinstatement $200; foreign corporation reinstatement $125.
Delaware $189 plus taxes.
Entiva fees are in US dollars. Government fees are in the currency each authority charges, passed through at cost when the filing is made. Taxes are separate.
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