Example of an offshore company

Example of an offshore company

Crucial and unavoidable, because having an offshore company is good, but it is still necessary to use it fully.
Yes, you can have a representative office to gain a foothold for your offshore company, entertain clients, have a telephone line, business meetings, etc.. All in perfect harmony with the tax authorities. The steps for this are simple and we can enforce it.

How to work legally in Belgium with your company in the Seychelles?

The avowed purpose, as a rule when installing the headquarters of his company abroad, especially in a country where taxation is more advantageous than in his, is to avoid tax or to minimize their cost. But be careful, you can not do anything. In April / May 1998, we have seen in television reports, a hairdresser whose business was located in France, headquartered in London and who was paying his payroll taxes in Portugal. This setup is absolutely illegal (see previous chapter).

When you create a company outside France and Belgium, however, and you intend to carry on your territory, you must create in France or Belgium, a branch to a minimum. By activity, a mere liaison office will suffice ... But if you do not want to draw attention to you, the ideal is to build a structure (sole proprietorship or kind SPRL). For who said branch or liaison office, said structure also elsewhere. So, a watchful eye of the inspector of taxes on your file.

Branch. Represents a branch in France or Belgium, the company abroad and bear the same name. There is no capital to pay and its creation is very simple. It is registered with the Trade and Companies (only after your offshore company is established) A branch office operates as an LLC (SPRL) (you can assign a salary and hire workers). The director of the company abroad is the manager in France or Belgium. Liability is limited to the capital of the parent company.

Liasion office. A liaison office is just a business address in Belgium. There is no registration to be done. If you plan to conduct business in France or Belgium with your foreign company without having any real activity in the area (such as through the Mail Order, or if you just take a commission on each deal done, etc..) is the solution. Customers will have a "mailbox" French or Belgian, which is reassuring for ordering ...
Billing is always prepared to name and address of registered office, especially not at the liaison office.

French or Belgian structure. Rather than creating a branch, you should set up a sole proprietorship or preferably, a CBS bringing a different name than the registered office. Thus, you will charge a minimum turnover in the name of this structure French or Belgian, just to cover expenses and operating costs. If you have a S.C.S. do you give for example a part-time salary. This justifies a minimum income to pay for your personal and family. The remaining orders will be billed directly for the offshore company. This setup seems to be currently the most effective.