Yes a Seychelles Foundation can have its own offices in Seychelles. It can lease its own offices but if it carries out surplus generating activities from Seychelles, it may generate Seychelles-sourced-income and be taxed on the resultant surplus. Where a Foundation earns foreign passive income it may still have an office in Seychelles for making …
Can a Seychelles Foundation have its own offices in Seychelles? Read More »
Yes. Whilst a Seychelles Foundation may not directly engage in commercial activities, it may own the shares of a Seychelles company (IBC or ordinary domestic company) engaging in commercial activities in Seychelles. However, before a Foundation may acquire an interest in land or buildings in Seychelles, government sanction (approval) must be obtained and a fee …
Can a Seychelles Foundation invest in Seychelles? Read More »
No. While we are always happy to meet our clients you do not have to come to Seychelles to register and establish a Seychelles Foundation. You can complete client registration electronically and then provide all required information to setup the Foundation via email, and important original documents can follow by post or courier.
Seychelles is a great place to register a Foundation because it has a fast and reliable registry, formation and annual fees are relatively low, and the service providers are very keen to help and are very professional. Depending on your exact requirements you can have a Seychelles Foundation for less than USD 1000.However, the “best” …
Is Seychelles the best jurisdiction for Foundation registration? Read More »
The main advantages are flexibility and easy administration, plus lower cost, higher availability of names, fast and reliable registration, order completion and delivery. The Seychelles Foundation is an ideal ultimate holding entity for a group of companies and/or in a trust arrangement.
A jurisdiction is a territory with its own set of laws under the control of its own system of courts and its own government which are different to other territories. We are usually referring to a country when talking about a jurisdiction but this is not always the case.
A Foundation is a legal entity separate from its creators and it can own assets or participate in legal proceedings in its own name. It is incorporated like a company, and it is managed by a board of Councillors similar to a company’s board of directors but it does not have owners. Instead, as with …
