Delaware Offshore Company Formation and Incorporation

by ISOG

Delaware Offshore Company Formation and Incorporation. 

Delaware is the second smallest state in the United States situated northeast on the Atlantic Coast. There is an estimated population of 800,000. The official language is English. This state offers attractive tax regulations, innovative corporate laws and the existence of a chancery court system. Delaware has long been considered the most popular jurisdiction for incorporation of holding companies and multinational corporations.

Delaware Offshore Company Formation 

Delaware offshore companies can carry out the same types of business as onshore companies and the liability of its shareholders is generally limited to the amount of capital they have invested into the company.

The tax rate applied by the government in the jurisdiction in which an offshore company is incorporated is very low if not zero. In some jurisdictions, offshore companies offer a high level of confidentiality which onshore companies do not have.

Usually an offshore company cannot operate in the jurisdiction where it has been incorporated. An exception is Panama, where a Panama offshore company can at the same time operate offshore at a zero tax rate and onshore at the local tax rate.

Delaware offshore company incorporation and Delaware offshore company formation are quite simple, as well as its management and administration, but it requires some planning. In fact, a company does not need to be administered in the country of its incorporation.

What you need to think about is the objectives you want to achieve by setting up a Delaware offshore company: Do you need confidentiality?; Do you need to operate freely in European countries?; Do you need to operate in countries which have a double taxation agreement in place?; or Do you need to protect your company assets from confiscation or expropriation orders or similar actions by foreign governments? In all these cases, ISOG Delaware lawyer and Delaware attorney at law can help you with Delaware offshore company incorporation.

Highlights of Delaware Offshore Company:

  • Limited Liability Company (LLC)
  • Minimum 1 director
  • Minimum 1 shareholder
  • No limitation on ownership of other corporations
  • Confidentiality on shareholders information
  • Corporate seal required
  • Minimum licence fee: USD 250
  • No tax penalties on liquidation
  • Regulated financial services industry
  • Generally perpetual
  • Combines the corporate advantages of limited liability with partnership classification