Public companySt. Lucia
What it takes to form, own and run a public limited company in St. Lucia, and how its profit is taxed. Each figure links to the page it was read from.
This company type
At a glance
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The shareholders of a company are not, as shareholders, liable for any liability, act or default of the company
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includes an individual, a corporation, company, firm, partnership, society or an association
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a public company shall have no fewer than 3 directors, at least 2 of whom are not officers or employees
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Articles of incorporation shall follow the prescribed form and set out, in respect of the proposed company — (a) its proposed name; (b) the classes and any maximum number of shares that the company is authorised to issue,
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(vi) for income year 2005 and subsequent income years-30%
Form it
Who registers it
- Registry
- Formed without visiting
- Not stated
The registry’s and the law’s own pages do not mention it.
- Formed online
- Yes
What it takes to form
- A notary
- Not required
- A resident director
- Not required
- Paying up the capital
- Not in our records
Own it
Who may own and run it
- Directors
- At least 3 · none need live there · individuals only
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a public company shall have no fewer than 3 directors, at least 2 of whom are not officers or employees
- Shareholders
- At least 1 · a company may be one
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includes an individual, a corporation, company, firm, partnership, society or an association
- Members
- At least 1 · one person may form it alone
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one or more persons may incorporate a company
- A local company secretary
- Not required
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the requisite knowledge and experience to discharge the functions of a secretary of a public company.
- A local registered agent
- Not required
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A company shall at all times have a registered office in Saint Lucia.
Each year, at the registry
- Annual registry fee
- XCD 25
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(d) filing an annual return
- Accounts on the public record
- Yes
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A public company shall send a copy of the documents referred to in section 149 to the Registrar
- Audit for a small company
- Required
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The shareholders of a company other than a company mentioned in section 154(1) may resolve not to appoint an auditor.
- Audit
- Not in our records
Important dates
When each obligation falls due, as the authority states it.
Not in our records No dates for the Public company are in our records.
What is public
- Directors
- Public
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is entitled, during normal business hours, to examine, and to make copies of or extracts from, a document required by this Act or the regulations, to be sent to the Registrar
Tax
Tax on profit
How this company type is taxed, which can differ from its place’s headline rate.
Flat · 33.33%
Tax payable on a company's chargeable income is 33 1/3% on the Inland Revenue Department's company return; Schedule 5 of the Income Tax Act states 30% for income year 2005 onward for companies existing before the Act with no tax arrears. Rate that applies to a newly formed company is not stated in the pages read.
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(vi) for income year 2005 and subsequent income years-30%
Work it out on a profit figure: the company’s tax, the owner’s, and what is left.
- CFC rules in St. Lucia
- Not in our records
Close it
Closing it
The other end, which most guides leave out.
Not in our records Route, Statutory fee: none of these is in our records for the Public company.
Every business in St. Lucia
VAT
- Standard rate
- Not in our recordsThe tax authority’s pages have not been read for St. Lucia.
Payment and banking services
None of the services whose lists we hold names St. Lucia. Each provider, and what a listing means.
Reference
Its name and code
- Kind
- Public limited companyDerived our grouping, the same words in every country
- Name in law
- Public company
- Identifier
- LC-PUBLIC-COMPANYA form ISO 20275 does not list.