Palau corporation for-profitPalau
What it takes to form, own and run a private limited company in Palau, 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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Unless otherwise provided in the articles of incorporation, a shareholder of a domestic for profit corporation is not personally liable for the liabilities of the corporation, including the acts or debts of the corporation except that a shareholder may become personally liable
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of any incorporated entity that is to be an initial shareholder of the corporation, and the number and class of shares to be issued to each of them
The registry’s and the law’s own pages do not mention it.
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Articles of incorporation for For Profit Palau corporation $250.00
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Business Profits Tax is assessed an applied at the rate of 12% on the person’s net income for each tax year.
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
- Required
- Paying up the capital
- The board may authorise shares to be issued for any tangible or intangible property or benefit, including cash, promissory notes and services, after determining the consideration is adequate; when the corporation receives the consideration the board authorised, the shares are fully paid and nonassessable (Palau National Code Title 12, s.605(b)-(d)).
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The board of directors may authorize shares to be issued for consideration consisting of any tangible or intangible property or benefit to the domestic for profit corporation, including cash, promissory notes, services performed, contracts for services to be performed
Own it
Who may own and run it
- Directors
- At least 1 · one must live there · individuals only
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at least 1 director must be a resident of Palau
- Shareholders
- A company may be one
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of any incorporated entity that is to be an initial shareholder of the corporation, and the number and class of shares to be issued to each of them
- Members
- Does not apply
- A local company secretary
- Not stated
The registry’s and the law’s own pages do not mention it.
- A local registered agent
- Required
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Each Palau corporation must continuously maintain in the Republic of Palau: (1) a registered office that may be the same as any of its places of business; and (2) a registered agent
Each year, at the registry
- Annual registry fee
- USD 100 (about €87)
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Annual report for Palau for-profit corporation $100.00 $200.00 AR-1
- Accounts on the public record
- Not stated
The registry’s and the law’s own pages do not mention it.
- Audit for a small company
- Not stated
The registry’s and the law’s own pages do not mention it.
- Audit
- Not in our records
Important dates
When each obligation falls due, as the authority states it.
- Annual return to the Registrar
- Not in our records
With Financial Institutions Commission
Not stated on palauregistries.pw/Documentation/PW/12_PNC_Division_1_Corporations_Act.pdf when checked
- Notice of change of directors or officers
- 30 days after change of officers
With Financial Institutions Commission
Section 811(b) (directors) and section 824(b) (officers): notice within 30 days of the change. Filing fee $15 per notice.
What is public
- Directors
- Public
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make that information accessible to the Registrar upon request free of charge
- Shareholders
- Public
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make that information accessible to the Registrar upon request free of charge
- Beneficial owners
- To the authorities only
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make that information accessible to the Registrar upon request free of charge
Tax
Tax on profit
How this company type is taxed, which can differ from its place’s headline rate.
Varies · 4–12%
Business Profits Tax (BPT): 12% of net income for a person registered for PGST. A person not registered for PGST with gross revenue over $50,000 pays Gross Revenue Tax (GRT) of 4% of gross revenue instead; below $50,000 only an additional business license fee of $100 applies. The corporation is itself the taxpayer.
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Business Profits Tax is assessed an applied at the rate of 12% on the person’s net income for each tax year.
- CFC rules in Palau
- Not in our records
Close it
Closing it
The other end, which most guides leave out.
- Route
- Articles of dissolution of a for-profit corporation by board and shareholders, filed with the Registrar (form J-6).
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Articles of dissolution of For Profit by board and shareholders
- Statutory fee
- USD 15 (about €13)
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Articles of dissolution of For Profit by board and shareholders
Every business in Palau
VAT
- Standard rate
- Not in our recordsThe tax authority’s pages have not been read for Palau.
Payment and banking services
None of the services whose lists we hold names Palau. Each provider, and what a listing means.
Reference
Its name and code
- Kind
- Private limited companyDerived our grouping, the same words in every country
- Name in law
- Palau corporation (for-profit)
- Identifier
- PW-FOR-PROFIT-CORPORATIONA form ISO 20275 does not list.