Re: [SiliconBeach] Re: Incorporation in Singapore or HK

2013-03-27 Thread drllau
.com [mailto: > silicon-beach-australia@googlegroups.com ] *On Behalf Of *Ben > Alex > *Sent:* Tuesday, March 26, 2013 9:26 PM > *To:* silicon-bea...@googlegroups.com > *Subject:* Re: [SiliconBeach] Re: Incorporation in Singapore or HK > > > > Matt, if you're an

Re: [SiliconBeach] Re: Incorporation in Singapore or HK

2013-03-26 Thread Ben Alex
Matt, if you're an Australian resident for tax purposes, there are numerous tax provisions that impact offshore structures and/or transactions for "tax efficiency" reasons, and then there's the Part IVA general anti-avoidance provisions to handle

[SiliconBeach] Re: Incorporation in Singapore or HK

2013-03-24 Thread drllau
> I see HK has no DTA but there is a Bilateral Investment Treaty ... however, starting up a limited liability company in HK requires rigorous checks and the director to be present for the bank account creation, after that can do a virtual office. If you want ease of use then NZ company is appa

[SiliconBeach] Re: Incorporation

2011-11-24 Thread Malcolm Lambert
Hi Ben Simplest way is to get your accountant to do the paper-work for you. I did exactly what you are describing a few years ago and all up it cost less than $500 (might be more now). Once you've got a company and you are sole director and shareholder you can bring on more directors, issue more s