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The Turks & Caicos Islands, being a British Crown Colony, offer a stable offshore financial base only 575 miles south-east of Miami, USA. The infrastructure is surprisingly well developed for a group of islands with an estimated population of only 15,000 people. Special features of the islands include: 
  • Direct flights by jet to North America (1 hour 20 minutes to Miami). 
  • Modern communication systems. 
  • International courier services. 
  • The local language is English. 
  • There are no exchange control restrictions. 
  • The local currency is the US dollar 
  • There are no income, corporation, capital gains, wealth, gift, inheritance or estate taxes. 
  • There are no tax treaties. 
  • There is strict confidentiality legislation.
 
The exempted company is used for offshore activities. Company legislation is found in the Companies Ordinance 1981-1994. It is modern and flexible offering the following benefits: 
  • A guarantee against any possible Turks & Caicos Islands taxation for 20 years. 
  • They may freely alter their Memorandum and Articles of Association. 
  • No requirement to file a Register of Members or to file an Annual Return of shareholders. 
  • No requirement to hold its meetings in the Turks & Caicos Islands. 
  • Bearer shares are allowed. 
  • The ability to redeem and purchase its own shares. 
  • Only one shareholder, director and company secretary required, who may all be the same person or a corporation. 
  • Companies can be formed within 24 hours. 
  • Standard authorised capital of US$5000 equates to an annual licence fee of US$300. 
  • A foreign company can re-domicile to the Turks and Caicos and all Turks & Caicos companies can themselves re-domicile to other jurisdictions.
 
In addition to the exempted company there are three further categories of corporate vehicle: 
  1. exempted limited life company: an exempted company can apply to be registered as a limited life company. 
  2. guarantee company: a company can be formed on the principle of having its members limited by guarantee. 
  3. hybrid company: a company limited by guarantee can also have a share capital.
 


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