_ For a long time, a large proportion of foreign friends have registered in Hong Kong companies. After all, Hong Kong companies have many advantages. First of all, the low tax rate is very attractive to investors. In addition, foreign trade can receive and pay foreign exchange freely, and you can also make reverse investment in the mainland after registering a Hong Kong company and enjoy many preferential policies.

So what are the advantages of foreign return investment? What should I do? What are the procedures? Numbness is no trouble? Don't worry, let's start with how to register a Hong Kong company.

1. How can I own a Hong Kong company? Two ways:

First, directly register a new Hong Kong company;

The second is to buy ready-made shell companies from agents.

If there is no hurry or a qualified Hong Kong company is required, I suggest choosing the first registration method.

Share the case of "Hong Kong Company Registration" in my second company. To register a Hong Kong company, you need to meet the following conditions: 1. Name of Hong Kong company: Chinese name is dispensable, English name must be available, and the full name ends with LIMITED. Avoid some sensitive words, which can generally be passed.

2. Shareholders' directors: as long as one or more shareholders aged 18 hold valid and legal certificates. Among them, shareholders or directors have no restrictions on identity and nationality.

3. Registered address: Any Hong Kong company needs to have an actual address in Hong Kong as its registered address.

4. Corporate Legal Secretary: A Hong Kong company must have a local Hong Kong resident or company as its legal secretary.

Because many investors who register Hong Kong companies do not conduct field operations in Hong Kong and do not need to rent offices in Hong Kong, they usually choose the registered address and legal secretary provided by their agents. Therefore, when choosing an agent, we must be careful to prevent unreliable agents from providing nonexistent addresses and unreachable legal secretaries.

Iii. Specific procedures for registering a Hong Kong company: 1. Provide the name of the Hong Kong company to be established and arrange name verification; (It is recommended to provide more than three names in case of delay in re-signing with the same name. )

2. Fill in the company's opening memorandum;

3. Sign the power of attorney and pay;

4. Prepare materials required for Hong Kong company registration (including identity documents of shareholders and directors; Shareholder's shareholding ratio; The company's main business introduction, etc. );

5. Submit it to the Hong Kong Registry for approval;

6. Hong Kong company registration, obtain a full set of registration documents and company seals, and arrange express delivery.

PS: After the entrustment agreement is formally signed and the materials are prepared, the complete set of materials is generally completed within 65,438+00 working days (including 7 working days for the government approval process), and it only takes 3 working days to purchase the existing company.

4. After the registration, you will receive the following documents: our "Hong Kong Company Registration" case will share the company registration fee 1.

Atomic seal and steel seal

3 filing

4 company record book

5 company seal &; Company management clause

6. Submit documents to the Companies Registry

7 mailing expenses

One set of original certificate of certified public accountant (which can be used to open offshore account)

What are the advantages of registering a Hong Kong company? Hong Kong has always adhered to the principle of free market, and on this basis, it has formulated a large number of measures suitable for business development. The specific advantages are as follows:

1, foreign exchange payment and exchange services are not restricted.

Due to historical reasons, Hong Kong's system is based on freedom, unlike the strict foreign exchange control set by the mainland's safe, so funds are very free to enter and leave.

At the same time, the bank accounts of Hong Kong companies have diversified currencies, which can be exchanged and settled at any time through online banking login operation.

2. The tax rate is extremely low and there are various preferential tax policies.

Hong Kong has a simple tax system, a low tax rate and many preferential tax policies.

Profits tax is the main tax that Hong Kong companies will be involved in. Profits tax, as its name implies, is a tax on profits, that is, only the profitable Hong Kong companies are taxed. If the accounting result of a Hong Kong company is loss or unprofitable, the Hong Kong company is not required to pay tax.

At present, in order to support the development of small and medium-sized enterprises, the Hong Kong SAR Government has promulgated and implemented a "two-level tax system". The specific contents of the system are as follows:

1) If the net profit of a Hong Kong company in a fiscal year is less than HK$ 2 million, its profit tax rate is only 8.25% of the net profit.

2) If the net profit of a Hong Kong company in a certain fiscal year is higher than HK$ 2 million, the profit tax rate of the first HK$ 2 million net profit of the company is still 8.25%, and the profit tax rate of the net profit exceeding HK$ 2 million is 65,438+06.5%.

3. The company registration is simple and the later maintenance is convenient.

It is not necessary for directors or shareholders to be present in person to register a Hong Kong company. You just need to find a professional agency to provide you with the service of registering a Hong Kong company.

You only need to provide electronic information to the agency, such as company name, business scope, scanned personal certificates of directors and shareholders, etc.

The post-maintenance of Hong Kong companies is also extremely simple. Only one annual review and one tax return are required each year, and the agency secretary company will send a notice in advance to remind customers to conduct annual review and tax return operations.

6. Why can't Hong Kong companies operate directly in the Mainland? It should be noted that Hong Kong companies cannot directly operate in the Mainland after registration. Why?

Because Hong Kong companies are overseas companies, mainland laws are not applicable, and they are not qualified as legal representatives in the Mainland, and they are registered in Hong Kong, so the relevant laws in Hong Kong do not match those in the Mainland.

Hong Kong and the Mainland belong to different industrial and commercial and tax departments. Mainland companies registered in the local industrial and commercial bureau need bank capital verification. After opening the business, they declare and pay taxes to the national tax authorities to prove their legal operation and legal tax paying status. The most important evidences are business license, tax registration certificate and invoices issued by tax authorities.

Hong Kong companies do not need bank capital verification to register in the Hong Kong Companies Registry, and do not need to use invoices to file tax returns in the Hong Kong Inland Revenue Department. The government recognizes any form of receipt stamped with the company's official seal, which means that Hong Kong companies do not need to file tax returns with the mainland tax authorities. If they don't have an office, they don't need to register with the local industry and commerce department.

Hong Kong companies are not responsible to the mainland industrial and commercial tax authorities (unless they set up offices in the mainland), which is why Hong Kong companies cannot operate directly in the mainland.

Therefore, if a Hong Kong company wants to operate legally in the Mainland, it must not only be qualified as a legal representative in the Mainland, but also be registered with relevant departments in the Mainland, otherwise it will be illegal to operate.

Is there a legal way? Of course there is!

7. The correct way for Hong Kong companies to operate in the Mainland: If Hong Kong needs to operate in the Mainland after registration, there are usually three ways:

1. Establish a wholly foreign-owned enterprise or a Sino-foreign joint venture.

In the name of a registered Hong Kong company, return to China to invest in the establishment of wholly foreign-owned enterprises or Sino-foreign joint ventures, so that Hong Kong companies can operate legally in the Mainland.

It should be noted that no matter whether a wholly foreign-owned company or a joint venture company is established, the shareholders of a foreign-funded company are required to be Hong Kong people or foreigners, not mainlanders. If this condition is not met, foreign-funded companies cannot be established; If this condition is met, a foreign-funded company can be established in the mainland, or it can be legally listed and operated in the mainland.

2. Set up a representative office or office in Chinese mainland.

If a Hong Kong company operates in Chinese mainland only to contact customers or suppliers, then a registered office or a representative office is the most economical and convenient way. Generally speaking, a representative office or office cannot conduct accounting or tax registration alone, because the representative office or office is only used for business, and generally does not form a direct trading relationship with customers alone.

3. Brand authorization of mainland companies.

The most common method used by Hong Kong companies is brand authorization. Brand authorization operation is very simple, just sign an authorization agreement with a mainland company in the name of a Hong Kong company. Of course, some companies operate in the form of trademark authorization, such as the food industry. After registering a Hong Kong company, all the instructions on the food packaging were changed to the words produced by XXX company. In the process of product sales, the advantages of Hong Kong brands can attract more customers to spend. Hong Kong companies have a good international brand image, enhance the international status of enterprises and increase the competitiveness of products.

To conduct business in China, Hong Kong companies need to set up subsidiaries in the name of Hong Kong companies. The representative office only has the right to contact and cannot collect money from customers, so the representative office has little advantage.

To set up a subsidiary, the Hong Kong company must first make a notarized authentication document, and the overseas bank opened by the Hong Kong company will issue a credit certificate (optional). Then rent a good office space in the mainland. Go through the opening formalities with the industrial and commercial tax registration authority.

Hong Kong companies with different business models can choose the appropriate way to operate in the Mainland according to the actual situation. Hong Kong has a low tax rate, but operating in the Mainland will also generate tax revenue. Therefore, it is necessary to do a good job in tax planning before starting the company's business. How to declare tax can save more tax costs for enterprises reasonably and legally.

8. What are the advantages of holding a mainland company by a Hong Kong company? By registering companies in China mainland, Hongkong and other offshore places, and then returning to China mainland through offshore companies to set up foreign-invested enterprises, this operation is essentially the operation of holding mainland companies through returning investment.

So what are the advantages of registering Hong Kong companies or some offshore companies holding mainland companies?

1. Obtaining the status of a foreign-funded enterprise requires planning;

2. Hidden shareholders, shareholders of Hong Kong companies are generally not found in the mainland, which can avoid the equity fracture to some extent;

3. Facilitate capital operation. Hong Kong is an international financial center. If there is foreign capital or capital operation, it is very suitable for Hong Kong companies to build it. For example, many VIE structures and red chips in Chinese mainland generally have Hong Kong companies.

4. Many countries that have not signed bilateral trade agreements attach great importance to the tax planning needs of trading enterprises. Hong Kong is a region that has signed many bilateral trade agreements, which is very useful for trade. Secondly, the local tax rate in Hong Kong is also lower than that in the Mainland.

5. Evade foreign exchange control. Mainland China has foreign exchange control, but Hong Kong does not.

6. Due to the need of fund settlement, it is difficult to collect funds from some mainland countries. For example, countries with no diplomatic relations, sensitive countries and war-torn countries will have fewer restrictions in Hong Kong, while the headquarters of global financial institutions are mostly in Hong Kong, so foreign currency settlement will be more convenient.

7. You can enjoy the tax preference given by the government to foreign-funded companies. Hong Kong companies hold more than 25% of the shares of mainland companies and can enjoy 5% dividend tax.

8. Hong Kong companies do not need actual business or actual office address (shell companies).

To sum up, registering a Hong Kong company to control a mainland company has many advantages, and Hong Kong companies play an important role in offshore operation.

However, due to the increasing supervision of foreign investment, including tracing foreign-funded enterprises back to the origin of the ultimate beneficiary (UBO), investors are advised to choose professional institutions to operate on their behalf. The advantage is that it can promote brands, so that mainland companies can show a certain scale, and some industries and regions have relevant tax incentives for foreign-funded enterprises.

The disadvantage is that in some areas of Chinese mainland, many foreign-funded enterprises can be traced back to the origin of the ultimate beneficiary (UBO), and the ultimate beneficiary (UBO) will be regarded as fake foreign investment and will not be invested.

9. Procedures for the establishment of foreign-invested companies: No matter whether Hong Kong companies or companies from other offshore areas control mainland companies, the establishment of companies belongs to foreign companies. Its registration or shareholding needs to go through the corresponding notarization procedures. For example, a Hong Kong company controls a mainland company:

1. First of all, confirm the specific documents and materials needed for filing in the Mainland.

2. Notarize the documents of the Hong Kong company, which will be issued by China Notary Association, forwarded by China Legal Service (Hong Kong) Co., Ltd. and stamped with the official seal.

3. Go to the foreign economic and trade commission where the business premises are located to conduct project examination and approval, and then conduct industrial and commercial registration and tax registration.

4. In addition, Hong Kong companies holding shares in mainland companies need to conduct capital verification and remit funds from abroad in the form of foreign exchange.