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Firmengründung Grenada Übersicht:
Allgemeines zum Thema Nicht-DBA-Sachverhalt aus Deutscher Sicht (die meisten EU-Staaten, USA und Schweiz haben ähnliche Regelungen) 1. Nachteile von Offshore-Gesellschaften (Definition hier: Gesellschaften außerhalb der EU und/oder kein DBA-Sachverhalt) gegenüber Gesellschaften mit DBA-Sachverhalt oder EU
2. Vorteile von Offshore-Gesellschaften
3. Wann machen Offshore-Gesellschaften für den z.B. deutschen Mandanten Sinn?:
Grenada International Companies The principal legislation is the International Companies Act Cap 152 of the Laws of Grenada, as amended in 2002. Before an individual can apply for a licence for banking, insurance, etc, an international company (often referred to as an International Business Company) has to be formed. Such a company can be established to engage in any lawful activity and is fully tax exempt. There are no foreign currency restrictions. The key features of the Grenada International Company are:
An International Company is incorporated by filing the company's Memorandum and Articles of Association with a Licensed Registered Agents. Government charges to incorporate an international company are at the time of writing US$234.00 and annual renewal fees are US$187.00. There are no specific legal requirements for the contents of the Articles of Association for an International Company, however the content of the Memorandum of Association is contained at section 12 of the International Companies Act. The International Companies Act requires registered agents to maintain records of the names and addresses of directors and beneficial owners of all shares, as well as the date the person’s name was entered or deleted on the share register. At the time of writing, there are 15 registered agents licensed by the GIFSA. The International Financial Services (Miscellaneous Amendments) Act 2002 required all offshore financial institutions to recall and cancel any issued bearer shares and to replace them with registered shares. The holders of bearer shares in non-financial institutions must lodge their bearer share certificates with a licensed registered agent. These agents are required by law to verify the identity of the beneficial owners of all shares and to maintain this information for seven years. GIFSA was given the authority to access the records and information maintained by the registered agents, and can share this information with regulatory, supervisory, and administrative agencies. At present, several thousand international companies are incorporated in Grenada; the island is a popular jurisdiction for Americans and Europeans. Grenada Corporate TaxationFor domestic companies, corporate taxes are levied, at the time of writing, on net profits of companies at a rate of 30%. In the case of sole proprietorships there is a ECD60,000 exemption. A debt service levy is payable on salaries over USD12,000 per year at a rate of 10%.
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Classification
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Land, %
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Buildings, %
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Agricultural
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nil
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nil
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Amenity
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0.1
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0.1
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Commercial
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0.5
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0.3
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Hotel
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0.3
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0.02
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Industrial
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0.3
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0.2
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Institutional
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0.1
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0.1
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Residential
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0.1
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0.15*
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Reserve
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0.1
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nil
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Waste
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0.1
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nil
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* Effective for the year 2005 only the tax on Residential Buildings was reduced by 50%.
The
tax is payable by the owner, or the tenant according to the lease
agreement.
The tax is due and payable from the 1st January each year. The
property owner is entitled to 5% discount if 50% of the tax is made
payable by March 31st and the remaining 50% is made payable by June
30th. From July 1st, a 10% fine is added plus 2% each month, if the
tax remains unpaid.
At the time of writing, there is a property transfer tax for foreigners, currently levied at 10% of the consideration for purchasers, and 15% for vendors. The first $20,000 is exempted.
Withholding tax of 15% (at the time of writing) is payable on the following items:
Grenada has a double tax avoidance agreement with the UK dating from 1949, with an amending protocol dated 1968.
By virtue of the UK's double tax avoidance agreement with South Africa, Grenada has some double tax avoidance arrangements with that country. Taxes payable under the laws of Grenada, whether directly or by deduction on profits or income from sources within Grenada, shall be allowed as a credit against any United Kingdom tax computed by reference to the same profits or income by reference to which Grenada tax is computed.
In the case where a resident company of Grenada which pays a dividend to a resident company in the United Kingdom who controls directly or indirectly at least 10% of the voting power in the first-mentioned company, the credit shall take into account the taxes paid in Grenada by that first-mentioned company in respect of the profits out of which such dividend is paid.
The Caricom Double Taxation Agreement applies within Caricom, i.e. Barbados, Guyana, Jamaica and Trinidad and Tobago and the less developed Caricom countries, being Antigua, Belize, Dominica, Grenada, Montserrat, St. Lucia, St. Vincent and St. Kitts, Nevis and Anguilla. The treaty largely removes fiscal barriers within Caricom and provides for income arising in one Caricom territory for a resident of another to be taxed only in the source country. The Treaty also exempts dividends payable by a company resident in one Caricom territory from taxation both in the country in which the income arises but also in the country in which the shareholder is resident.
Grenada also has a Tax Information Exchange Agreement with the United States within Caricom's programme for such treaties under the Caribbean Basin Initiative. As a result, Grenada is considered to be part of the North American area for purposes of claiming deductions for expenses incurred in connection with a convention beginning on or after the 1987.
The tax information exchange agreement, which Grenada signed with the United States in 1983, in accordance with the Caribbean Basin Economic Recovery Act, provides for the exchange of tax information between these two countries. Except as provided by provisions of the Exchange of Information Agreement, no information in any form by any person may be divulged to any person or governmental authority whether within or inside Grenada.
In July 2006, a CARICOM summit meeting discussed the possible abandonment of the Free Trade Area of the Americas (FTAA) in favour of a regional bilateral free trade agreement with the USA.
Grenada also has preferential trade agreements in place with the United States and Canada under the Caribbean Basin Initiative and Carbican, which allows goods produced in Grenada to enter these markets duty-free. In addition, tariff concessions are available on exports to Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, and Venezuela by virtue of an agreement between CARICOM and these countries.
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