Georgia
Limited Liability Company (LLC)

Benefits of Georgia LLC Registration

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Georgia LLC’s activities

Under the  Georgia legislation,  Limited Liability Company  is an independent legal personality and has the same capacity to engage in any business provided that the activity is allowed by its memorandum and articles of association, the Laws of Georgia and do not require a license such as bank, insurance, assurance, collective investment schemes etc.

Georgia LLC is optimal for:

  1. International Business
  2. International Trading Activities
  3. E-commerce
  4. Web-business

Limited Liability Company incorporation checklist

If you are considering the incorporation of the Georgia LLC, you should take into consideration the following points:

Company’s name

It must not contain sensitive words that imply criminal activity or contradict to the standards of public morality. The words such as Assurance”, “Bank”, “Insurance” are the subject of licensing.

The name of the company may not create any associations with the governmental bodies, agencies and departments.

The company’s name must not be very similar to existing names on the registrar and it must not contain improper or objectionable words. It may be written in any letters and contain the abbreviation “L.L.C” or “LLC.” which means limited liability.

Registered office

Georgia LLC is required to have a registered office address in Georgia.

Directors

One director is the minimum required. There is no requirement for them to be locals but there is a requirement to hold the meetings of directors within the territory Georgia.

Corporate persons cannot become directors as well as the shareholders. The directors’ details are registered on the public record and can be accessed by the public.

Secretary

The appointment of a secretary is not mandatory, but optional.

Shareholders

One shareholder is the minimum required. There is no requirement for them to be locals and corporate persons can become shareholders. There is no requirement regarding the place of the shareholders’ meetings, but the frequency should not be less than 1 year.

The director and shareholder cannot be the same person. The shareholders’ details are registered on the public record and can be accessed by the public.

Beneficial owners

The beneficial owners’ details are registered on the public record according to the Georgian legislation requirements.

Authorized capital

The owners of Limited Liability Company are free to determine any amount as the authorized capital at incorporation and it can be denominated in any currency, though the US Dollar is mostly preferred and the amount equivalent to GEL 3.200 ($10.000USD) is suggested. The authorized capital is the maximum amount of capital that the company is authorised by its constitutional documents to draw from its shareholders in exchange of shares issued.

Georgia LLC may issue the shares, with or without voting rights, preferential or common and may be issued in any currency. Bearer shares are not permitted as well as shares without para value.

Paid up capital

There is a requirement to have the authorized capital of the company fully paid up. Moreover, there are not any minimum requirements for the paid-up capital.

Incorporation period

The incorporation period in Georgia may be 2-3 days.

Shelf companies

Ready-made but unused LLCs are available in Georgia, in case you are in need of a quicker incorporation process.

Economic substance

Georgia legislation does not contain any requirements regarding the economic substance of the Limited Liability Companies. This means that the company is not required to have premises and an adequate number of employees, the number of expenditures to support its activity in Georgia. A Liability Company must have an address within the territory of Georgia that will be registered as a company’s address.

Accounting records and annual returns

A Limited Liability Company incorporated in Georgia is obliged to prepare and file accounting records. Also, tax return should be lodged to the tax authorities. Certain companies with the certain turnover should undergo through the audit.

Taxation

The corporate tax rate in Georgia is 15%. It is important to note that this corporate tax rate is to be applied only when LLC is distributing the profits to the owners. All other taxes such as capital gain taxes, taxation of the interests, royalties etc. are included into the corporate tax. In other words, the corporate tax rate is applied to the profits distribution only. Also, Georgia has a huge number of double tax avoidance treaties. The VAT tax rate is 18% but in certain cases it can be reduced to 0%. The threshold for the VAT registration is over GEL 100.000 ($32.000 USD) of turnover.

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