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General

Basis Of Legal System	Common Common Common Common Common	Common Common Common Common Common	Common Common Common Common Common
Type of company	BVIBC Exempted Limited Ltd Pte Limited	BVIBC Exempted Limited Ltd Pte Limited	BVIBC Exempted Limited Ltd Pte Limited
Tax on offshore profits	0% 0% 0% 0% 17%	0% 0% 0% 0% 17%	0% 0% 0% 0% 17%
Exchange Controls	No No No No No	No No No No No	No No No No No
Redomiciliation Permitted ¹	Yes Yes Yes Yes No Inward - yes \| Outward - no	Yes Yes Yes Yes No Inward - yes \| Outward - no	Yes Yes Yes Yes No Inward - yes \| Outward - no
Time to form	1 day 1 day 5-7 days 4-5 days 1-2 days	1 day 1 day 5-7 days 4-5 days 1-2 days	1 day 1 day 5-7 days 4-5 days 1-2 days
Shelf Companies available through Harneys?	Yes No No No No	Yes No No No No	Yes No No No No

Corporate Requirements

Minimum Shareholders	1 1 1 1 1	1 1 1 1 1	1 1 1 1 1
Minimum Directors	1 1 1 1 1	1 1 1 1 1	1 1 1 1 1

Corporate Administration

Bearer Shares Permitted	No No No No No	No No No No No	No No No No No
Location of board meetings	Anywhere Anywhere Anywhere ² Anywhere Anywhere	Anywhere Anywhere Anywhere ² Anywhere Anywhere	Anywhere Anywhere Anywhere ² Anywhere Anywhere
Corporate Directors Permitted	Yes Yes Yes Yes No	Yes Yes Yes Yes No	Yes Yes Yes Yes No
Administration	Anywhere Anywhere Anywhere Anywhere Singapore	Anywhere Anywhere Anywhere Anywhere Singapore	Anywhere Anywhere Anywhere Anywhere Singapore

Local Requirements

Registered Office/Agent	Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes	Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes	Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Company Secretary	No No Yes Yes ³ Yes ⁹	No No Yes Yes ³ Yes ⁹	No No Yes Yes ³ Yes ⁹
Director	No No No ² No Yes ¹⁰	No No No ² No Yes ¹⁰	No No No ² No Yes ¹⁰
Meetings	No No No No Yes ¹¹	No No No No Yes ¹¹	No No No No Yes ¹¹

Required Filings

Directors	Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes	Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes	Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Shareholders	No No Yes Yes Yes	No No Yes Yes Yes	No No Yes Yes Yes
Beneficial Owners	Yes Yes No ⁴ No No - coming 2020	Yes Yes No ⁴ No No - coming 2020	Yes Yes No ⁴ No No - coming 2020

Annual Filing Requirements

Annual Return	Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes	Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes	Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Audited Accounts	No No ⁷ Yes Yes ⁶ Yes - unless exempted ¹²	No No ⁷ Yes Yes ⁶ Yes - unless exempted ¹²	No No ⁷ Yes Yes ⁶ Yes - unless exempted ¹²
Economic Substance	Yes Yes No No No	Yes Yes No No No	Yes Yes No No No

Government Costs

Min. Annual Statutory fee