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Seychelles

Seychelles is an independent, democratic, presidential republic. It has an outstanding political stability and is substantially more prosperous than the other countries in the region.

Seychelles has one of the most comprehensive set of offshore tax laws in the world.

There are two types of offshore companies available in Seychelles :

• the classic, tax-free International Business Company

• the low-tax Special License Company.

Seychelles are also classified in the white list of OECD since August 2009.


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A Seychelles IBC is probably the most competitive of all International Business Companies available today on the world offshore financial services market.

Apart from being completely tax-free, the Seychelles IBC boasts fast incorporation, low maintenance costs, no reporting, no need to file accounts or annual returns, no requirement to file records of directors and shareholders, the availability of bearer shares, no information-sharing agreements, stringent confidentiality provisions protected by law and courts.

A Seychelles Special License Company (abbreviated “CSL”) is a new entity introduced by the Seychelles Companies (Special Licenses) Act 2003.

The most attractive feature of the CSL is its ability to bypass foreign blacklisting by being a low-tax company (as opposed to a zero-tax company, like IBC) – a CSL pays 1.5% on its worldwide income.

A CSL is also able to access and use the growing number of double tax avoidance treaties concluded by Seychelles.

Unlike an IBC, a CSL is formally tax-resident in Seychelles, which in turn allows for easier conduct of its business abroad, attracting less suspicion and scrutiny.