Croatia Company Formation
- One the world’s most competitive economies.
- Time of Croatia company formation takes 2 weeks.
- Personal presence is required.
- Popular company type:
- Private Limited Liability Company (D.O.O. – Drustvo s Ogranicenom Odgovornoscu)
Tax Rates in Croatia
Corporation Tax in Croatia: GmbH pays corporate profits tax of 18% on all income
Income Tax in Croatia: Income tax ranges between 0% – 24% – 36%.
VAT Tax in Croatia: (called PDV in Croatia) is charged at 25%
Croatian Citizenship by Investment
Article 12 A foreign citizen whose admission to Croatian citizenship would be of interest for the Republic of Croatia, can acquire Croatian citizenship by naturalisation.
Croatia – Licensing Requirements for Professional Services
Professional service providers such as lawyers, architects, or physicians are required to have a license from a Croatian institution responsible for their field of activity.
About Croatia
Country: Republic Croatia
Capital: Zagreb
Continent: Crossroads of Central and Southeast Europe, on the Adriatic Sea
Language: Croatian
Currency: Croatian kuna
Time Zones: GMT +1
Dial Code: +385
Abbreviations: HR
What we can do for your Company in Croatia
- We do all paperwork on forming the company in Croatia
- Formation is completely remote
- Can act as Secretary or Treasury
- Provide nominee Directors/Shareholders
- Assist with opening a bank account
- Registration for Taxes, VAT & EORI
- Develop a website for your business
- Create a logo of your brand
- Provide with full company administration services
- Arrange a mailing address for your business
- Arrange a virtual office for your company
- Telephone answering service
- Book keeping, audit & reporting
- Preparing and submitting VAT return
- Dealing with local authority
- Trademark registration
Croatia Company Formation. Croatia Limited Liability Company
For free consultations on company formation in Croatia ask our BRIS Group team
- Croatia is a member of United Nations, Organization for Security and Cooperation and the Council of Europe
- The currency is stable
- The industrial production is continuously growing
- Foreign investments are constantly encouraged to strengthen trade and business relations
- About 50% of population speak English
- Modern distribution channels
- Equal rights for domestic and foreign private and legal entities
- Guaranteed free transfer of capital and free profit repatriation to investors
- Good transport links
- Highest Internet penetration in southeast Europe
- Well educated workforce
- Stable economy with a stable currency
- A private limited liability company (D.O.O. – Drustvo s Ogranicenom Odgovornoscu)
- A public limited liability company (A.D.)
- A Croatian general partnership
- A limited partnership
- Foreign Branch and Subsidiary
| Croatia Company Formation | Registration Requirements |
|---|---|
| Share Capital: | 20.000 Kuna (approx. 2700 EUR) |
| Classes of Share Available for Gibraltar company formation: | Typically Ordinary Registered Shares of par value |
| Minimum paid up share capital: | 20.000 Kuna |
| Bearer Shares: | Not allowed |
| Registered Office Required: | Yes required to be maintained in Croatia |
| Registered agent: | Not required |
| Shareholders: | Minimum number is one |
| Directors: | Minimum number is one. Can be any nationality and need not be resident in Croatia. |
| Company Seal: | No |
| Your Company language: | Croatian/English |
| Name of your Company must be ended: | Limited, Ltd |
| Documents required for Croatia company formation: | A certified and apostilled copy of your passport or ID and proof of your residential address dated less than 3 months. |
Croatia Company Formations procedure:
- Checking the court registry for a company name
- Drafting all necessary documents for establishing a Ltd company with a minimum share capital of 20.000,00 Kuna and 1 shareholder
- Representing company in front of the public notary, commercial court, and other relevant bodies
- Registering for a VAT
- Obtaining a statistical (tax) registration
- Obtaining a company stamp
- Helping with opening a bank account with the leading bank situated in Zagreb
- Finding an accountant (if not already one appointed)
TIMESCALE
- To open a company, it is approximately 3-4 weeks
- Croatia Certificate of Incorporation
- Memorandum of Association – Anmeldung zur Eintragung
- Articles of Association – Gesellschaftsvertrag
- Company Extract – Firmenbuchauszug
- Company Search Report
- Company Financial Statements
- Shareholder resolution on the appointment of the first managing director(s)
- Specimen signatures
- Confirmation on payment of the minimum contribution
- Tax ID has to be obtained at the tax authorities
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