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At centre o, it only takes 24 hours to incorporate a Hong Kong limited company. Clients will be able to receive the Business Registration of the certificate of incorporation in the same day. Then we  will need another 3-4 working days in order to get the company chops, M&A and company box.

You can incorporate a business in Hong Kong. Company in Hong Kong requires at least one director and one company secretary. If the company has one director only, the sole director cannot be the secretary of the company at the same time. If the secretary is an individual, he/she should ordinarily reside in Hong Kong. …

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Where an overseas company, i.e. a company incorporated outside Hong Kong, establishes a place of business in Hong Kong, this is a representative office. The setting up of a representative office in Hong Kong by an overseas company is governed by Part XI* of the Companies Ordinance.

You are obliged to file a tax return with the Inland Revenue Department. The Inland Revenue Ordinance (“IRO”) contains no exemption from profits tax for offshore companies. Whether an offshore company is liable to profits tax depends on the nature and extent of its activities in Hong Kong.

You can hire only a Hong Kong resident or body corporate registered or established a place of business in Hong Kong. However, if the company has one director only, the sole director cannot be the secretary of the company at the same time.