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support@offshorepro.cloudWhat we verify, which annual filings the platform tracks in each jurisdiction, and the AML rules that decide whether we can take on an application.
Payment is taken upfront and starts the formation. Identity verification runs after payment, and the company is only registered once every shareholder and director has been verified.
For United States, UAE, Panama and Seychelles companies the check runs on the platform through KYCAID. For Hong Kong the identity check is performed off-platform by the local agent, and our team sends you their verification link by email.
| Jurisdiction | Documents and data |
|---|---|
| United States | Passport copy with number, issuing country and expiry date, plus the KYCAID document and facial check. |
| Seychelles | Passport copy with number, issuing country and expiry date, plus the KYCAID document and facial check. |
| Panama | For each director: passport photo page, a second identity document (national ID, driving licence or residence permit) and proof of address issued within 3 months, plus the KYCAID check. |
| United Arab Emirates | Passport photo page, a passport-size photo (white background, ears visible, no jewelry, high quality), proof of address in English issued within 3 months (a bank statement, for example), employer name and address, capacity as beneficial owner, shareholding and voting rights, share value and a signed UBO declaration. |
| Hong Kong | Residential address, proof of address, HKID copy where the shareholder holds one, and shareholding. At company level: business description, reason for the Hong Kong company, countries of operation, supplier and buyer countries, website, industry, share value and financial year end. |
Documents must be in English. Proof of address means a utility bill, bank statement, rental agreement or government certificate showing the name and address exactly as entered in the application. A passport, driving licence or national ID is not accepted as proof of address.
Documents are encrypted in transit and at rest, and are visible to the staff handling your file and to the registry or agent that requires them.
Verification is a legal requirement we cannot waive. A verification that fails or is abandoned does not entitle you to a refund. See the refund policy.
OffshorePRO is the service of Elite Consulting FZC-LLC, a licensed corporate service provider. That makes us a regulated obliged entity: we run customer due diligence on every client, enhanced due diligence on higher-risk files, keep records of what we collected, and report to the authorities when the law requires it. Our full policy is on the AML page.
The industry and business description you submit are screened automatically. Applications are declined for:
We cannot accept shareholders or directors who are nationals or residents of these countries, and we cannot accept business operations in them:
Afghanistan, Algeria, Bangladesh, Belarus, Bhutan, Brunei, Cameroon, China, Cuba, Iran, Iraq, Lebanon, Libya, Myanmar, North Korea, Pakistan, Russia, Somalia, South Sudan, Sudan, Syria, Uganda, Venezuela, Vietnam, Yemen, and Zimbabwe.
The check runs on nationality, the passport issuing country and the countries of operation you declare. No refund applies when an application breaches this policy.
These are the filings the platform schedules and tracks for you. They appear in your dashboard under Filings with the deadline and the current status. Missing them leads to penalties, and eventually to the company being struck off and to banks closing the account.
Preparing and submitting these returns is covered by your annual fee. Government fees (registration, licence, franchise and filing fees charged by the authorities) are not included and are quoted separately.
Any tax the company owes (corporate tax, profits tax or VAT) is the company's own liability and is not part of this fee. We prepare and file the return; the company pays the tax.
| Filing | Deadline | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Form 5472 + Pro Forma 1120 | 15 April following the tax year | Filed with the IRS. We prepare it from your questionnaire. |
| FBAR (FinCEN Form 114) | 15 October following the tax year | Filed with FinCEN when the company holds accounts outside the US. The April deadline carries an automatic extension to October. |
| Delaware annual tax / Wyoming annual report | Handled by us | Filed with the state by us: in Delaware the LLC annual tax (a Delaware LLC files no annual report), in Wyoming the annual report with its licence tax. The state charge itself is quoted separately, as with every government fee. |
The Delaware annual tax or the Wyoming annual report is prepared for you. The state government charge itself is not included: it is quoted separately.
| Filing | Deadline | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Annual Return (NAR1) | 42 days after the incorporation anniversary | Filed with the Companies Registry. |
| Business Registration Renewal | Incorporation anniversary | Renewed with the Inland Revenue Department (IRD). |
| Profits Tax Return | First return 18 months after incorporation, then 1 April of the following year | Filed with the IRD once the statutory audit of the accounts is done. |
| Employer's Return (BIR56A) | 1 May | Filed with the IRD, also when the company has no employees. |
The Business Registration Certificate fee and the NAR1 filing fee are government fees, quoted separately. The statutory audit of the accounts by a Hong Kong CPA is required by law and is quoted separately too. Hong Kong profits tax is not part of the fee either: once the audit is done we prepare and file the Profits Tax Return, and the company pays whatever profits tax is assessed on it.
| Filing | Deadline | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Corporate Tax Registration | Within 3 months of formation, one time | Registration with the Federal Tax Authority (FTA), filed by our team once you have created your EmaraTax account. The VAT registration, or the exception from VAT registration, is filed at the same time. |
| Corporate Tax Return | 9 months after the end of each tax period | Included in your annual fee, prepared and filed by our team. We ask you by email for the accounts it needs. |
| Business Licence Renewal | Formation anniversary, every year | Handled by our team and arranged with you directly. The licence fee is quoted separately. |
These are the UAE obligations the platform tracks. The free zone licence fee is a government fee, quoted separately, and the renewal is arranged with you directly. Once the company is registered for VAT, its VAT returns are also filed by our team and included in the fee. Filing is not payment: corporate tax and VAT owed on the company's results remain the company's own liability.
| Filing | Deadline | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Tasa Única, Panama's fixed annual franchise fee | 15 July for companies incorporated January to June, 15 January for July to December | Paid to the Dirección General de Ingresos (DGI) by our team. |
The Tasa Única is informational in your dashboard: there is no questionnaire and nothing to submit. The fee is a government fee, quoted separately: we invoice it before the deadline, you pay it from your company page and our team pays the DGI. Panamanian income tax on Panama-sourced income, if the company has any, stays with the company.
The platform tracks no Seychelles filings. An IBC has no annual return or tax return to submit here, so nothing appears under Filings and no reminders are sent. The annual renewal is arranged with you directly by email, and its government fee is quoted separately. Any tax the company owes sits with the Seychelles Revenue Commission (SRC) and stays with the company.
Every reminder reaches you twice: by email, and as a notification in the bell in your dashboard header and under Notifications. Reminders go out only for the filings you have to act on, and the schedule differs by jurisdiction:
Each scheduled reminder is sent once. Reminders stop when you submit the filing. If we send it back for a correction, or send you the prepared return to sign, you are reminded on the same schedule until we have your corrected answers or your signature. Open deadlines stay listed in your dashboard under Filings.
Notifications can be marked read one at a time or all at once. The email notifications switch on your account silences optional mail only. It never silences compliance, contractual or security messages: identity verification, formation and billing status, account access changes and filing reminders are always sent.
A company in good standing has paid its government fees and met its filing obligations. Banks, payment providers and counterparties ask for proof of it before opening an account or signing a contract.
Certificates of good standing, apostilles and certified copies are extra documents ordered from the registry on request, so they sit outside the annual fee. Open a ticket from your dashboard and we will confirm the registry charge and the turnaround before ordering.
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