Insights on Hong Kong, Singapore, Delaware, China (WFOE), banking, tax, and cross-border operations — practical guides without the fluff.
Who can be a Singapore company secretary, the six-month rule, why a sole director can't do it, what the job involves, and how founders abroad handle it.
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Move a company to Hong Kong or Singapore without closing it: who qualifies, the fees and deadlines, what stays the same, and which places let a company leave.
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What a representative office in China can and can't do, how it is taxed even with no income, and when a WFOE is the better answer.
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Before you hire a formation agent: the licence or registration to check in Hong Kong, Singapore, the BVI, the UK and the US, the questions to ask, and the red flags to walk away from.
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No SSN or ITIN? How a non-US resident gets an EIN for a US company by phone, fax or mail, what to write on the Form SS-4 lines that matter, and how long it takes.
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What a nominee director is, why founders use one (often for Singapore), what is now disclosed in Singapore, Hong Kong, the BVI and the UK, and what a nominee can't do for you.
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UK limited company or US LLC for a founder who lives elsewhere? Setup, what the public can see, how each is taxed, and the yearly filings and penalties, side by side.
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Hiring someone in another country? How contractors, an employer of record and your own local company compare, and what the rules in the US, UK, Canada, Singapore and Hong Kong say.
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Why banks ask harder questions of a BVI company, the documents they want, the EU list and CRS reporting in plain terms, and how to prepare an application that gets through.
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Your company is registered in one country and you run it from another. How tax authorities decide where it is resident or has a taxable presence, and what economic substance laws require.
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Delaware or Wyoming for a US LLC owned from abroad? Formation fees, yearly cost, what is public, state tax, courts, and when a Delaware C-corp is the better answer.
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Setting up a wholly foreign-owned company in China: the 2024 negative list, the five-year rule for paying in capital, registration and yearly reports, tax, and getting profits out.
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Setting up a BVI business company from abroad: the registered agent, the documents, the US$450 fee and due dates, what is private since 2025, and the yearly financial return.
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Hong Kong, Singapore, the BVI or the UK for a holding company? How each treats dividends received, gains on selling a subsidiary, dividends paid out, and substance.
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Forming a Canadian company from abroad: why British Columbia has no resident-director rule, the steps and fees, the tax on a non-resident-owned company, and the yearly filings.
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Registering a Singapore company from abroad: the corporate service provider ACRA requires, the resident director and nominee rules, the steps and fees, and every yearly filing.
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What banks and fintechs ask a founder who lives abroad, why the rules make them ask it, bank vs e-money account, and how to prepare a file that gets approved.
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Forming a UK limited company from abroad: director identity checks, the UK address, why the company is UK tax resident, VAT, and every yearly deadline and penalty.
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Hong Kong or Singapore for a founder who lives elsewhere? Local directors, tax on foreign income, audit, GST, treaties and what is public, compared from official sources.
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Forming a Delaware or Wyoming LLC from abroad: what it costs, getting an EIN without an SSN, the bank account, and the Form 5472 filing every foreign owner must make.
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Hong Kong, Singapore, the BVI, a US LLC, a UK limited company or Canada? Setup, fees, director rules, tax, yearly filings and banking compared for founders who live elsewhere.
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Every file in the client portal is fingerprinted and anchored in a Bitcoin block, so a bank or auditor can prove it is unaltered, and when it existed, without contacting us. No tokens, no client data on any chain.
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A special resolution, then notice within 15 days — but the new name only takes effect on the day the certificate of change of name is issued, not the day you pass the resolution.
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Directors may not allot without the members’ prior approval, and a director who knowingly does faces a level 5 fine and six months’ imprisonment — while the allotment itself stays valid.
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0.1% on each of the bought and sold notes, charged on the consideration or the value of the shares — whichever is higher. Selling at HK$1 does not make the duty HK$1.
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Fifteen days each way — and a director’s change of address counts just as much as a change of director. Level 4 plus HK$700 a day, against each responsible person separately.
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Six conditions, an Inland Revenue clearance and a three-month Gazette wait — and anything left in the company on the day it dissolves belongs to the Government.
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Every Hong Kong company but a listed one — and you need the register even if you have no significant controller. The 25% tests, and the nine agencies entitled to ask.
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Fifteen days on Form NR1, why the annual return does not count as notice, and the display rule that decides whether a shared address is actually compliant.
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0% until 31 August, 20% from 1 September — and on the same dividend a Hong Kong holding company pays 5%. Why direct ownership is now the most expensive way to hold a WFOE.
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The residence test in section 474, the sole-director rule most guides state too broadly, and the criminal offence for providing the service unlicensed.
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Fifteen days and Form ND2A, with a fine that reaches the directors personally. Which form, what the old provider must hand over, and the deadline that does not move.
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42 days after your incorporation anniversary. HK$105 on time, up to HK$3,480 late — and a separate criminal offence under section 662 that reaches the directors personally.
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Books that update themselves daily from the bank, a real bookkeeper behind every number — and you free to run the business. What hands-off bookkeeping takes to actually trust.
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Three days is achievable — if you're in Hong Kong with a simple structure. The day-by-day, the e-Registry precondition nobody mentions, and why being overseas pushes you past a week.
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The records the IRD expects, the questionnaire, the real timeline (3–4 months) and cost (~HK$30,000) — and the two things that should stop you from filing at all.
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A real client story: magic accounting, WeChat-only support, and RMB 1,000 to change a passport number. The problem was never the low price — it was that nothing else was ever written down.
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When your company, your tax residency and your bank don't agree on where you live, things break. How to line up all three — and your residency — as one project.
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Relocating founders often stay tax-resident where they left and become resident where they arrived — and get taxed twice. How dual tax residency happens, and how to sequence a move to avoid it.
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818HI talks offshore with JR & Firm Legal and Finance — comparing Hong Kong, BVI, Dubai, Cayman and Mainland China, plus life and business on the ground in HK and China.
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A 3-minute walkthrough of Certanta: bulk-upload your receipts and statements and get a balanced, audit-ready ledger — checked by a real bookkeeper.
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Who qualifies for remote Hong Kong business bank onboarding in 2026 — and who gets quietly rejected. HSBC, Hang Seng and the fintech alternatives, compared honestly.
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How a founder abroad sets up a Hong Kong limited company: who you need, the name and shares, fees and steps, what the public can see, and the first years' filings.
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