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Cases · Business & ownership · Corporate ownership & governance
Keep the entity in good standing
How do we keep our foreign company compliant with the registry every year?
WONE Global sets up a compliance calendar for each entity, brings late filings up to date with the local professional and keeps registered office, director and records requirements met.
Countries in the typical case Canada · Hong Kong
The situation
What is happening
What is at stake
Missed filings lead to fines, director liability and, eventually, the company being struck off with its bank account frozen.
A scenario
Industrial groupCorporation · from Canada · in Hong Kong
It finds that its Hong Kong subsidiary has not filed annual returns for two years. Fines are building, and the bank has started asking questions.
Where it ends A subsidiary back in good standing, and a calendar that keeps it there.
A representative scenario of the work WONE Global coordinates, not a specific client’s matter.
Also asked as “What annual filings does our subsidiary abroad need?”“Our company abroad missed its annual return. What now?”“Our company secretary missed important filings”“A subsidiary has fallen behind on its annual accounts”
The solution
How WONE Global handles it
WONE Global sets up a compliance calendar for each entity, brings late filings up to date with the local professional and keeps registered office, director and records requirements met.
Usually led by Setting up and running a company, with Accounting and annual filings and Contracts and commercial law.
Step by step, in the scenario
- Day 1WONE Global confirms what is overdue with the registry.
- Week 1Late filings and accounts prepared with a local professional.
- Weeks 2-4Filed, penalties settled, records updated, bank informed.
- ThenA compliance calendar for every subsidiary.
Timings are typical. They depend on the countries, the authorities involved and how quickly documents are available.
Decisions
The decisions involved
- 01Which annual filings, renewals and meetings are due
- 02Who in the group signs and who locally files
- 03What happens if a deadline is missed
Outcomes
What you receive
- An entity-maintenance calendar
- Annual returns and resolutions filed
- A good-standing confirmation when needed
This is a general guide. Your WONE Global professional confirms the work, timing and fees for your markets before anything starts.
Services
The services involved
One area of expertise usually leads; the others move with it. WONE Global keeps them connected across every country involved.
Who handles it
Setting up and running a company, market by market
The status of the lead service in the markets that matter for this case. A named WONE Global Partner acts under their own licence; where none is in place yet, WONE Global confirms availability before anything else.
- Canadain the typical case On request Availability confirmed before any work begins Bring a requirement →
- Hong Kongin the typical case On request Availability confirmed before any work begins Bring a requirement →
- Austria WONE Global Partner Mag. Mario Haider · Tax Consultant Brief this Partner →
- Rwanda WONE Global Partner Lydie N. Murorunkwere · Founder & Managing Director Brief this Partner →
- United Arab Emirates WONE Global Partner Dr Hajra Nazir · Head Corporate Advisory / Consultancy Division Brief this Partner →
- India On request Availability confirmed before any work begins Bring a requirement →
- Saudi Arabia On request Availability confirmed before any work begins Bring a requirement →
- Singapore On request Availability confirmed before any work begins Bring a requirement →
- United Kingdom On request Availability confirmed before any work begins Bring a requirement →
- United States On request Availability confirmed before any work begins Bring a requirement →
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Vienna · Austria
Kigali · RwandaWONE Global Capability Partner · Rwanda
Lydie N. Murorunkwere
Lydie is the Founder and Managing Director of ML Corporate Services Ltd and the first Chairperson of the Rwanda Trust Companies Association (RTCA).
Dubai · United Arab EmiratesWONE Global Capability Partner · United Arab Emirates
Dr Hajra Nazir
Dr Hajra Nazir is qualified Professional Doctorate (PD) in Business Advisory & Compliance with prestigious organizations in the field of Corporate Advisory, Business Administration, Law, Commerce, Applied Economics etc.…
Quito · EcuadorWONE Global Capability Partner · Ecuador
Pablo Andres Guerra
Experienced Partner with a demonstrated history of working in the accounting industry. Skilled in International Tax, External Audit, Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP), Income Tax, and Tax. Strong entrepren…
Milan · ItalyWONE Global Capability Partner · Italy
Gianluigi Mollica
Mexico City · MexicoWONE Global Capability Partner · Mexico
Marco Antonio Bernal Munguia
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