Irish LTD (Limited Company)

Companies like Google had a clear reason for establishing their European headquarters in Dublin, Ireland. In Ireland, you not only benefit from a particularly business-friendly tax structure but also from overall corporate conditions that are unmatched anywhere else in Europe or the world.

We offer you a comprehensive package that you can expand with additional options as needed.

Despite its highly business-friendly environment, establishing an Irish company is more complex than setting up, for example, an English company.

In Ireland, a company name must first be reserved before incorporation. Only once the name has been approved can you proceed with forming the company.

In an apparent effort to prevent the appointment of fake directors, the Irish Companies Registration Office (CRO) has required, since the end of June 2023, the completion of a so-called VIF form. The future director must swear under oath that their information is truthful, and this declaration must be notarized by a locally based notary. This document must then be submitted to the Irish CRO, after which you receive a corresponding identification number that allows you to be officially registered as a director.

If you wish to appoint your own director for the incorporation of your new Irish company, you will find the relevant VIF form in the email confirming your order.

The fee payable to the Companies Registration Office is already included in our offer. Upon receiving your order, we will first reserve your desired company name. Once the approved certificate is available, we will proceed with the incorporation process on your behalf.

Previously, company registration in Ireland took about 2-3 weeks, but with modern online processing, it can now be completed in just a few days.

Like the UK LTD, the Irish LTD can also be managed online.

Since the introduction of the VIF requirement, an additional registration with another Irish authority, the so-called “RBO” (Register of Beneficial Ownership), has also become necessary.

The function of this authority is similar to that of the German Transparency Register. Only after registering with the RBO and obtaining a new number can you proceed with an Irish company incorporation.

You will also find that an RBO number is required to open a bank account with an Irish bank.

While this may all seem quite confusing, it is part of a broader response by European authorities to modern anti-money laundering requirements and is therefore unavoidable.