Firmengründung in Neuseeland

Wichtig: Das Recht eines Nichtansässigen, Eigentümer des Unternehmens zu sein, berechtigt nicht automatisch dazu, in diesem Land zu leben, zu arbeiten oder das Unternehmen von dort aus zu führen. Einwanderungsstatus, Arbeitserlaubnis, wirtschaftliche Substanz, Ort der tatsächlichen Geschäftsleitung und Steueransässigkeit werden gesondert geprüft.

• —Digital, consulting, trade and service businesses with customers or operations in New Zealand.
• —Subsidiaries of international groups and Australia–New Zealand structures.
• —Projects with local management, staff, contractors, logistics or investment activity.

• —A company limited by shares (Limited), the standard private operating company.
• —An unlimited company, whose shareholders have unlimited liability as provided by law.
• —Overseas-company registration, a branch or presence of a foreign company rather than a new separate New Zealand entity.
• —A New Zealand subsidiary, a local Limited wholly or partly owned by a foreign parent.

• —At least one shareholder and one issued share are required.
• —At least one director must live in New Zealand, or live in Australia and be a current director of a company incorporated in Australia.
• —The registered office and address for service must be physical New Zealand addresses; the share register is generally held there or at another notified local address.
• —A company secretary is not a standard mandatory office; licences and permits depend on the activity.

• —Name reservation, a constitution if used, and registered-office, service and communication addresses.
• —Passports, residential addresses, consents and eligibility details for every director.
• —Shareholder identities, share allocation, ultimate holding company data and the authorised filer's authority.
• —For an Australian-resident director, the ACN and evidence of the current directorship in an Australian company.

1. 01Review the director-residency route, activity, local address, tax nexus and banking profile.
2. 02Create or use RealMe and Companies Register authority through an eligible filer and reserve the name.
3. 03File incorporation data and then upload signed director and shareholder consents through the prescribed workflow.
4. 04After incorporation, arrange NZBN, tax and accounting, registers, contracts and applicable permits.
5. 05Bank onboarding starts separately with business evidence and the UBO and source-of-funds pack.

• —New Zealand corporate income tax and tax residence depend on the local company, management and actual operations; an NZ tax adviser confirms the rate.
• —GST, PAYE, payroll and withholding obligations depend on turnover, employees, payments and cross-border flows.
• —A foreign-controlled group is reviewed for transfer pricing, CFC, financial-reporting and overseas tax consequences.

Allgemeiner Überblick, keine individuelle Steuer- oder Rechtsberatung. Die Vorschriften werden vor der Einreichung erneut geprüft.

• —Banks assess the resident director, New Zealand addresses, ownership chain, expected transactions, customers and suppliers.
• —Local contracts, staff, premises or commercial rationale help evidence the New Zealand nexus but do not secure approval.
• —Incorporation and an NZBN do not replace bank KYC/KYB; the bank may require director or UBO participation.

• —The annual Companies Register return confirms addresses, directors, shareholdings and the ultimate holding company.
• —The annual return is not a tax return or financial statement; tax filings are separate.
• —Financial-statement and audit filing depends on size, public-interest status and overseas ownership.
• —Changes to director, address and share data are filed within statutory periods.

• —Director residency must remain continuously compliant; a nominal director without governance access creates risk.
• —A registered office at an adviser's premises does not prove substantive local operations for tax or banking.
• —Overseas management may create dual-residence or permanent-establishment consequences.
• —The Registrar, Inland Revenue, permit authorities and banks assess matters independently.

• —Selection of the Limited or overseas-company route and the resident-director and address model.
• —Name, authority, consents, constitution and share setup, and filing coordination.
• —Accounting, tax and permit hand-off and preparation of a bank-ready KYB pack without guaranteeing an account.

Der genaue Basic-Leistungsumfang und alle Ausschlüsse sind oben im Preisabschnitt aufgeführt. Nicht standardmäßige Strukturen und externe Kosten werden vor der Zahlung vereinbart.

Anforderungen geprüft am 9. August 2026. Vor der Einreichung gleichen wir Vorschriften, Formulare, Gebühren und Einschränkungen erneut mit der Registrierungsbehörde ab.