COMPANY OPENING
Have you ever thought about opening a company in Moldova? With Ataieu, you can benefit from a team of professionals who will follow you through all the key steps.
OUR SERVICES
The company provides assistance services to foreign companies wishing to start business activities or investments in the Moldovan territory.
Moldovan company opening consultancy offers two main types of services: the first is assistance with company creation and business start-up, and the second is support with internationalization.
With us, you can forget about bureaucratic difficulties and problems with personal administrative and tax services. Your business becomes easier and more profitable!
You can get an overview of the economic and social situation in the country, as well as an analysis of current legislation, and careful support in finding business partners.
Due to our close and proven cooperation with experienced lawyers, auditors, accountants, brokers, and translators, we can help you with staff recruitment, setting up branches and subsidiaries, customer care, administrative, tax, and customs services.
We offer our clients an elegant Representative Office in the prestigious residential area of the Capital (close to the American/English/German Embassy) for companies that need a physical point of reference in Moldova.
We also provide logistics services for certain types of goods in a secure and strategic area close to the Capital, which we invite you to visit to tailor it to your needs.
We are in close cooperation with the Italian Chamber of Foreign Commerce (CCIDM) and consequently with the various activities it promotes, which we invite you to explore further at www.ccimd.md
FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS
For the foreign citizen who establishes a company but does not stay in the Moldovan territory longer than 90 days in the previous 180 days, there are no impediments or requirements to establish a company, except for some types related to particular sectors (such as the medical field).
If the founder wishes to stay longer than 90 days (even non-continuous) in the previous 180 days, he must obtain a residence permit. In this case he must produce from his state of origin a General Criminal Record with Apostille.
Specifically, we assist, with our affiliations, in preparing all the necessary documentation and in providing complete assistance in submitting the application for a Residence Permit.
Corporate taxation in Moldova offers several advantages to business owners. First of all, the country has a low corporate tax rate, the lowest possible (12%) in order for the country to remain ‘non-privileged tax status’ (i.e. white-listed according to the old wording), which translates into immediate tax savings and a countless number of advantages in dealing with the tax authorities of the state of taxation (e.g. the principle of ‘presumption of innocence’ applies in the event of an assessment or litigation with the tax authorities). It should also be emphasized that the distribution of company dividends is taxed at only 6%.
Secondly, non-membership of the CRS (Common Reporting Standard) is compensated for by the Moldovan state’s cooperative attitude towards countries requesting tax data on their citizens operating in Moldova, and this cooperation also prevents it from belonging to the category of black-listed states, (or according to the new wording, privileged tax status), with the consequences we know.
In any case, if you want to know more, (e.g. if you operate in the IT sector, or wish to make use of the Free Zone) visit the page on Moldovan taxation.
The language barrier, which in many countries has to be broken down with hard-to-find and therefore expensive human resources in the market, is reduced to a minimum here. The Moldovan people are perfectly bilingual (Romanian and Russian), so both the ability to learn a new language and the ability to communicate in Latin and Slavic root languages make Moldovan personnel extremely versatile.
In addition, English language learning has accelerated dramatically in the younger generations, so the language barrier is set to decrease more and more.
If we then assess the specific case of the Italian language, it is very easy, in everyday relations with strangers, to discover that many people understand Italian given the high percentage, in every household, of Moldovan emigrants who have stayed and worked in Italy.
The cost varies depending on the use of Professionals who usually work with mother-tongue clients and are able to move independently in the territory, or vice versa of Professionals who are able to offer a ‘turnkey’ service to the foreign investor who needs an interpreter and cannot move independently in the various offices in charge of opening a company.
We, being oriented towards a foreign clientele, offer a ‘turnkey’ service that includes an initial basic consultation, administrative fees, notaries, stamps, and opening of bank accounts at a price of €1,500.
Yes, and only the passport of the founding party is required as the only documentation.
On average 3 working days, provided that the sequence of appointments in the various offices has been organized in advance, as we are used to doing.
Several legal forms are envisaged: Individual companies, SA (joint stock company), SRL (limited liability company), Snc (general partnership), SC (limited partnership) A.O. (non-profit associations and organizations) and others.
A foreigner may participate in the establishment of a company in any proportion, with no minimum or maximum limit on share capital (except for an SA where the minimum share capital is 6,000 lei, approximately EUR 30,000).
The opening of a company current account in local currency, authorized by the state tax office, is required (on average within two working days).
When registering the company (with the Public Services Agency), the registered office and the appointment of at least one director as legal representative are declared and indicated in the articles of association.
A foreign national may also hold the office of director.
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