Company Limited by Shares is an association between two and fifty people with a set of objectives for either profit or non-profit basis. There are shareholders who are the owners of the company and directors, secretary and auditors who are the officers of the company. Its liability is limited ... read more
- Applicant may purchase a set of Limited Liability Forms from the in-house bank or via download
- Provide Consent letter from certified auditor by the Institute of Chartered Auditors and must be registered as a Sole Proprietor/Partnership
- Form 3 must be witnessed by Commissioner for Oaths/Notary Public/Self-Declared
- A minimum of two directors is required. Each must submit Statutory Declaration & Consent Letter with the registration Form
- Submit filled forms at the Company Registration Counter for Verification and Capturing or via Online
- Pay two hundred and thirty Ghanaian Cedi (GHS 230) for Incorporation or via Online. Also Filing fee of Fifty Ghanaian Cedi (GHS 50) and 0.5% stamp duty on stated capital at the in-house bank or via Online
- Registrar Examines, Approves & Issues :
- Certificate of Incorporation
- Certified Copy(CTC) of Standard/Registered Constitution of the Company
- Certified Copy(CTC) of Form 3
- File Annual Returns at Fifty Ghanaian Cedi(GHS 50) together with Audited Account
Company Wholly Foreign
- Service Industry - Such as Construction and Civil Works
- Minimum of five hundred thousand US Dollars (USD 500,000) in equity i.e Ghanaian Cedi equivalent for the foreigners at the Prevailing Bank rate
- Applicants are to pay 0.5% stamp duty on the stated capital at the time of Incorporation
- Trading Industry - Such as general Trading, Importers, Dealers in General Goods and Retail Trading, Manufactures Representatives
- Minimum of One Million US Dollars(USD 1,000,000)in equity i.e Ghanaian Cedi equivalent for the foreigners at the Prevailing Bank rate
- Applicants are to pay 0.5% stamp duty on the stated capital at the time of Incorporation
- All enterprises in the Country with Foreign participation are required to register with the Ghana Investment Promotion Centre (GIPC) for an Investment Cert and other permits
Company with Foreign Participation
- Service Industry
- Foreign Applicants must have minimum of two hundred thousand US Dollars (USD 200,000) (Stated Capital) i.e Cedi equivalent at the prevailing Bank rate
- Ghanaian applicant must have 10% equity participation of the company at time of incorporation
- Applicants are to pay 0.5% stamp duty on the stated capital at the time of Incorporation
- Trading Industry - Such as general Trading, Importers, Dealers in General Goods and Retail Trading, Manufactures Representatives
- Foreign Applicants must have minimum of minimum of one million 1,000,000 US Dollars (USD 1,000,000) in equity i.e cedi equivalent at the prevailing bank rate
- Ghanaian applicant must have 10% equity participation of the company at time of incorporation
- Applicants are to pay 0.5% stamp duty on the stated capital at the time of Incorporation
All enterprises in the Country with Foreign participation are required to register with the Ghana Investment Promotion Centre (GIPC) for an Investment Cert and other permits.