Valsen Corporate

Vanuatu Offshore Trust

  • Trust managers in Vanuatu need to be incorporated as ‘local’ companies under the Companies Act since International Companies are not permitted to engage in trust management activity, although they can hold the shares of a company that does. In Vanuatu there is no income or corporation tax, no capital gains tax, no VAT or sales tax, and no withholding tax.
    Key Features

    Vanuatu Offshore Trust

    Corporate Details

    General
    • Type of entity

    Offshore Trust
    • Type of law

    Follow English law
    • Our time to establish a Trust

    2 weeks
    • Taxation of trust assets

    None
    • Change of Domicile permitted

    Yes
    • Registered Office

    Yes
    • Duration

    80 years
    • Corporate Officers

    Minimum of 2
    • Restriction on Investment of Trust asset

    No
    • Exchange control

    None
    • Succession

    As per Trust Deed
    • Settlor

    Must be non-resident of Vanuatu
    • Property

    No property situated in Vanuatu can be part of the Trust asset
    • Jurisdiction

    Vanuatu Supreme Court
    • Forced heirship applicable

    No

    Trust asset
    • Restriction on type/amount

    No, except property situated in Seychelles

     Trustee   
    • Minimum number

    1 if corporate and 2 or more if not corporate
    • Qualification

    Minimum one Vanuatu resident

    Accounts
    • Requirement to file

    No
    • Publicly accessible

    No