Company directors working across borders
Corporate residence, management-and-control and local tax filings remain relevant after any nationality change.
CROSS-BORDER TAX
Align tax planning with your life and work.
Vanuatu offers a distinctive international business environment with no general personal income tax or general corporate profits tax, alongside VAT and other applicable charges. We help you place that environment within a wider family and business plan.
Connect your residence, business and tax planning
Vanuatu’s distinctive tax environment offers a useful starting point for a broader conversation with appropriately qualified advisers.
REAL-WORLD SCENARIOS
Planning opportunities for different lifestyles and businesses
A new passport does not open business banking automatically
Banks still assess residence, identity, funding and compliance under their own processes.
A founder genuinely plans to live in Vanuatu
Model actual residency and business substance rather than assuming tax savings from citizenship.
TAX FRAMEWORK
Vanuatu tax overview
Vanuatu’s distinctive tax environment offers a useful starting point for a broader conversation with appropriately qualified advisers.
Personal income taxGenerally not levied
General corporate income taxGenerally not levied
Value-added tax (VAT)Standard rate: 15%
Other chargesApplicable duties, stamp duty and local charges
START A CONVERSATION
Contact our team Your next step starts with a conversation.
From coordinating family documents to following up on the application, we make the process easier to understand and manage.