Bill Chiang
Managing Director, Hong Kong | Corporate and Fiduciary
Hong Kong
Managing Director, Hong Kong
Hong Kong
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10 April 2024
Hong Kong, British Virgin Islands
1 min read
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Since the BVI Business Companies (Amendment) Act, 2022 and BVI Business Companies (Financial Return) Order, 2023 came into effect on 1 January 2023, all BVI companies unless they are exempt are required to file an annual return containing specific financial information (Annual Financial Return) with their registered agent.
Read more about this requirement and learn about Ogier's free tool for creating BVI annual financial returns.
Annual Financial Returns (AFRs) are due at the end of a BVI company’s financial year 1. The BVI company should file the return with its registered agent within the nine months that follow the due date.
The earliest date an AFR becomes due from a BVI company is 1 January 2024. This will relate to a BVI company that has a calendar year as its financial year and the company has to file its first AFR with its registered agent on or before 30 September 2024.
Financial Year End | Due Date | First Filing Deadline of AFR |
31 December 2023 | 1 January 2024 | 30 September 2024 |
31 March 2024 | 1 April 2024 | 31 December 2024 |
30 April 2024 | 1 May 2024 | 31 January 2025 |
If a BVI company fails to file its return on a timely basis, the registered agent has to notify the Registrar within 30 days of the filing deadline. The non-complying BVI company will then be subject to penalties or may even be struck off by the registrar.
Our team of highly qualified and experienced professionals can provide personalised bespoke annual financial return solutions (AFR solutions) for your BVI companies.
We can support you with:
Our fee for the service starts from US$500. For our fee quotation, kindly advise the estimated number of annual transactions in the financial year(s) and / or provide a list of available accounting documents for the preparation of accounts.
Please contact us at HKaccounting@ogier.com for more details about our AFR solutions.
Read the Chinese language version of this update here.
1 "Year" relates to a company’s fiscal or financial year which may be a calendar year.
Bill Chiang
Managing Director, Hong Kong | Corporate and Fiduciary
Hong Kong
Managing Director, Hong Kong
Hong Kong
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