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Betriebsbereit in 19-21 Tage
  1. 1
    CIPC Registration Day 1-3
    • Reserve company name on BizPortal
    • File CoR 14.1 with Memorandum of Incorporation
    • Receive registration certificate from CIPC
  2. 2
    Tax and Labour Day 4-9
    • Register income tax automatically with SARS
    • Add VAT, PAYE and UIF where applicable
    • Enrol with Department of Labour
  3. 3
    Banking and Licensing Day 10-14
    • Open business account with FICA documents
    • Apply for FSCA licence if financial services
    • File SARB exchange control if foreign owned
Ab
50.100 ZAR erstes Jahr, alles inklusive
≈ 3.049 $ ≈ 2.591 €
In diesem Preis enthalten
  • Unternehmensgründung 22.500 ZAR
  • Geschäftssitz 9.600 ZAR /Jahr
  • Buchhaltung 1.500 ZAR /Monat
    Tarife nach Umsatz anzeigen
    • ≤ ZAR1M revenue 1.500 ZAR /Monat
    • ZAR1M–4M 2.500 ZAR /Monat
    • ZAR4M–10M 4.200 ZAR /Monat
    • ZAR10M–20M 8.400 ZAR /Monat
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Warum South Africa?

Founders building a Pan African operating HQ

South Africa's HQ Company Regime exempts qualifying foreign dividends, capital gains and interest for groups managing African subsidiaries. 80 DTAs cover the UK, USA, Germany, Mauritius and India, with English admin and a common law system.

HQ Company Regime80 DTAsCommon law

Fintech founders raising and selling on the continent

Stripe is live in South Africa and the FSCA Crypto Asset Service Provider licence has been operational since 2023, alongside SARB regulated banking. Year-1 costs run ZAR 1,500-5,000 with bank account opening in 21 days.

Stripe liveFSCA CASPSARB regulated

Founders pursuing a JSE or AltX listing

The JSE is Africa's largest exchange and offers AltX for growth companies, with a participation exemption on qualifying outbound dividends. Crypto friendly local banking is available, and a provincial gambling board route exists for regulated gaming.

JSE / AltXParticipation exemptionCrypto banking

Zu beachten

If tax efficiency or capital mobility is the binding constraint

South Africa runs a 27% CIT, 20% dividends withholding, exchange controls under SARB and remains on the FATF grey list (since 2023). For lower tax and free capital flows:

FATF grey list27% CITSARB exchange controls
→ Mauritius 3% effective via GBC, no exchange controls→ Irland 12.5% CIT, EU, no FATF flag→ Zypern 12.5% CIT, IP Box at 2.5%

If you are raising from US VCs or operating EU only

South Africa is not on standard US VC term sheets and a Delaware flip is typically required at Series A. For EU first SaaS, infrastructure and FATF/grey list optics also weigh in:

Not on US VC sheetsFATF optics for EU
→ Delaware (USA) Default for US VC term sheets→ Estland EU, e-Residency, no FATF flag→ Irland Accepted by US VCs, EU passporting
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