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Registration Requirements Details
Procedure 1.
Search for unique company name and pick up the relevant certificate
Time to complete:
1 day
Cost to complete:
KZ 400 + KZ 17,490
Name of Agency:
Comment:
The company name can be verified at the commercial registry (Ficheiro Central de Denominações Sociais), affiliated with the Ministry of Justice. To obtain the company name certificate, an application (with copy of identification attached) must be filed with the one stop shop (Guiché Único das Empresas), as follows: 1. State the company’s proposed name. 2. Request the issuance of a certificate, confirming that such name is acceptable and is not similar to any existing company name.
Fees for company name certificate: - Form: AOA 400. - Certificate: AOA 17,490.
Procedure 2.
Deposit the legally required initial capital in a bank and obtain deposit evidence; pay the registration fee
Time to complete:
1 day
Cost to complete:
no charge
Name of Agency:
Comment:
The Kwanza amount equivalent to USD 1,000 will soon become the minimum share capital required for the incorporation of a limited liability company (Sociedade por Quotas de Responsabilidade Limitada), according to the new Companies Law, recently approved by the Angolan Parliament and due to be published in the Official Journal. For such corporate form, notaries require an amount equivalent to about USD 135.
Procedure 3.
Verify the company documents at the Guichet Unico
Time to complete:
1 day
Cost to complete:
the fees are included in the company registration fees
Name of Agency:
Comment:
This procedure takes place in the Guichet Unico. The clerks and the Judges are sitting in cubicles facing each other. Companies have 2 options; either to resort to lawyer services to draft the company documents or to fill in the standards documents. If the company decides to use the standard statutes of Association from the Guichet (2 pages), it takes 1 hour at most. the applicant just enters the information (ID info of associates, address, activities of company) and confirms that the articles are applicable to the type of company as the guichet has 4 different types of statutes. In the case statutes are prepared by a lawyer, the process might take 1/2 to 1 day for lawyers to review. However, in this case company documents are more detailed and thus documents' rejection is unlikely.
Procedure 4.
Obtain NIF at Guichet Unico
Time to complete:
1 day
Cost to complete:
25595Kz
Name of Agency:
Comment:
Once documents are verified and completed, applicant apply to the station of the Direccao National dos Impostos to obtain NIF, where all taxes and fees one must pay are calculated. This service is free of charge and does not take more than 15 minutes. However, the tax fees is 25595 Kz.
Procedure 5.
Notarize company draft documents, register the company and pay registration fees at Guichet Unico
Time to complete:
4 days
Cost to complete:
25,000 Kz Guichet Unico fees+ registration in the conservatoria 100002 Kz+ 12000 Kz statistics institute + 20000 Kz Impresa National ( fixed cost) + 10 Kz social security + 132730 Notary fees.
Name of Agency:
Comment:
The applicant submits the dossier to the Notary Public at the Guichet Unico. Once the Notary reviewes and notarizes the dossier, he will have a reading with the applicant present or the accredited person to ensure there are no mistakes. There are 3 conference rooms with projectors which allow all the associates to see the text and make modification. This service fee is included in the Guichet fees and takes a day depending on room availability and complexity of the company’s Articles of incorporation.After this lecture, the notary makes copies and send to each of the agencies involved a copy for approval and filing. The centralized post distribute these to the representatives of Impresa National, National Institute of Statistics, Tax office of the Ministry of Finance, Social Security Institute and the Ministry of Public Administration, Employment, and Social Security. Each agent from each institution is in charge of sending the files to his/her agency, but this doesn't impede on the process of registration. For Impresa national, the receipt is sufficient to continue the process. Despite the fact that law says docuements should be published before getting the license to operate, the system at Impresa National makes it unlikely for daily or weekly publication, therefore the Ministry of Commerce uses the receipt as proof. The fees for these services are included in the Guichet Unico’s cost. The time for this process depends on the presence of various agents and the complexity of the case. Each of the organizations sited above have a representative within Guichet with authority to deliver the accreditation that the step has been accomplished. Obtaining the final document (except the publication in the Official Gazette) would take 4 days (on average). Fees are paid at the bank counter of banco BAI within the Guichet to facilitate payment of the different fees. Each agency and fees goes to a specific account and payments can be made cash or by card.
Procedure 6.
Obtain the Commercial Operations Permit from Municipality
Time to complete:
60 days
Cost to complete:
USD 1,000
Name of Agency:
Comment:
To carry out commercial activities in Angola, a company must obtain a commercial operations permit (alvará) from the Ministry of Commerce. To apply for the issuance of the commercial operations permit, the following documents must be filed with the Municipal Delegation of the Ministry of Commerce: (a) company’s notary deed of incorporation; (b) copy of the tax identification card; (c) commercial registration certificate; (d) statistical registration certificate; (e) extracts from the criminal record of the founders; (f) opinion, by the relevant administrative authority, on the company’s geographical location and social and economic feasibility; and (g) a photocopy of ID or passport. For the issuance of the commercial operations permit, one requirement is for the relevant administrative authorities to inspect the company’s premises to confirm they are suitable for commercial activities.
Procedure 7.
Legalize the inventory and diary books with the Tax Office
Time to complete:
1 day (simulteneous with previous procedure)
Cost to complete:
USD 3
Name of Agency:
Comment:
The inventory and diary books are taken annually to the Tax Office for registration of the annual accounts.
Procedure 8.
Legalize the inventory and diary books with the judge of the provincial court having jurisdiction over the area of the company’s headquarters
Time to complete:
1 day (simulteneous with previous procedure)
Cost to complete:
USD 20
Name of Agency:
Comment:
The registration book of the minutes of the General Assembly meetings must be registered with the Tax Office (USD 0.0125 cents per page) and the Provincial Court (USD 0.67 cents per page). After the registration of any such minutes in the book, it should be registered with the notary public (USD 17 per shareholder signature).
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