VZEs are fully exempt from Corporate Income Tax on profit that the company gets from provision of Information Technologies (services) outside of CA; They are fully exempt from VAT on provision of Information Technologies outside of CA. As a result, normally, companies pay only 5% dividend tax on the dividends distributed to the shareholder. And that’s it.

Virtual Zone Entity (VZE) is an LLC or JSC which is registered in CA, which provides Information Technology (IT) services abroad and gets the status from CA authorities.

Under Information Technology, CA tax code defines following activities: the study, support, development, design, production, and implementation of computer information systems, as a result of which software products are obtained.

There are couple of ways:

●     You may stay in CA for any 183 days within 12 months period;

●     Obtain tax residency on the basis of being a high net worth individual.

The status of international company may be granted to a CA enterprise in any of the following cases:

a) if the enterprise has at least two years of experience in carrying out the permitted activities, on the basis of which it applies to obtain the status;

b) if the enterprise is a representative of a non-resident enterprise, which has at least two years of experience in the permitted activities.