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Register a company in Bosnia and Herzegovina
Company incorporation, bank accounts, accounting services in Bosnia and Herzegovina
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Company registration (d.o.o.)
Annual registered address
Notary services and company seal
Corporate bank account
Accounting services
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How you can register a company in Bosnia and Herzegovina with us
Submit shareholder and director information to our firm with a signed power of attorney
Settle a payment for registration and banking assistance
Receive corporate documentation of the registered company and access to the corporate bank account of your company
Key details about Bosnia and Herzegovina
Bosnia and Herzegovina is located in Southern and Southeastern Europe in the Balkans. Bosnia and Herzegovina borders Croatia, Montenegro and Serbia and has access to the Adriatic Sea. Bosnia and Herzegovina has a territory of 51,129 square kilometers. The capital city of Bosnia and Herzegovina is Sarajevo, the largest city and the location of key government institutions. Bosnia and Herzegovina has a population of 3,5 million people.
Corporate taxation, VAT taxation, Personal taxation
- Corporate income tax (Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Republika Srpska, Brčko District) - 10%. Tax returns are filed on an annual basis. Advance income tax payments are made on a monthly basis
2. Dividends:
- Dividend withholding tax (Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina) - 5%
- Dividend withholding tax (Republika Srpska) - 10%
- Dividend withholding tax (Brčko District) - 0%
3. Interest withholding tax:
- Interest withholding tax (Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina) - 10%
- Interest withholding tax (Republika Srpska) - 10%
- Interest withholding tax (Brčko District) - 10%
4. Royalties withholding tax:
- Royalties withholding tax (Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina) - 10%
- Royalties withholding tax (Republika Srpska) - 10%
- Royalties withholding tax (Brčko District) - 10%
5. Capital gains tax (Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Republika Srpska, Brčko District) - 10%
6. VAT - Standard tax rate 17% or reduced rate 0% or tax exempt. Tax returns are filed on a monthly or a quarterly basis
7. Personal income tax (Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Republika Srpska, Brčko District) - 10%.
The following are the most common types of companies to incorporate a company in Bosnia and Herzegovina as:
- Limited liability company (Društvo s ograničenom odgovornošću - d.o.o.)
- Unlimited joint liability company (Društvo s neograničenom solidarnom odgovornošću - d.n.o.)
- Public limited company (Dioničarsko društvo - d.d.)
- Limited partnership (Komanditno društvo - k.d.)
- Branch office (Filijala).
- Individuals or legal entities that are intending to register a company in Bosnia and Herzegovina can be resident or non-resident in Bosnia and Herzegovina.
- A resident or a non-resident individual can be a company director in Bosnia and Herzegovina. It is not required to set up a company in Bosnia and Herzegovinawith a resident individual as one of its shareholders or directors.
- At least 1 shareholder are required in order to register a company in Bosnia and Herzegovina if such company is incorporated as a d.o.o. (a limited liability company). An individual shareholder can simultaneously become a director of this company.
- It is not required to create substance (resident employees, office space) in Bosnia and Herzegovina in order to establish a company in Bosnia and Herzegovina or to conduct business in the country.
- Minimum share capital that is required in order to start a company in Bosnia and Herzegovina as a d.o.o. (a limited liability company) is BAM 2,000.
- D.o.o. registration takes between 10 and 15 business days with the bank account taking up to 2 business days.
- Details of company founders, shareholders and directors after company registration in Bosnia and Herzegovina is complete is publicly available in the state corporate register.
- With our service you can register a company in Bosnia and Herzegovina remotely upon a power of attorney.
Official currency of Bosnia and Herzegovina is The Bosnia-Herzegovina Convertible mark (BAM).
Bosnia and Herzegovina has a transitional upper middle income market economy. The economy of the country is dominated by the service sectorwith a moderately developed industrial and manufacturing sector with a small agricultural sector.
The GDP of Bosnia and Herzegovina grew by 7.1% in 2021 and amounted to USD 23.4 billion. Tertiary sector makes up almost 56% of the GDP of the country, followed by industry sector at 24.6%, agriculture at 5.7%.
In terms of foreign trade the largest exports of the country are furniture; bedding, mattressess, cushions, lamps and lighting fittings, illuminated signs, illuminated name-plates, prefabricated buildings, mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation, bituminous substances, mineral waxes, electrical machinery and equipment, iron and steel, wood, aluminium, footwear, inorganic chemicals.
Imports of Bosnia and Herzegovina consist of energy, electricity, petroleum oils, natural gas, structures intended for construction, coal, cars and vehicles, electric equipment, consumer goods, medicaments, copper.
Primary trading partners of Bosnia and Herzegovina are Germany, Serbia, Hungary, Croatia, Austria, Montenegro, Poland, Czech Republic, China, Poland, Turkey, Switzerland, Netherlands and Slovenia.
Bosnia and Herzegovina has a transitional upper middle income market economy. The economy of the country is dominated by the service sectorwith a moderately developed industrial and manufacturing sector with a small agricultural sector.
The GDP of Bosnia and Herzegovina grew by 7.1% in 2021 and amounted to USD 23.4 billion. Tertiary sector makes up almost 56% of the GDP of the country, followed by industry sector at 24.6%, agriculture at 5.7%.
In terms of foreign trade the largest exports of the country are furniture; bedding, mattressess, cushions, lamps and lighting fittings, illuminated signs, illuminated name-plates, prefabricated buildings, mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation, bituminous substances, mineral waxes, electrical machinery and equipment, iron and steel, wood, aluminium, footwear, inorganic chemicals.
Imports of Bosnia and Herzegovina consist of energy, electricity, petroleum oils, natural gas, structures intended for construction, coal, cars and vehicles, electric equipment, consumer goods, medicaments, copper.
Primary trading partners of Bosnia and Herzegovina are Germany, Serbia, Hungary, Croatia, Austria, Montenegro, Poland, Czech Republic, China, Poland, Turkey, Switzerland, Netherlands and Slovenia.
Foreign entrepreneurs expand to Bosnia and Herzegovina and seek to incorporate a company in Bosnia and Herzegovina in order to conduct business in the following sectors:
- industrial processing
- wholesale and retail trade
- energy generation and transmission equipment
- IT
- telecommunications equipment and services
- transport infrastructure
- construction equipment and services
- medical equipment.
Benefits of registering a company in Bosnia and Herzegovina
Business climate
- Access to EU markets
- Stable economic growth
- Highly-qualified workforce
- Political stability
- Secure legal and justice systems
- Comprehensive protection of property rights
- Comprehensive personal security
- Investment protection
- Low inflation
Tax incentives
- Corporate income tax rate is 10%
- No dividend withholding taxation in Brčko District
- Double tax treaties with several jurisdictions
Ease of doing business
- No strict foreign exchange controls
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