Getting money out · dividends and distributions
A dividend can only be paid out of profit that is actually distributable, and your bank will want that proven before it converts and remits. We prepare the audit position that establishes the distributable amount, and the paper trail your bank will ask for.
Timing
These are the three conditions that stop most distributions. We check all three before you pass a resolution, not after.
Profit after tax, after transfers to the statutory reserve, and after covering any prior-year losses.
The statutory surplus reserve must be appropriated before distribution. Under-funded reserves are a common block.
Banks ask for audited figures confirming the distributable amount. Draft or management figures are usually rejected.
Scope of services
Written out in detail on purpose. If you are comparing firms, this is the list to put side by side with theirs.
Deliverables
A signed statement of the amount available for distribution and how it was calculated, in English or bilingual.
What has been appropriated, what is required, and whether there is a shortfall.
A written position on the withholding treatment, including treaty analysis and the documents that support it.
Assembled and ordered for submission, with an English index explaining each document.
The exact numbers to state in the shareholder or board resolution.
We stay on the engagement through the remittance and answer bank questions as they arise.
Process
Entity type, what has been requested, and when it is due. One email is enough to start.
We come back within one business day with a written scope, a fixed fee and dates.
One document request list. We work from it, and visit site only where the work genuinely needs it.
Signed output in English or bilingual, plus support through whatever filing follows.
Fees
Fixed, in writing, before fieldwork starts. The drivers below are the ones that actually move the number — we tell you which of them apply to you in the first reply, not after you have signed.
FAQ
Profit after tax, after the statutory surplus reserve has been appropriated, and after prior-year losses are covered. We calculate the figure and show the working, so you can see exactly what limits it.
Dividends to a foreign corporate shareholder are generally subject to withholding tax at the standard rate, with treaty relief available where the conditions are met. The available rate depends on the treaty and on the documentation you can provide.
Yes. Send us the bank's checklist and we will tell you which items we produce, which you produce, and which the bank will probably waive if you ask.
Not out of current profit. Where reserves permit, a distribution may still be possible, but it is fact-specific and we will tell you plainly whether it works in your case.
The audit work depends on how clean the books are. Once the distributable figure is agreed, the documentation pack follows quickly. We give you real dates in the first reply.
Send us the entity, the figure you want to distribute and any checklist your bank has given you. You will get a written scope and a fixed fee within one business day.