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Best practice in business registration
Tim Moss
President Corporate Registers Forum
Registrar of Companies and Chief Executive
of Companies House UK
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Role
• Opportunity
• Exchange experiences
• Information
• Support
Our aim is to provide members with the opportunity to review the latest
developments in corporate business registers internationally and exchange
experiences and information on the present and future operation of
corporate business registration systems.
• Membership – 50 jurisdictions, 5 continents
Linking up our global community
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A global community
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International Association of Commercial
Administrators
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Abu Dhabi
8 – 12 March 2015
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ECRF / CRF / IACA / ASORLAC
Global benchmarking survey
www.ecrforum.org/2014-benchmarking-survey-
international-business-registers-report
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Ease of doing business report
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Best practice registration:
some simple steps to consider Economies around the world have taken steps making it easier to start a
business:
• modern and easy to understand laws,
• reducing or eliminating minimum capital requirements,
• streamlining procedures,
• reduced licenses,
• one-stop shop,
• introducing technology making procedures simpler and/or faster,
• flat fees for registration,
• reduced or eliminated search fees,
• Reform in stages …
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Recent case studies
Solomons
• Pre reform: Cost of incorporation using lawyer: US$2,500
• Post reform: No lawyer needed. Cost: SBD$ 1,250 (US$100)
• Pre reform 7 procedures, average registration time: 43 days
• Post reform 7 procedures, maximum of 1.5 days with electronic registry
• 140% increase in community entities in 24 months
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Recent case studies
Samoa
• Pre reform: US$300 in legal fees
• Post reform: ST$ 250 (US$106)
• Pre reform: 9 procedures, average registration time 3-5 weeks
• Post reform: 4 procedures, maximum of 1-2 days with electronic
registry
• 84% increase in registered entities in 12 months
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Lessons learnt
• Lead from the top, commitment from all agencies involved
• Legal reform as early as possible
• Engage with stakeholders (Be transparent)
• Review and challenge thinking, processes, procedures
• Business Process re-mapping
• Technology, online registers
• Fee incentives
• Re-registration
• Clear backlog
• Digitize and archive where possible
• Adopt IaaS or Registry as a Service where possible
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UK perspective
Making limited liability work
Easy registration combined with good integrity of
information leading to excellent corporate transparency
• Strong flexible legal framework – small to global
• Ease of compliance & high compliance rates
• Integrity and quality of information
• Low costs
• Easy and fast access to data
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UK perspective
Key issues
• Understanding user need
• Good digital services - Reducing burdens
• Incorporate in 10 minutes to 10 hours
• Updates < 24 hours
• Low cost - £15 to incorporate, £13 Annual fee
• Access to data – multiple routes: individual, bulk,
machine to machine
• Low cost to access – £0 to £1
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