new zealand company registration and administration: name
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TAX AND CORPORATE NEWS Latest news and information about tax and corporate legislations in New Zealand
New Zealand Company Registration and Administration: Essentials and
Requirements
This is a new series of information booklets aimed at giving you a complete and through
over view of starting, running, and maintaining a limited liability company in New Zealand.
These booklets will equally address the needs and concerns of New Zealand
businesspeople and international entrepreneurs.
Part 3: Name
The first step toward registering a New Zealand company is deciding upon a unique name
for the new company.
All New Zealand limited liability companies must end with the words 'Limited' or 'Tapui
(Limited)', signifying the fact that the shareholders have limited liability for the obligations
of the Company.
In order to ensure that each company in New Zealand has a unique name, national legislation
sets out that a newly registered company name cannot be identical or almost identical to an
existing name.
Along with the requirements to have a unique name, New Zealand Companies are barred
from being offensive, deceptive or misleading, or from having royal, national, international,
commercial or other significance.
In practice, deciding upon and choosing a new name for the New Zealand Company is an
easy process. The proposed name of the new company can be checked using our online
verification tool. If the proposed name does is not the same as an already registered name,
the new name can be reserved with the Companies Registrar. The name will be checked by
the officers of the Companies Office, and confirmation will be provided in one working day.
Upon receipt of the confirmation, the rest of the registration process can be continued.
It is recommended that prior to applying for the reservation, the proposed name should be
checked against the New Zealand trademark register, and other publically available
databases to see if the name is too similar to an already existing entity.
The content of this brochure is intended solely for informational purposes, and is not to be considered to be legal or professional
advice or opinion.
KIRILL KRUGER
Development Manager at
Abaconda Management
Group , Director of AMG
Business Development.
Kirill Kruger is a young but
experienced financial
consultant, with a
specialization in
international and New
Zealand taxation research,
management and planning.
Being a successful
entrepreneur he has also
authored advanced studies
in the field of financial
academics, and regularly
writes reports on current
affairs and developments in
international and New
Zealand finance, taxation
and management.
www.businesscompass.co.nz
+64 7 8080 444
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