Maksym Stepanenko
Managing Partner, Crystal Tax
International client projects since 2012: company structures, tax, immigration, DUNS and NCAGE. 50+ jurisdictions.
Private business in this country is considered to be the main destination for entrepreneurs who have planned to enter the international market. It is a unique chance to develop their own business in an economically promising state with an optimal taxation system.
Many people think that registering a business in Montenegro is very easy. However, some businessmen face a large number of difficulties. Therefore, it is better to entrust the procedure to trusted, reliable professionals.
If you have made the final decision to register a company in Montenegro, you are not mistaken. Registering a business in this jurisdiction has certain advantages:
In addition, you can open a company here without visiting the country itself.

Every foreign businessman has a unique opportunity to register one of the following forms of business ownership here:
Non-resident firm establishes presence by several methods: opening a branch or creating a subsidiary company.
Since this state became independent, it is trying to become one of the most important destinations for foreign investors wishing to register a company in Montenegro, in Europe. The regional government has invested a lot of money in infrastructure development, making the state accessible to many inverters.
The country has a small tax rate. VAT can vary, being a minimum of 7% and a maximum of 21%. Income tax for a legal entity is 9%. The same rate for income tax.
There are the most common methods to obtain a residence permit here:
As in other countries, here you can obtain a residence permit on a permanent or temporary basis. In the second option, a person receives a residence permit for a year, after which he or she renews it every year.
Our firm is engaged in registration of companies in many countries of the world. Our specialists will be able to quickly register a business in Montenegro, as well as take care of many important processes:
In addition, they will independently apply for registration of the company in this jurisdiction.
Maksym Stepanenko
Managing Partner, Crystal Tax
International client projects since 2012: company structures, tax, immigration, DUNS and NCAGE. 50+ jurisdictions.
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Our advantages
Corporate structuring, company registration in Ukraine and abroad, tax and reporting, migration, bank accounts, DUNS and NCAGE codes. We run the whole project, from choosing the solution to the finished documents.
Confidentiality terms are set out in our contract. We do not pass information about a client or their project to third parties, except where the law expressly requires it.
We compare jurisdictions against your business task: tax regime, reporting, substance requirements and access to banking. On the call we go through the upsides and the limits of each option.
We name the timeline for every step before the work starts — it depends on the jurisdiction, the registrar and the bank. Personal data is used only to deliver the service.
We handle the correspondence with registrars, government bodies and banks and answer their requests ourselves. From you we need documents and signatures.
We take each case to the finish: if an authority or registrar comes back with remarks, we revise the documents at no extra charge. The fee is calculated for your task before work starts.