Nevis LLC formation

A Nevis LLC, where a creditor has to start over on a small island

To reach your share, someone must sue again in Nevis, post a bond the court sets, and can win only a claim on payouts that lapses after three years. Owners aren't on the public file. US$799 for year one, US$699 a year, run from anywhere.

Formed through a licensed Nevis agent. No trip to Charlestown.

Start my Nevis LLC Walk a creditor's path

Government fee inside
Yearly tax return filed
No charge until you sign

3 yrsBefore a charging order lapses, with no renewal

US$300Government fee to form, and again each year

0Owners or managers in the filed articles

0EU tax lists naming St Kitts and Nevis

01The creditor's path

Nevis LLC asset protection, gate by gate

Say someone wins a judgment against you at home and wants your share. Here is what Nevis law puts in their way. Step through it.

02Timing

When moving assets into a Nevis LLC holds up

Nevis judges a transfer by how old the creditor's claim was when you made it. Protection works best set up early. Pick the case closest to yours.

03The tax picture

Nevis LLC tax since the exemption ended

The tax holiday written into the old law closed in 2021. Now it turns on where the company is run from. Run it from abroad, and Nevis taxes only Nevis income.

Where are decisions made?

Are you a US citizen or US tax resident?

04Who sees what

What is public about a Nevis LLC, and who else knows

The public file is thin. Your name isn't in it, because we sign as organiser. Three other places do hold it, and you should know which.

Public file, for a feeCompany name, agent, management type, Heirson as organiserAnyone

Members and managers registersYou, kept by the company with its Nevis agentThe authorities, on request

Owner details for anti-money-launderingYou, held by the licensed agentThe authorities, on request

Bank account reportsYour bank's report to your home tax officeYour country, every year

05Each year

Nevis LLC annual fee and the CIT-101 return

Two things fall due every year, and both are inside our yearly price. Your dates, counted from today:

Late charges by month, removal and restoration, and the residence test behind the CIT-101: Nevis LLC annual fees and filings.

06Crypto

A Nevis LLC holding crypto

St Kitts and Nevis registers crypto business done for other people. A company holding its own coins isn't that, as we read the Virtual Asset Act. Other places are compared in our crypto company guide.

Holds its own coins. No registration.

Paid in crypto for its own work. No registration.

Exchanges, stores or sends crypto for clients. Registration with the regulator first.

07The whole bill

Nevis LLC cost, government fee and tax return included

Some prices online still show the old US$250 fee. Ours carries today's US$300, and the yearly return the tax office expects.

Year one

NevisAt cost: articles of organisationUS$300

HeirsonLicensed agent and office, us as organiser, operating agreement, registers set up, bank application with youUS$499

You payUS$799

Every year after

NevisAt cost: annual renewal, paid before your anniversaryUS$300

HeirsonAgent and office renewed, registers kept, CIT-101 filed by 15 AprilUS$399

You payUS$699

Good standing and apostilleUS$100 at costUsually asked for by a bank

US owner tax formsQuoted firstWith a US accountant

Add a nominee to your Nevis LLC if you want one, never to hide an owner from banks or authorities. How nominees work.

Nominee managerUS$490 a yearNamed as manager instead of you, where privacy matters

Comparison, November 2026: about 30% below the lowest complete published offer we found, US$1,149 in year one and US$999 a year, both with the government fee.

Questions

Nevis LLC questions, answered

Want protection inside the US instead? Our Nevada LLC gives a member's creditor only a charging order too, under US law.

Is the Nevis bond to sue still US$100,000?

No. That figure came from the old 1995 law. Under the 2017 Ordinance the High Court sets the bond for each case, and can change it.

Is a Nevis LLC tax free?

Not by law any more. The exemption closed to new LLCs after 2018 and ended for the rest on 30 June 2021. Run from outside St Kitts and Nevis, it's taxed only on income from there, which for most owners is none. More in our Nevis tax guide.

Does a Nevis LLC file anything each year?

Yes. The US$300 renewal before each anniversary and a CIT-101 information return to Inland Revenue by 15 April. We do both.

Is a Nevis LLC anonymous?

Owners aren't on the public file. The company's registers, its agent and your bank all hold your details, and authorities can ask for them. What a paid search of the file returns is in our Nevis company search guide.

Can a foreign court order seize my Nevis LLC share?

Nevis doesn't enforce foreign judgments against a member's interest. The creditor has to start a new case there, post a bond, and can still only win a charging order.

Does protection cover the LLC's own debts?

No. The shield guards your share from your personal creditors. The company still answers for what the company itself owes.

Is St Kitts and Nevis on a blacklist?

No. It's on neither EU list as of the October 2026 update, and left the EU's review in 2020.

How is a Nevis LLC taxed for a US owner?

By default the US treats a foreign LLC whose owners all have limited liability as a corporation. Owners can elect otherwise on Form 8832, with extra yearly forms. We quote it with a US accountant.

Can a Nevis LLC open a bank account?

Yes, usually abroad or with a payment firm, as Nevis banks ask for large deposits. We prepare the application with you, and it almost always goes through. Our Nevis LLC bank account guide explains where the money is best kept.

How long does a Nevis LLC take?

The regulator doesn't publish a set time. Registration follows once our agent has reviewed your papers, and the bank account takes longer than the company.

Set it up before anyone has a claim. That's when it works best.

US$799 for year one, the government fee inside. Payment comes after your signature.

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