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Registering a Company in Georgia: Guides for Founders
Everything involved in bringing a Georgian company into existence: choosing the entity, the document checklist, remote incorporation through a Power of Attorney, and the corporate records you should hold from day one.
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The Georgian Tax ID (TIN): How a Company and a Foreign Founder Get One
A Georgian company never applies for a tax number: the identification number it receives at registration is its taxpayer number for life. A foreign founder is a separate matter: a non-citizen's Georgian number is not issued automatically, and whether owning or directing the company calls for one is a question to confirm, not a settled rule. What each number is, where it appears, how it differs from a VAT registration and a passport number, and which one belongs in the TIN box on a bank or platform form.
A Non-Resident Director for a Georgian LLC: What the Law Allows and What Practice Demands
The director of a Georgian LLC may be a foreigner who lives abroad, and may be the same person as the sole owner. The Law on Entrepreneurs asks who the director is, not where. Practice asks more: how the director signs, whether a bank will open an account for a signatory it has not met, how the director's pay is taxed, what the 2026 work authorisation rule means, and what the director's home country makes of a company managed from its territory.
Outgrowing the 1%: Moving from Individual Entrepreneur to LLC in Georgia
The Law on Entrepreneurs lets one company form be converted into another, and an individual entrepreneur is not a company. As we read it, an individual entrepreneur on Small Business Status therefore cannot be converted into an LLC: the move is a new company and a planned hand-over. Contracts, the bank account, the VAT position and the people move one by one, and the date you choose decides how the year is taxed. When the move is worth making, the order that works, and what stays with you personally.
Employer of Record or Your Own Georgian Company: How to Hire a Team in Georgia
A foreign business can have people working in Georgia without registering anything there. Contractors and an employer of record are quick and light; a Georgian company of your own takes longer and gives you the employment relationship, the employer's rights in the work and access to the IT tax statuses. Which route fits depends on headcount, on how long you plan to stay and on what the people will do. Trustlex forms companies and does not act as an employer of record.
LLC, JSC or Partnership: Georgia's Legal Forms Compared
Georgia's Law on Entrepreneurs offers six ways to carry on a business, and almost every foreign founder ends at one of them, the LLC. The others matter in specific cases: a bank must be a joint-stock company, a company with many shareholders may want to be one, and the partnership forms carry personal liability that surprises founders from other systems. The forms compared on liability, capital, governance and how shares are held, and how to change form later.
How to Check a Georgian Company: Reading the Registry Extract Line by Line
Every Georgian company has a public record, and anyone can read it without asking the company. The extract shows who can sign, who owns the shares, and whether a seizure, a tax lien or an insolvency is registered. It does not show the people behind a corporate owner, or the accounts. How to search, how to read each line, and how to get an extract that a bank abroad will accept.
Branch, Subsidiary or Representative Office: How a Foreign Company Enters Georgia
An existing company that wants a presence in Georgia has three routes, and they are not interchangeable. A branch is the parent under another roof, a subsidiary is a new Georgian company the parent owns, and a representative office cannot trade at all. What each one is in law, how it is taxed, what the registry needs, and how to pick.
Naming a Georgian Company: The Rules the Registry Applies and the Refusals to Avoid
The registry decides a company's name at the same moment it decides the registration, and a refused name sends the whole filing back. The rules are short but specific: the name must be distinguishable from every registered one, must not mislead, must carry its legal form, and must exist in Georgian. What each rule means in practice, which words need permission, and how to check before you file.
Ten Mistakes Foreigners Make Registering a Company in Georgia
Drawn from cases we have had to repair: the structure chosen backwards, the address that was never valid, the Power of Attorney that could not be used, and the dormant company quietly accumulating unfiled periods.
Apostille and Legalisation of Georgian Corporate Documents
How to make a Georgian registry extract, charter or power of attorney usable in another country: which route applies, the order of translation and certification, and the mistakes that mean doing it twice.
Individual Entrepreneur or LLC in Georgia: Choosing the Structure You Will Not Regret
The first decision every founder makes in Georgia, and the one most often made backwards. Liability, tax treatment, banking, hiring, credibility, the legal framework behind each form, and the cost of changing your mind - compared honestly, with the cases where each one wins.
my.gov.ge: Governing Your Georgian Company Online, End to End
What the my.gov.ge portal is, what a company can actually do through it, what you need to get access as a foreigner, how it works alongside rs.ge and napr.gov.ge, the Power of Attorney wording that decides everything, and the practical rules for holding credentials safely.
How Much Does It Cost to Register a Company in Georgia? (2026 Breakdown)
A transparent, line-by-line cost breakdown for registering a Georgian LLC remotely in 2026: state fees, notarisation and apostille, translation, courier, registered address, service fees, VAT - plus the ongoing costs and the items that are only priced after assessment.
Georgia vs Estonia: Where Should a Remote Founder Register a Company?
A practical comparison of the two favourite jurisdictions for location-independent founders: corporate tax on distribution, special regimes (Virtual Zone and 1% vs e-Residency), remote registration routes, banking reality, running costs, compliance obligations, and who each country actually fits.
Remote LLC Setup in Georgia: The Practical Checklist Before You Start
A detailed, founder-friendly checklist for registering a Georgian LLC remotely in 2026: name rules, shareholder and UBO data, director details, Power of Attorney and apostille, tax registration, VAT, the 2026 right-to-work rule for individual entrepreneurs, banking readiness, timelines, and the mistakes that slow approval.
How to Register an LLC in Georgia: A Complete Legal Guide
What a Limited Liability Company in Georgia is, the legal framework that governs it, the documents you need, the step-by-step registration process at the Public Registry, realistic timelines and costs, and how non-residents can incorporate remotely.
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