1st Step Solution Ltd

About 1st Step Solution Ltd

Operating since 2001 from Valletta, this authorised Class C corporate service provider concentrates on forming and running Malta-based entities for clients who live or operate elsewhere. Its audience includes foreign entrepreneurs, expatriates, families, high net worth individuals and overseas companies considering a move to Malta, and its website is available in English, Russian and Turkish. The firm sets up limited companies, partnerships, permanent establishments of foreign companies and fiscal units, and through an affiliated regulated company arranges trusts and private foundations. Around the core formation work it supplies registered office and secretarial support, accounting, VAT registration, help with bank and payment accounts in several countries, and applications for Maltese residence and tax residence programmes. Regular articles stress genuine local management and substance, and the team positions itself as a single provider handling a company from incorporation through ongoing administration.

Services

Formation packages cover registration, due diligence, a shared or exclusive registered address, and optional local director and company secretary. Ongoing support includes accounting, VAT registration and declarations, corporate tax compliance, tax refund applications and audit coordination. Bank and payment account introductions are offered in more than twenty countries with a partial fee refund if unsuccessful. Further services include phone answering and mail handling, leased or virtual offices, payroll staff for substance, legal and tax opinions, plus residence and tax-residency applications.

• ✓ Company formation: offered
• ✓ Accounting and bookkeeping: offered
• ✓ Tax compliance: offered
• ✓ VAT: offered
• ✓ Payroll: offered
• ✕ Audit: not listed
• ✓ Bank account assistance: offered
• ✓ Residency and visas: offered
• ✓ Corporate secretarial: offered
• ✓ Virtual office: offered

Licences and registrations

• MFSA Class C Corporate Service Provider
• Registered agent ARM00631 for the Malta Global Residence Programme
• Pro Trust Ltd (C 96971) MFSA-regulated trustee, foundation administrator and fiduciary

As declared by the firm. Check a licence with the regulator before you rely on it.

Published prices

• Company formation from EUR 1,500
• Bank account opening service fee EUR 3,900
• Payment platform account EUR 1,900
• Pre-screening fee EUR 500
• Malta Limited Partnership from EUR 75 per month

As published by the firm. Prices change; the firm's quote is what counts.