According to the legislation of the Republic of Kazakhstan legal entity is considered to be legally established from the moment of its state registration. All legal entities, branches and representative offices established in the territory of the Republic of Kazakhstan, regardless of the purpose of their creation, type and nature of their activities, the composition of the shareholders (participants) should pass the procedure of state registration. Activity as a legal entity without state registration is not allowed.
The main normative-legal acts regulating the registration procedure of legal entities are the Law of RK "On State Registration of Legal Entities and Registration of Branches and Representative Offices" dated 17 April 1995 and Instruction On State Registration of Legal Entities and Registration of Branches and Representative Offices approved by Order of the Minister of Justice of the Republic of Kazakhstan dated 12 April 2007.
The state registration of legal entities includes:
- verification of compliance with the documents submitted for state registration to the legislation of the Republic of Kazakhstan;
- issuance of their certificate of state registration with assignment of business identification number (BIN);
- inclusion of information on legal entities in to the National Registry of business identification numbers.
Below is a summary table with the list of required documents, amounts of state fees and terms of registration of legal entities and branches and representative offices:
Small business entities (simplified registration procedure) | Subjects of medium-sized and large business entities | Branches and representatives(registration) | |
Documents for state registration | notice on starting of entrepreneurial activities in the "Electronic Government" web portal |
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Additionally documents in the case of foreign participation |
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Registration fees | no | for subjects of
medium-sized business entities– no, for large –
yes (6,5 МCI – 6,5 * 2 121 = 13 787 KZT ) |
yes (6,5 МCI – 6,5 * 2 121 = 13 787 KZT ) |
Return of registration fees | - | possible, only if the fee was paid before submission of relevant documents to the registration bodies | |
Terms of state registration | through «Electronic Government» web-portal during the one hour from the moment of submission | no later than one working day following the day of submission of the application, except for the JSC, their branches (representative offices), operating on the basis of the charter, which is not a model | |
Terms of providing the certificate of state registration | on the following working day after submission of the application |
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