Need Advice - Not closing company properly in HK

[simpledimple]

So i have this company formation package with OneIBC in Hong kong for 3 months ive been asking them to close the company for me and got ghosted completely - today i got an email from them saying im late on my tax returns and there are tons of penalties (around 2500 USD) and if i dont pay them the HK government would follow some kind of legal way to get that money out of me with fines racking up to 10k HKD thats around another 2k.

They also suggested that in order to close the company i have to renew it again.

I'm thinking of completely ignoring them at this point because it all seems like a a scare tactic to get more money out of me

Can anyone give me some advice regarding this matter?
Whats the worst that can happen if i just ignore this - not file any returns and not renew the company.

 

[fshore]

You should ressign as a director, as you as a director are responsible for doing‌ all what's required

 

[simpledimple]

who should i send my resignation to‍ exactly? OneIBC guys are dead set on making me pay exaggerated amounts of money.

 

[fshore]

Your registered agent/company secretary should take care of this.

 

[Clip]

They don't report if they are not asked, but if they want to investigate you,‌ they are open books

 

[Martin Everson]

Tell them to get lost I⁠ would say but best to just work with them to resolve issue. The worst that⁤ could happen is the authorities will issue a compulsory winding up order via courts once⁣ debts rack up to 10k+ from fines etc. However your name will be on record⁢ somewhere and perhaps others will be able to see the court judgement against you as︀ director.

 

[simpledimple]

Well im⁣ not paying them a single cent but i guess i can ask them nicely to⁢ give me a solution

 

[neweraoffshore]

I also had a company with them once. I ran through the same process as‌ you, hahah.
Just file NDR1 and call the IRD, they speak english and are quite‍ easy to talk with. They will tell you what they need, if you filled for⁠ offshore status then it is even easier. When I closed my company I just had⁤ to file NDR1, not even annual outstanding report (altogh they say it's necessar on the⁣ gov.hk page). Just make sure that you don't have any outstanding liabilities.
If you got⁢ a nominee... I guess you got Allex from Belize, then just copy his signature... because︀ they do the same. Just look at all the signed docs you got from OneIBC,︁ all signatures are perfectly the same.

I don't remember everything for 100% but it was︂ quite cheap, deregistartion was something below 100 USD as far as I remember.

But you︃ should really close down the company the proper way in my opinion, I guess HK︄ is really into collecting these fines.

 

[simpledimple]

They kind of blocked︄ my way of filing an NDR1 :



Can i call the IRD directly and see what i can do?

 

[neweraoffshore]

Yes of course you can call IRD. I did the same. Because I also didn't‌ believe what OneIBC told me.

 

[Martin Everson]

Sounds like they got‍ you on procedure judging by the reply they sent you. Doesn't sound like they are⁠ being unprofessional. Maybe the ghosting was not the best thing for them to do but⁤ there's not much there you can argue with in that billing. I guess IRD call⁣ is an option but what do you want them to do exactly?😕