This ready-made Irish company is already VAT-registered and transfers to you for EUR 12,000, so you can invoice and reclaim VAT without waiting for Revenue. It came from our own client base: we kept its books and acted as its company secretary, its filings are up to date and its history is documented. We complete the CRO transfer with full due diligence.
If you need a ready-made company with a VAT number already in place, this is the right product. Each company comes with an active Irish VAT registration, no waiting, no separate Revenue application. You get a company with a live VAT number, books we kept ourselves, and full documentation from day one.
Why Revenue registration is harder than it looks. Revenue does not grant a VAT number on request. Its published guidelines for VAT registration (Tax and Duty Manual Part 38-01-03b) ask for evidence that the applicant will become an accountable person: a lease on business premises or evidence of efforts to secure premises, a copy of a contract relating to the supply or receipt of goods or services, sample sales and purchase invoices, customer and supplier lists, and market research, business projections or feasibility studies. A business that has not yet begun to supply taxable goods or services may register, but only subject to satisfactory evidence that it will become an accountable person. An application can be disallowed, with a right of appeal under section 119(2) of the Value-Added Tax Consolidation Act 2010.
How long it takes. Revenue publishes no processing standard for VAT registration. Its own guidance says only that providing the supporting information at the time of submission may reduce the waiting time. The timeline is therefore set by how fast you can produce the evidence above, not by a queue. In our own practice the applications we handle are decided in 4 to 12 weeks from submission, and where a case sits inside that range is explained by the strength of the evidence rather than by any waiting list. Building that substance often costs as much as, or more than, buying a company that already holds the registration.
Practical alternative. By opting for a ready-made company, you avoid these complexities and can begin commercial activity as soon as the share transfer is completed.
Ireland operates a two-tier VAT registration system, and the two tiers are not interchangeable. Revenue’s guidance is explicit: if you do not intend to trade with businesses elsewhere in the EU, you should apply for domestic-only registration; if you do intend to trade with businesses elsewhere in the European Union, you should apply for Intra-EU registration. Domestic-only registration is sufficient for trading within the State and with non-EU countries. Intra-EU registration is what allows a company to make intra-Community acquisitions and zero-rated supplies to VAT-registered businesses in other member states, and it brings automatic registration on the EU VAT Information Exchange System (VIES).
Why this matters when you buy. A company advertised simply as VAT registered may hold domestic-only status. If your plan is to buy from or sell to businesses in other EU countries, that registration will not do the job on day one. A domestic-only holder can apply for Intra-EU status at any time, but the application carries its own evidence burden: Revenue asks for information on transport arrangements, the nature of the supplies and acquisitions, and the due diligence carried out to establish the bona fides of customers and suppliers.
How to check before you pay. Look the number up on the EU VIES portal. A valid Irish VAT number that returns no result on VIES is a domestic-only registration. Ask us, or any seller, to state the tier in writing before a deposit changes hands. Our verification checklist for a ready-made company with VAT sets out the full sequence of checks a buyer can run, and what each one proves.
While the purchase price of a ready-made company is slightly higher than incorporating a new company, it provides:
For founders aiming to launch quickly and efficiently, this trade-off is often the more favourable option.
Bundle offer: Order our Comprehensive Accounting & Bookkeeping Services and receive a discount on the company purchase price.
Availability changes frequently. Tell us your preferred activity (NACE), budget and timeline, we’ll match suitable options and provide a transparent, itemised quote.
Yes. Each company is supplied with a live Irish VAT registration, and the number can be checked on the EU VIES portal and confirmed with Revenue before completion.
You can begin commercial activity the day after the share transfer completes, subject to your own business readiness and any sector-specific requirements. The transfer is typically completed within a few working days of KYC approval.
Yes. There is no nationality restriction on ownership. At least one director must be ordinarily resident in the EEA under section 137 of the Companies Act 2014, so non-EEA founders usually add a nominee director or a section 137 bond.
Yes. The company name and NACE activity code can be updated on request as part of the transfer and filed with the CRO.
A company with VAT already registered lets you invoice with VAT from day one and skips the Revenue application, which is evidence-driven rather than queue-driven and can be refused. That is what the higher price buys. If you do not need immediate VAT, a ready-made Irish company without VAT is the lower-cost option.
Only if the registration is Intra-EU rather than domestic-only. Ireland runs a two-tier system: domestic-only registration covers trade within the State and with non-EU countries, while Intra-EU registration covers intra-Community acquisitions and zero-rated supplies to EU businesses and carries automatic VIES listing. Check the number on the EU VIES portal and ask for the tier in writing before completion.
A change of owner, director or company name is not a ground for cancellation. What Revenue acts on is inactivity: its cancellation procedures cover cases where it cannot establish that a business is still trading or has ever traded, and where there is no evidence that the business is active, on the basis that the entity is not an accountable person under sections 5 and 6 of the Value-Added Tax Consolidation Act 2010. The practical protection is to file VAT returns on time and keep evidence of real activity from the first period after the transfer.
The company comes from our own client base: we were its accountant and company secretary before we acquired it, so the filing record is one we maintained rather than one we checked once at the point of purchase. No outstanding liabilities, no penalties and no legal proceedings, with CRO extracts and confirmation of up-to-date filings in the handover pack. Because you acquire the shares rather than the assets, the entity keeps its own history, so run the checks yourself as well: a CRO Core search, an RBO extract and confirmation of the filing position. Our guide on verifying the history of a ready-made Irish company sets out the full process.
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Chern & Co Ltd is a Trust and Company Service Provider (TCSP) in Ireland, authorised and supervised by the Department of Justice.
Our official registration reference is TCSP APP/1211/2018, and we are listed in the public TCSP register maintained by the Irish Anti-Money Laundering Compliance Unit.
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