Registration
The Ministry of Trade Companies Registration Department identifies itself as the federal department responsible for registering and following Iraqi and foreign companies.
The current official department page describes its institutional registration and follow-up scope.
Open Ministry of Trade / Companies Registration Department high volatility
Atlas does not infer:
Department responsibility does not choose a legal form or complete tax, labour, social-security, investment, banking, licence or sector approvals.
The federal registration portal instructs applicants for national or foreign companies to reserve a name before completing registration forms and instructions.
The current official page expressly sequences name reservation before registration forms.
Open Ministry of Trade / Companies Registration Department high volatility
Atlas does not infer:
Name reservation is not company formation, approval, publication, tax registration or authority to operate.
The Companies Registration Department search service distinguishes registered-company categories and separately identifies recognized Iraqi companies in the Kurdistan Region.
The current official search page exposes category filters including a distinct Kurdistan Region recognition category.
Open Ministry of Trade / Companies Registration Department high volatility
Atlas does not infer:
A search category or result is not proof of current good standing, tax status, beneficial ownership, licence, sanctions status or authorization for a transaction.
The Kurdistan Regional Government provides its own service guidance for registering a local company and opening a company tax file.
The current regional government page describes regional company-registration and company-tax-file steps.
Open Kurdistan Regional Government high volatility
Atlas does not infer:
A Kurdistan Region route must not be generalized to federal Iraq or treated as federal recognition, and its fees or procedural details require fresh regional review.
Lifecycle
The federal Ur Portal provides a Ministry of Trade service to authenticate limited-company documents issued without a QR code, including formation contracts and certificates.
The current service description limits the function to verifying issuance of identified company documents.
Open Iraq Unified Electronic Portal / Ministry of Trade high volatility
Atlas does not infer:
Document authentication does not create, amend, reactivate or certify the current standing of a company.
The federal Ur Portal treats an Iraqi company capital increase as a separate electronic service for preserving and certifying a general-assembly decision.
The current service page describes a dedicated post-formation capital-increase procedure.
Open Iraq Unified Electronic Portal / Ministry of Trade high volatility
Atlas does not infer:
The service does not determine eligibility, valuation, shareholder rights, tax, banking, publication or other amendment requirements.
Tax
The General Commission for Taxes is the Ministry of Finance authority administering tax revenue and taxpayer compliance separately from company registration.
The current Ministry of Finance authority page identifies the commission’s tax assessment, collection, accounting and debt-follow-up responsibilities.
Open Ministry of Finance / General Commission for Taxes high volatility
The General Commission for Taxes publishes a dedicated company-registration form, keeping company tax registration distinct from legal formation.
The current official tax-authority page identifies the company-registration form as a distinct tax-administration resource.
Open Ministry of Finance / General Commission for Taxes high volatility
Atlas does not infer:
A tax registration form does not form the company or establish current tax liability, rate, return, payment, acceptance or clearance.
The General Commission for Taxes publishes a separate company income-tax declaration form containing a company identification field.
The official-hosted declaration form identifies itself as a company income-tax return.
Open Ministry of Finance / General Commission for Taxes high volatility
Atlas does not infer:
Form availability does not establish applicability, due date, tax base, rate, payment, acceptance or completion for a specific company.
Nonprofit
The federal Ur Portal provides an NGO Directorate service for reserving the name of a local nongovernmental organization under NGO Law No. 12 of 2010.
The current service page identifies the provider, legal basis and local-organization name-reservation purpose.
Open Iraq Unified Electronic Portal / NGO Directorate high volatility
Atlas does not infer:
Name reservation is not NGO registration, legal personality, funding approval, tax treatment, licence or authorization to operate.
The Ministry of Justice hosts the Official Gazette text of federal NGO Law No. 12 of 2010.
The official-hosted publication identifies the legislation and Official Gazette issue.
Open Ministry of Justice / Iraqi Official Gazette high volatility
Atlas does not infer:
Presence of the law does not prove current implementing forms, registration completion, reporting, foreign-funding, tax or activity approval.
The Kurdistan Regional Government states that an NGO registered federally and wishing to work in the Region follows a separate regional registration process.
The current regional service page expressly describes registration of Iraqi NGOs for work in the Kurdistan Region.
Open Kurdistan Regional Government high volatility
Atlas does not infer:
Federal NGO registration does not itself authorize work in the Region, and regional registration does not establish federal status or funding, tax or activity approval.