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The simplest US company to own, formed from abroad.

An LLC is the company almost every founder outside the United States wants. It can have one owner or several. It needs no board and no minutes. Its profit is taxed once. In Wyoming, no owner appears on the public record. We file it, get its EIN, act as its registered agent, and put its two yearly dates on your calendar.

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Aster Studio LLCWyoming · WYName checked

Day 0 · Against the state register

The name is free. Articles go in today.

Name checkedBefore anything
Articles filedSame day
State approvesSame day
Certificate arrivesIn your documents
State fee
$102.40, no mark-up
Approved
Same day
Every year
$60

01The route

Which state should your LLC be in?

We file in Wyoming and Delaware, and the difference is not a matter of taste. Wyoming costs little to keep a company in. It charges $60 a year, approves an online filing the same day it is filed, and names no owner on the public register. Delaware charges $400 a year for an LLC and takes two to three weeks at its ordinary speed. That is worth paying when US investors are real.

We check the name against the state's register before we file anything. We draft the articles from your order. The state fee is passed through at what the state charges us, with nothing added. The other forty-nine states each have a page with their own figures and an honest answer about whether a founder abroad should be there. It is usually no, and the guide explains why.

By planStarterStandardPremium
Articles filed, state fee with nothing addedIncludedIncludedIncluded
Registered agent, first yearIncludedIncludedIncluded
Expedited filing, ahead of our next batch$75 as an extra$75 as an extraIncluded

DEDelaware

Delaware is the state US investors' paperwork is written for, and its Court of Chancery is known for handling business disputes. That reputation costs $400 a year, whether or not the company trades, which is several times Wyoming's charge. For most founders abroad forming an LLC, Wyoming is the better fit. If you're raising from US investors, you'll usually want a Delaware C-Corporation rather than an LLC, and we form those too.

To file
$110
Every year
$400
Five years of state charges
$1,710

WYWyoming

Wyoming costs $60 a year to keep a company in, has no state income tax, and keeps your name off the public record. It's also the state banks and payment processors expect to see from a non-resident. Some states charge less, but few are as familiar to the people reviewing your application. We form almost every LLC here, because nothing about it will cost you money or attention later.

To file
$102.40
Every year
$60
Five years of state charges
$342.40

Every state · filing fee and yearly charge

Alabama$200 · $0Alaska$250 · $100Arizona$50 · $0Arkansas$45 · $150California$70 · $800Colorado$50 · $25Connecticut$120 · $80District of Columbia$99 · $300Florida$125 · $138.75Georgia$100 · $50Hawaii$50 · $15Idaho$100 · $0Illinois$150 · $75Indiana$95 · $32Iowa$50 · $30Kansas$90 · $90Kentucky$40 · $15Louisiana$125 · $35Maine$175 · $85Maryland$100 · $300Massachusetts$500 · $520Michigan$50 · $25Minnesota$155 · $0Mississippi$50 · $0Missouri$50 · $0Montana$35 · $20Nebraska$100 · $13Nevada$425 · $350New Hampshire$102 · $100New Jersey$100 · $75New Mexico$50 · $0New York$200 · $9North Carolina$125 · $203North Dakota$135 · $50Ohio$99 · $0Oklahoma$100 · $25Oregon$100 · $100Pennsylvania$125 · $7Rhode Island$150 · $50South Carolina$110 · $0South Dakota$150 · $50Tennessee$300 · $300Texas$300 · $0Utah$59 · $18Vermont$155 · $45Virginia$100 · $50Washington$180 · $70West Virginia$100 · $25Wisconsin$130 · $25

02What arrives

What do you get when the company is formed?

The state returns a stamped certificate of formation. It carries the company's file number and the date it came into existence. That certificate and the EIN we get next are the two things every bank and processor asks for. Both land in your documents. A signed link shows them to a bank without giving anybody an account.

You also get the operating agreement, the contract between the members that the state never sees and a bank always asks for. We act as your registered agent for the first year. And we put the two dates every foreign-owned LLC owes on one calendar.

CERTIFICATE

The formation certificate

The state stamps it and returns it with your file number and formation date. It is the first document a bank, a marketplace or a payment processor asks to see.

OPERATING

The operating agreement

The private contract between the members, drafted from your answers and signed online. The state never sees it. Every bank asks for it.

03Questions

Questions about a US LLC.

If yours is not here, email us at [email protected] before you order.

Because for a founder outside the United States, these two cover what matters. Wyoming costs little to keep a company in, and it keeps owners off the public register. Delaware is what US investors' paperwork assumes. Some other states cost less, but they're less familiar to the banks and processors reviewing a non-resident. If your business really needs another state, we'll say so before you order.

When the company will have a physical presence there: an office, employees, a warehouse, or property. A company that operates in a state usually has to register there, whether or not it was formed there. Forming somewhere else first can mean paying two states.

Only the state's own charges. Federal tax follows from what the company does and where, not from where it was formed. Wyoming has no state income tax. Delaware charges no income tax on a company that doesn't operate there. Neither changes what the IRS expects.

Yes. You don't need to be a US citizen or resident to own a US company, and you never have to visit. You do need a registered agent with an address in the state, and every plan includes one for the first year.

Yes. It's one of the most common places founders get stuck. The IRS online application needs an SSN or ITIN, so without one the application goes by a slower route that someone has to chase. We file it the day your company exists and chase it until the number arrives.

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Answer the questions. We do the filing.

It takes about four minutes. You see the whole order, state fee included, before anything is charged.

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