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Stripe doesn't take Azerbaijani businesses. A US company can apply for US Stripe, but managed from Azerbaijan it's resident here.
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Start a US company from Azerbaijan
For Azerbaijani founders who need Stripe, sell into the US as a US vendor or raise from US investors. Stripe doesn't take Azerbaijani businesses, so a US company is a common route. Mercury serves founders living here. A US company effectively managed from Azerbaijan is resident here, so read that section first.
Launch + Wyoming filing; the tax return is separate.Checked by Saais Patel, compliance reviewer.
At a glance
Mercury takes applications from founders living in Azerbaijan. Wise gives no USD account details there.
The banks, in detailYou can form a US company while living in Azerbaijan, without an SSN or a US visit, and founders here can apply to Mercury, which decides each application. Wise gives no USD account details to them. Launch starts at $351.40 in Wyoming, including our plan and state filing fee. Stripe doesn't take Azerbaijani businesses, so a US company is a common route to it. The Azerbaijani points: a company effectively managed from here is resident at 20%, and dividends from it are taxed at 5% from 2026.
Before you form
Start with whether you need a US company, and where it will be managed.
BaseAcross's Wyoming LLC and Delaware C-Corp options for founders in Azerbaijan
Wyoming LLC
Owner-run business with US Stripe, after advice.
- State filing
- $102.40
- Yearly state charge
- From $60
Delaware C-Corp
Raising from US investors; plan where it's managed.
- State filing
- $110
- Yearly state charge
- $450 for the model shown
Both charges are the state's, before our plan, optional services and your advisers' fees. Wyoming sets a minimum yearly charge, and Delaware's franchise tax depends on how it's calculated. Staff, stock or premises in another state can bring obligations there. An S-corporation isn't an option, because nonresident aliens can't hold its shares.
Prepare the information
Different documents are needed at different stages.
You provide
Before state filing
- Your proposed company name, business activity and chosen structure.
- Owners' names exactly as on their passports, ownership shares, managers and home addresses.
- Where the company will be effectively managed, because Azerbaijan's residence test asks.
- The approved company name and formation details.
- The responsible party. Without an SSN or ITIN, the application goes on Form SS-4.
- Accurate mailing and principal business addresses, and your signed authorization where required.
You confirm; we prepare
After formation, for the EIN
- A passport for each owner the provider asks about.
- Formation documents, the EIN confirmation and the operating agreement.
- A real business address, your website, a description of the business and the source of funds, as each provider asks.
The provider verifies
For bank and payment applications
- Your return, with dividends from the company.
- A record of where the company is managed.
- The company's own Azerbaijani returns, if it's resident here.
You and your tax adviser
For the State Tax Service
You don't need an Azerbaijani company to form a US company. The EIN is the US company's tax ID. Send identity documents through a secure request, and only the ones asked for.
How it works
Seven steps from Azerbaijan to a maintained US company.
The state approves the company, the IRS issues the EIN and each provider approves its own account. In Azerbaijan, your tax adviser handles the State Tax Service; we don't file there.
You and your tax adviser
Check the Azerbaijani side first
Decide whether you need a US company at all, and where it will be managed.
You leave this stage with: A structure and tax plan that fits Azerbaijan's rules.
01 / 07
You choose; BaseAcross checks
Choose the name and registered agent
We check the proposed name and provide the registered agent in the formation state. The registered office is for legal papers, not your operating address.
You leave this stage with: Confirmed filing details and a registered agent.
02 / 07
BaseAcross files; the state approves
File the company with the state
We submit the formation filing and send you the state's documents once it's approved. The company exists from that approval.
You leave this stage with: State-approved formation documents.
03 / 07
BaseAcross
Prepare the operating documents
We draft the LLC Operating Agreement or corporate bylaws. Check every name and share against your passport before you sign.
You leave this stage with: Operating documents for your records, your bank and US providers.
04 / 07
BaseAcross prepares; the IRS issues
Apply for the EIN
The EIN is a separate application after formation. Without an SSN or ITIN, it goes on Form SS-4 rather than the IRS's online tool.
You leave this stage with: The IRS's EIN confirmation once it's issued.
05 / 07
You apply; the providers review
Apply for banking and payments
Start with Mercury, which serves founders living in Azerbaijan. Wise gives no USD account details there. Use the same names, addresses and business description everywhere.
You leave this stage with: An approved account, if a provider accepts the application.
06 / 07
You, your US preparer and your tax adviser
Keep records and file in both countries
Keep the company's books, and minutes showing where decisions are made. Put Form 5472 and your Azerbaijani return on one calendar.
You leave this stage with: A yearly calendar with someone responsible for each filing.
07 / 07
Plan the wait
Formation, the EIN and banking have separate timelines.
Published service estimates and prerequisites for a Wyoming company from Azerbaijan
- Wyoming formationSame day
- Ordinary EINsix to eight weeks
- Expedited EINtwo to three weeks
- Bank and payment accountsProvider review
- US Stripe accountStripe's review
These are service estimates, not promised completion dates. The IRS and each provider set their own processing times. Names or addresses that differ between documents slow every stage.
What it costs
The same price from Azerbaijan as from anywhere.
Charged in US dollars, with the Wyoming state fee passed on at cost. Where you live changes which bank we introduce you to, not the price.
The full cost from Azerbaijan
What a Wyoming LLC costs from Azerbaijan, line by line, and what to budget for outside our plans.
Included in both plans
- State formation filing
- Registered agent and registered office
- EIN application without an SSN
- LLC Operating Agreement or corporate bylaws
- Bank and payment application guidance
- Filing calendar and reminders
The registered agent renews with the plan. Operate adds its published business tools and bookkeeping. Neither plan files your tax returns in either country.
What a Wyoming LLC costs from Azerbaijan, on each plan
Launch
To start, before optional extras
$351.40
- Our feeFor the first year; the plan renews each year
- $249
- Wyoming filing feePaid to the state, passed through at cost
- $102.40
- Recurring subtotal, fromPlan renewal + minimum state charge, before extras
- $309
OperateBilled yearly
To start, before optional extras
$2,490.40
- Our feeFor the first year; the plan renews each year
- $2,388
- Wyoming filing feePaid to the state, passed through at cost
- $102.40
- Recurring subtotal, fromPlan renewal + minimum state charge, before extras
- $2,448
Optional extras are priced before you order, such as filing ahead of our next batch for $39. See full pricing.
Budget for the work outside that subtotal
Managed annual state compliance
$149 service fee / year
Optional on both plans. The state's charge is separate, and a reminder alone doesn't file the report.
State filing serviceUS federal return preparation
Arrange separately
You or your accountant handle Form 5472 and any other US returns on Launch and Operate. Ask the preparer for their scope and fee.
Federal filing responsibilitiesAzerbaijani tax advice
Quote from your tax adviser
Where the LLC is managed, how Azerbaijan classes it and how it pays you depend on your circumstances.
Optional tools after free periods
Published in full pricing
Check domain renewals and when Launch's email, phone and site trials end. Operate includes its stated tools while subscribed.
Plans, trials and add-onsWhat the totals assume
The $309 Launch renewal example is the $249 plan renewal plus Wyoming's $60 minimum license tax. Wyoming charges the greater of that minimum or 0.0002 of the company's assets located and employed in the state, and paying online can add a processor fee. The Operate example uses the same minimum.
Prices are in US dollars. Paying from Azerbaijan, check your card's exchange rate and fees.
Get started from Azerbaijan
Use the first-year cost calculator to compare plans and optional tools. Then add your tax adviser's fees and US return preparation to that budget.
Launch
To start
$351.40
$249 our fee + $102.40 Wyoming fee
Renews from $309 a year
OperateBilled yearly
To start
$2,490.40
$2,388 our fee + $102.40 Wyoming fee
Renews from $2,448 a year
Included in both plans
- State formation filing
- Registered agent and registered office
- EIN application without an SSN
- LLC Operating Agreement or corporate bylaws
- Bank and payment application guidance
- Filing calendar and reminders
What changes because you live here
The filing is the same from anywhere. Four things aren't.
Treaty status, payment availability, bank eligibility and time zones. Sources checked 14 October 2026; account approval remains with the provider.
1 of 4: The tax treaty
The tax treaty
The tax treaty: In force
The 1973 US–USSR income tax treaty, which the IRS still applies to Azerbaijan, is in force.
It exempts royalties from US withholding, and interest only on credit that finances trade, but leaves dividends at 30%. Pay for work you do in Azerbaijan generally isn't US-source income, so the treaty matters less for a services business.
How Azerbaijan sees it
Managed from Azerbaijan, a US company is resident here.
Residence, the permanent establishment test, the rate and dividends come from PwC's summary. They run alongside the US steps below.
If it's managed from here
The companyThe company
Resident, taxed at 20%.
If it's active here 90 days or more
The company, with your tax adviserThe company, with your tax adviser
A permanent establishment can arise, taxed at 20%.
When it pays you a dividend
You
Worked example
This is an illustration, not a quote. How Azerbaijan classes the LLC, and how it pays you, are for your tax adviser.
Your Wyoming LLC makes AZN 100,000 of profit, and you manage it from Baku.
It's effectively managed in Azerbaijan, so it's resident here, and profit tax at 20% is AZN 20,000.
Paying the remaining AZN 80,000 to you as a dividend costs 5% more, or AZN 4,000.
The 1973 treaty doesn't lower US withholding on dividends, which matters for a C-Corp.
What Azerbaijan expects
Owning a US company doesn't take you out of Azerbaijan's tax system.
Azerbaijan treats a company effectively managed there as resident at 20%, and taxes residents' dividends from foreign companies at 5% from 2026.
Where it is managed
A company established under Azerbaijani law, or effectively managed in Azerbaijan, is resident here. It pays profit tax at 20%.
Activity here
A foreign company active in Azerbaijan for 90 days or more in any 12 months, through a place such as a management unit or office, can have a permanent establishment here.
Dividends
Residents are taxed on worldwide income. Dividends from a foreign company are taxed at 5% from 1 January 2026.
The 1973 treaty
The IRS still applies the 1973 US–USSR treaty to Azerbaijan. It leaves US dividends to you at 30%.
Residence
You're resident after more than 182 days here in a calendar year. Below that, your permanent home, centre of vital interests, usual residence and citizenship decide.
On the record
We form US companies. We aren't Azerbaijani tax advisers. These are the rules as they're generally published, they change, and how they apply to you depends on details this page can't know. Take this list to a tax adviser in Azerbaijan before you order, and we'll tell you what the US forms need.
After formation
Someone has to own each filing, in each country.
US information reporting
A US LLC with one foreign owner is usually a disregarded entity that files Form 5472 with a pro forma Form 1120 when it has reportable transactions with you. Money you put in, take out or are paid for your work can count even in a year without sales. The IRS penalty for not filing starts at $25,000.
For a calendar-year company, the return is usually due 15 April, and Form 7004 requests an extension before then. A C-Corp, or an LLC with more than one owner, files different returns.
Form 5472 and the pro forma 1120State and Azerbaijani checks
Keep the registered agent active and track the state's yearly charge. In Azerbaijan, declare dividends, and expect corporate returns if the company is managed here.
US-created companies are exempt from BOI reporting under FinCEN's current rule, effective 14 August 2026. Banks and payment providers still verify who owns the company.
| Task | Who handles it | Where the responsibility ends |
|---|---|---|
| Formation and EIN application | BaseAcross prepares and submits | The state approves formation; the IRS issues the EIN. |
| Bank and payment applications | You, with our guidance | The provider verifies the information and decides. |
| Azerbaijani returns | You and your tax adviser | We provide the US company records they need. |
| Annual state filing | You, or our optional filing service | Reminders are included; managed filing and the state charge are separate. |
| US federal returns | You and your US tax preparer | Launch and Operate remind you; they don't file the return. |
Prepare the conversation
Take these questions to your tax adviser before you order.
Bring the owners, where each lives, the operating agreement, where the company will be managed and the business activity. Each question is also in Azerbaijani.
Download the checklist for your tax adviser (.txt)- 01EN
Would my US LLC be effectively managed in Azerbaijan, making it resident and taxed at 20%?
AZMənim Amerikadakı LLC-im faktiki olaraq buradan idarə olunarsa, rezident sayılıb 20% dərəcəsi ilə vergiyə cəlb olunacaqmı?
- 02EN
How does Azerbaijan class my US LLC: as a company or as transparent?
AZMənim Amerikadakı LLC-im necə təsnif olunur: hüquqi şəxs kimi, yoxsa şəffaf qurum kimi?
- 03EN
Are dividends from it taxed at 5%, and how do I declare them?
AZOndan alınan dividendlər 5% dərəcəsi ilə vergiyə cəlb olunurmu və onları necə bəyan etməliyəm?
- 04EN
Does the 1973 treaty reduce any US withholding for me?
AZ1973-cü il müqaviləsi Amerikada mənim üçün tutulan vergini azaldırmı?
- 05EN
How do I get credit for US tax withheld?
AZAmerikada tutulmuş vergini necə əvəzləşdirə bilərəm?
- 06EN
Would a local company or the simplified tax serve me better than a US company?
AZYerli şirkət və ya sadələşdirilmiş vergi mənə Amerika şirkətindən daha uyğun olarmı?
- 07EN
How should I keep records for the US return and my Azerbaijani return?
AZAmerika bəyannaməsi və yerli bəyannaməm üçün uçotu necə aparmalıyam?
Questions
Questions from Azerbaijan.
If yours is not here, email us at hello@baseacross.com before you order.
Can an Azerbaijani resident own a US LLC?
Yes. US law doesn't require an LLC's owners to be US citizens or residents, and formation, the EIN and the bank applications all happen remotely. The Azerbaijani question is where it's managed.
Can Azerbaijan tax my US company as Azerbaijani?
It can. A company is resident if it's established under Azerbaijani law or effectively managed in Azerbaijan. It then pays profit tax at 20%.
How are dividends from the company taxed in Azerbaijan?
At 5%, for dividends from a foreign company, from 1 January 2026.
How much does a US company from Azerbaijan cost?
Launch starts at $351.40: $249 for the plan plus $102.40 for the Wyoming filing. The plan and Wyoming's minimum yearly charge then total $309 a year. Your tax adviser's fees, US return preparation and Azerbaijani filings are separate. Wyoming's license tax can be more than its $60 minimum.
Should I form a Wyoming LLC or a Delaware C-Corp from Azerbaijan?
A Wyoming LLC suits an owner-run business that needs Stripe or sells to US customers, once you know where it will be managed. A Delaware C-Corp suits raising from US investors. Nonresident aliens can't hold shares in an S-corporation.
Can I get an EIN without an SSN or ITIN?
Yes. Without an SSN or ITIN, the application goes on Form SS-4 instead of the IRS's online tool. We prepare it after the company is formed, and the IRS issues the number.
How long does it take from Azerbaijan?
Each stage has its own clock. Wyoming's published turnaround is same day once a complete filing is accepted. Our ordinary EIN estimate is six to eight weeks after the application, or two to three weeks with the $199 expedited option. Banks, payment providers and Stripe each set their own review times. These are estimates, not promises.
Can I open a Mercury account from Azerbaijan?
Usually you can apply. Azerbaijan isn't on Mercury's list of countries it doesn't serve, and the list goes by where you live. Mercury still reviews each company and can decline.
Can I use Wise Business for the US company?
Not for USD account details. Azerbaijan isn't on Wise's list of places where people can hold money, so Wise gives none to founders living here. Mercury is the one to check first.
Do I need a US company for Stripe in Azerbaijan?
For Stripe itself, usually yes. Stripe doesn't list Azerbaijan among the countries it supports. A US LLC with an EIN and a US bank account can apply for a US Stripe account, and Stripe can decline.
Do I pay US tax on work I do from Azerbaijan?
Generally not. Pay for work you do in Azerbaijan is generally not US-source income, so a US company with no US office or staff often owes no US income tax on it. A single-owner LLC still files Form 5472 with a pro forma Form 1120 when it has reportable transactions with you.
Is there a US–Azerbaijan tax treaty?
The 1973 US–USSR treaty, which the IRS still applies to Azerbaijan. It exempts royalties from US withholding, and interest only on credit that finances trade, but leaves dividends at 30%.
Does BaseAcross file the US and Azerbaijani returns for me?
On Launch and Operate, we add deadlines and reminders; you or your accountant file the federal returns. Managed annual state compliance is an optional $149 service fee a year, with the state's charge separate. Your Azerbaijani returns are for you and your tax adviser.
Does my new US LLC need a BOI report?
US-created companies are exempt under FinCEN's current BOI rule, effective 14 August 2026. A company formed outside the US and registered to do business there is a different case. Banks still collect ownership details for their own checks.
Sources and editorial scope
Check the published rules behind the explanation.
Prepared by the BaseAcross team and reviewed by Saais Patel, compliance reviewer. Sources checked . This is general formation information, with source links for the tax and banking context. An individual tax or legal review remains with your qualified advisers.
Azerbaijan
United States (IRS, Treasury and FinCEN)
Banks and payments
Residence, the rate and dividends come from PwC's Worldwide Tax Summaries, and the treaty rates from IRS Table 1. Confirm the current position with your tax adviser before acting.
Ready when you are
Answer the questions. We do the filing.
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