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Start a US company from Georgia

For founders living in Georgia, the country, who need Stripe, sell to US customers or raise from US investors. Stripe doesn't take Georgian businesses, and Mercury and Wise Business both serve founders here. Georgia exempts foreign income, but pay for work done here can be Georgian income, so read that section first.

Start from Georgia From $351.40 in the first year

Launch + Wyoming filing; the tax return is separate.Checked by Saais Patel, compliance reviewer.

At a glance

Mercury takes applications from founders living in Georgia. Wise Business is the usual second account.

The banks, in detail
US tax treaty
In force
Local Stripe
No
Mercury
Yes
Currency
GEL
Our fee
from $249
Wyoming's fee
$102.40
Until we file
Refunded in full

You can form a US company while living in Georgia, the country, without an SSN or a US visit, and Mercury and Wise Business both open for founders here. Launch starts at $351.40 in Wyoming, including our plan and state filing fee. Stripe doesn't take Georgian businesses, so a US company is often how founders here get it. The Georgian points: foreign income is exempt, but pay for work done here can be Georgian-source, and a company managed here is resident.

Before you form

Start with where the work will be done, and where the company will be managed.

  • A Wyoming LLC usually fits

    Card payments from customers worldwide

    Stripe doesn't take Georgian businesses, so a US company is often how founders here get it.

    Getting access to Stripe
  • Check the sourcing first

    Freelancing under small business status

    The 1% status is for you as a Georgian entrepreneur. Pay routed through a US company may be taxed differently.

    US companies for freelancers
  • A Delaware C-Corp

    Raising from US investors

    US investors usually want a Delaware C-Corp. Effectively managed from Georgia, it can be Georgian-resident too.

    Raising from US investors
  • A Wyoming LLC, after advice

    Selling software to US customers

    Where the work is done and where the company is managed decide what Georgia taxes.

    US companies for SaaS

BaseAcross's Wyoming LLC and Delaware C-Corp options for founders in Georgia

Wyoming LLC

Card payments and US customers; owner-run.

State filing
$102.40
Yearly state charge
From $60
Wyoming LLC formation

Delaware C-Corp

Raising from US investors.

State filing
$110
Yearly state charge
$450 for the model shown
Delaware C-Corp formation

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 work will be done and where the company will be managed, because Georgia taxes Georgian-source income and resident companies.
  • 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 any Georgian-source income.
  • A record of where the work is done and where the company is managed.
  • Your small business records, if you keep that status.
You and your accountant

For the Revenue Service

You don't need a Georgian 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 Georgia to a maintained US company.

The state approves the company, the IRS issues the EIN and each provider approves its own account. In Georgia, your accountant handles the Revenue Service; we don't file there.

You and your accountant

Check the Georgian side first

Decide where the work will be done, where the company will be managed, and how it fits with any small business status.

You leave this stage with: A structure and tax plan that fits Georgia's rules.

01 / 07

Plan the wait

Formation, the EIN and banking have separate timelines.

Published service estimates and prerequisites for a Wyoming company from Georgia

  1. Wyoming formationSame day
  2. Ordinary EINsix to eight weeks
  3. Expedited EINtwo to three weeks
  4. Bank and payment accountsProvider review
  5. US Stripe accountStripe's review

  1. Wyoming formation

    Same day

    The clock starts
    Complete filing accepted by the state
    What can change it
    Our order checks and filing batch come first. Expedited filing changes our queue; it doesn't speed up the EIN.

  2. Ordinary EIN

    six to eight weeks

    The clock starts
    EIN application after formation
    What can change it
    Included in the plan. This is our published estimate; the IRS queue can change.

  3. Expedited EIN

    two to three weeks

    The clock starts
    EIN application after formation
    What can change it
    Optional $199 service. An estimate, with issuance controlled by the IRS.

  4. Bank and payment accounts

    Provider review

    The clock starts
    Company and owner information ready
    What can change it
    Mercury, Wise and any other provider set their own timing, may ask for more documents and can decline an application.

  5. US Stripe account

    Stripe's review

    The clock starts
    US bank account and website ready
    What can change it
    Stripe reviews the business and the person behind it, and can decline.

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 Georgia 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.

LLC cost calculator

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 Georgia, 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 Georgia generally isn't US-source income, so the treaty matters less for a services business.

How Georgia sees it

Foreign income is exempt, but work done here may not be foreign.

Sourcing, the small business status, residence and the rate come from PwC's summary. They run alongside the US steps below.

  1. If the income has no Georgian source

    You

    Exempt for a resident individual.

  2. If it's pay for work done here

    You, with your accountant

    Services rendered in Georgia count as Georgian-source income.

  3. If it's effectively managed here

    The company

    Georgian-resident, taxed at 15% only on profit it distributes.

Worked example

A one-person LLC managed from Tbilisi, worked through

This is an illustration, not a quote. Sourcing, residence and how Georgia classes the LLC are for your accountant.

  1. Your Wyoming LLC is effectively managed from Tbilisi, so Georgia treats it as resident.

  2. It keeps its profit for a year, and Georgia taxes nothing on profit kept.

  3. It then pays out GEL 170,000. Grossed up, that's GEL 200,000, and 15% of it is GEL 30,000.

  4. If you'd rather it stayed foreign, where it's managed and where you work both matter.

What Georgia expects

Owning a US company doesn't take you out of Georgia's tax system.

Georgia exempts residents' foreign income but counts services rendered here as Georgian-source, treats a company effectively managed here as resident, and taxes it only on what it distributes.

Income from abroad

Resident individuals are exempt on income that doesn't have a Georgian source. Georgian-source income is taxed at a flat 20%.

Sources

Work done here

Georgia counts income from services rendered in Georgia as Georgian-source. So pay for work you do while living here may not be foreign income at all.

Sources

Small business status

An individual entrepreneur registered in Georgia with turnover under GEL 500,000 can register as a small business and pay 1% of turnover, or 3% above it. It's a status for the entrepreneur, not for a US company's own income.

Sources

Where it is managed

A company is Georgian-resident if it's established under Georgian law or effectively managed here. It then pays 15% on the grossed-up value of profit it distributes, and nothing on profit it keeps.

Sources

Residence

You're resident after 183 days in Georgia in any continuous 12 months ending in the tax year.

Sources

On the record

We form US companies. We aren't Georgian 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 Georgia 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 1120

State and Georgian return checks

Keep the registered agent active and track the state's yearly charge. In Georgia, declare any Georgian-source income, and expect company returns if it's 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.

Who handles each formation, banking and filing responsibility
TaskWho handles itWhere the responsibility ends
Formation and EIN applicationBaseAcross prepares and submitsThe state approves formation; the IRS issues the EIN.
Bank and payment applicationsYou, with our guidanceThe provider verifies the information and decides.
Georgian returnsYou and your accountantWe provide the US company records they need.
Annual state filingYou, or our optional filing serviceReminders are included; managed filing and the state charge are separate.
US federal returnsYou and your US tax preparerLaunch and Operate remind you; they don't file the return.

Prepare the conversation

Take these questions to your accountant before you order.

Bring the owners, where each lives, the operating agreement, where the work will be done, where the company will be managed and the business activity. Each question is also in Georgian.

Download the checklist for your accountant (.txt)
  1. 01
    EN

    Is what my US LLC earns from work I do in Georgia Georgian-source income?

    KA

    ჩემი აშშ-ის LLC-ის შემოსავალი საქართველოში ჩემ მიერ შესრულებული სამუშაოდან საქართველოს წყაროდან მიღებულ შემოსავლად ჩაითვლება?

  2. 02
    EN

    Would its place of effective management be in Georgia, making it a resident company?

    KA

    იქნება თუ არა მისი ეფექტური მართვის ადგილი საქართველოში, რის გამოც ის რეზიდენტ საწარმოდ ჩაითვლება?

  3. 03
    EN

    Can I keep small business status alongside a US company?

    KA

    შემიძლია შევინარჩუნო მცირე ბიზნესის სტატუსი აშშ-ის კომპანიასთან ერთად?

  4. 04
    EN

    How are payments from the company to me taxed?

    KA

    როგორ იბეგრება კომპანიიდან ჩემთვის გადახდილი თანხები?

  5. 05
    EN

    Does the 1973 treaty reduce any US withholding for me?

    KA

    ამცირებს თუ არა 1973 წლის ხელშეკრულება აშშ-ში ჩემთვის დაკავებულ გადასახადს?

  6. 06
    EN

    Would a Georgian company serve me better than a US company?

    KA

    ქართული კომპანია ხომ არ იქნებოდა ჩემთვის უკეთესი, ვიდრე აშშ-ის კომპანია?

  7. 07
    EN

    How should I keep records for the US return and my Georgian return?

    KA

    როგორ უნდა ვაწარმოო ჩანაწერები აშშ-ის დეკლარაციისა და ჩემი ქართული დეკლარაციისთვის?

Questions

Questions from Georgia.

If yours is not here, email us at hello@baseacross.com before you order.

Can a resident of Georgia 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. This page is about Georgia the country; the Georgian questions are where the work is done and where the company is managed.

Is income from my US company tax-free in Georgia?

Not if it's Georgian-source. Residents are exempt on income without a Georgian source, but Georgia counts income from services rendered in Georgia as Georgian-source. Pay for work you do while living here may not be foreign at all.

Can I keep small business status and use a US company?

The 1% status is for an individual entrepreneur registered in Georgia with turnover under GEL 500,000. It doesn't cover a US company's own income, so ask your accountant how the two fit together.

Can Georgia tax my US company as Georgian?

It can. A company is Georgian-resident if it's effectively managed here, wherever it was formed. It then pays 15% on the grossed-up value of profit it distributes, and nothing on profit it keeps.

How much does a US company from Georgia 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 accountant's fees, US return preparation and Georgian 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 Georgia?

A Wyoming LLC suits an owner-run business taking card payments or selling to US customers. 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 Georgia?

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 Georgia?

Usually you can apply. Georgia 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?

Usually, yes. Georgia is on Wise's list of places where people can hold money, so a US company run from Georgia can get USD account details. Wise reviews each business.

Can I use Stripe from Georgia?

Not with a Georgian business: Stripe doesn't list Georgia. A US LLC with an EIN and a US bank account can apply for a US Stripe account, and Stripe reviews the business and can decline.

Do I pay US tax on work I do from Georgia?

Generally not. Pay for work you do in Georgia 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–Georgia tax treaty?

The 1973 US–USSR treaty, which the IRS still applies to Georgia. 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 Georgian 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 Georgian returns are for you and your accountant.

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.

Georgia

United States (IRS, Treasury and FinCEN)

Banks and payments

States

Sourcing, the small business status, residence and the rate come from PwC's Worldwide Tax Summaries, and the treaty rates from IRS Table 1. Confirm the current position with your accountant before acting.

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