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Start a US company from Ireland
For Irish founders who sell into the US as a US vendor or raise from US investors. An Irish limited company already gets you Stripe, and Mercury and Wise Business both serve founders here. Revenue may treat a US LLC as a company in its own right, and one run from Ireland is Irish-resident, 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 Ireland. Wise Business is the usual second account.
The banks, in detailYou can form a US company while living in Ireland, 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. An Irish limited company already gets you Stripe, so the reason is usually US customers or investors. The Irish points: Revenue may treat the LLC as a company, and one managed and controlled from Ireland is Irish-resident.
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The first year from Ireland, in 5 minutes
Thinking of a US LLC while living in Ireland? Card payments aren't the reason: Stripe already supports Irish businesses, and an Irish limited company gets you it too.
Before you form
Start with whether you need a US company, and where its decisions will be made.
BaseAcross's Wyoming LLC and Delaware C-Corp options for founders in Ireland
Wyoming LLC
Owner-run business selling to US customers, 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's decisions will be made, because Ireland taxes a company managed and controlled there.
- 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 Form 11, with any account you opened abroad.
- A record of where and by whom the company's decisions are made.
- The operating agreement, for how Revenue classifies the LLC.
You and your tax adviser
For Revenue
You don't need an Irish limited 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 Ireland to a maintained US company.
The state approves the company, the IRS issues the EIN and each provider approves its own account. In Ireland, your tax adviser handles Revenue; we don't file there.
You and your tax adviser
Check the Irish side first
Decide whether you need a US company at all, how Revenue will classify it, and where it will be managed and controlled.
You leave this stage with: A structure and tax plan that fits Ireland'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 or Wise Business, which both serve founders living in Ireland. 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 Form 11 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 Ireland
- 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 Ireland 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 Ireland
What a Wyoming LLC costs from Ireland, 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 Ireland, 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 responsibilitiesIrish tax advice
Quote from your tax adviser
How Revenue classifies the LLC, where it's managed 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 Ireland, check your card's exchange rate and fees.
Get started from Ireland
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 US–Ireland income tax treaty is in force.
It exempts interest and royalties from US withholding, and caps dividends at 15%, or 5% for a qualifying company shareholder. Pay for work you do in Ireland generally isn't US-source income, so the treaty matters less for a services business.
How Ireland sees it
Revenue may see a company, and a company run from Ireland is Irish.
These rules come from Revenue's own pages and Tax and Duty Manuals; the corporate rates from PwC's summary. They run alongside the US steps below.
When Revenue classifies the LLC
You and your tax adviserYou and your tax adviser
It may be regarded as opaque, a company in its own right, depending on the facts.
If it's managed and controlled from Ireland
The company, with your tax adviserThe company, with your tax adviser
Irish-resident: 12.5% on trading profits and 25% on passive income.
When you open an account abroad
YouYou
Report it with your return as a chargeable person, unless it's exchanged automatically under FATCA or CRS.
Worked example
This is an illustration, not a quote. Where management and control sit, and how Revenue classifies the LLC, decide the answer.
Your Wyoming LLC makes EUR 100,000 of trading profit, and you make its decisions from Cork.
Managed and controlled in Ireland, it's Irish-resident: corporation tax at 12.5% is EUR 12,500.
Had the profit been interest or other passive income, the rate would have been 25%: EUR 25,000.
What the company then pays you is a separate question for your Form 11.
What Ireland expects
Owning a US company doesn't take you out of Ireland's tax system.
Revenue may treat a US LLC as opaque, taxes a company managed and controlled in Ireland at 12.5% on trading profits, and wants new accounts abroad reported under section 895.
An LLC may be opaque
Revenue's own manual says a US LLC might, depending on the facts, be regarded as opaque in Ireland: a company in its own right, not a pass-through, even though the US disregards it.
Managed from Ireland
A company managed and controlled in Ireland is Irish-resident, wherever it was formed. Trading profits are taxed at 12.5%, and passive income such as interest at 25%.
Opening an account abroad
A resident who opens a bank account outside Ireland, and owns the money in it, becomes a chargeable person and reports the bank, the opening date and the first deposit with their return. An individual is excused if the account is reported to Revenue automatically under FATCA or CRS and nothing else makes them a chargeable person.
Residence
You're resident for a tax year if you're in Ireland for 183 days, or 280 days over that year and the one before. A year with 30 days or fewer doesn't count toward the 280.
On the record
We form US companies. We aren't Irish 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 Ireland 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, Revenue and ownership checks
Keep the registered agent active and track the state's yearly charge. In Ireland, report what the company pays you on your Form 11, and expect Irish corporation tax returns if it's managed and controlled 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. |
| Form 11 and any Irish company 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's decisions will be made and the business activity.
Download the checklist for your tax adviser (.txt)- 01
Will Revenue treat my US LLC as opaque or transparent, given its operating agreement?
- 02
Would the company be managed and controlled in Ireland, and so be Irish-resident?
- 03
How are payments from the company to me taxed, including PRSI and USC?
- 04
Must I report any account I open abroad under section 895, and does the FATCA exemption apply?
- 05
Do the transfer-of-assets-abroad rules reach me?
- 06
Would an Irish limited company serve me better than a US company?
- 07
How should I keep records for the US return and my Form 11?
Questions
Questions from Ireland.
If yours is not here, email us at hello@baseacross.com before you order.
Can an Irish 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 Irish questions are how Revenue classifies it and where it's managed.
Does Revenue treat a US LLC as transparent?
Not necessarily. Revenue's own manual says a US LLC might, depending on the facts, be regarded as opaque in Ireland: a company in its own right, even though the US disregards it. Your tax adviser decides from the operating agreement.
Can Ireland tax my US company as Irish?
It can. A company managed and controlled in Ireland is Irish-resident, wherever it was formed. Trading profits are taxed at 12.5%, and passive income such as interest at 25%.
Do I report a US bank account to Revenue?
If you open one in your own name, usually. A resident who opens an account outside Ireland, and owns the money in it, becomes a chargeable person and reports it with their return, unless the account is reported to Revenue automatically under FATCA or CRS and nothing else makes them a chargeable person.
How much does a US company from Ireland 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 Irish 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 Ireland?
A Wyoming LLC suits an owner-run business selling to US customers, once you know how Revenue will treat it. 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 Ireland?
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 Ireland?
Usually you can apply. Ireland 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. Ireland is on Wise's list of places where people can hold money, so a US company run from Ireland can get USD account details. Wise reviews each business.
Do I need a US company for Stripe in Ireland?
No. Stripe supports businesses in Ireland, and an Irish limited company gets you Stripe too. A US company is for selling as a US vendor, US contracts, US investors or platforms that need one.
Do I pay US tax on work I do from Ireland?
Generally not. Pay for work you do in Ireland 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–Ireland tax treaty?
Yes, it's in force. It exempts interest and royalties from US withholding, and caps dividends at 15%, or 5% for a qualifying company shareholder.
Does BaseAcross file the US and Irish 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 Form 11 and any Irish company 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.
Ireland
United States (IRS, Treasury and FinCEN)
Banks and payments
The rules are read from Revenue's own pages and Tax and Duty Manuals. Company residence and the corporate rates come from PwC's Worldwide Tax Summaries. Confirm the current position with your tax adviser before acting.
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