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Start a US company from Moldova
For Moldovan founders who need Stripe, sell into the US as a US vendor or raise from US investors. Stripe doesn't take Moldovan businesses, so a US company is a common route. Mercury serves founders living here. A software business should also compare the IT park's single tax.
Launch + Wyoming filing; the tax return is separate.Checked by Saais Patel, compliance reviewer.
At a glance
Mercury takes applications from founders living in Moldova. Wise gives no USD account details there.
The banks, in detailYou can form a US company while living in Moldova, 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 Moldovan businesses, so a US company is a common route to it. The Moldovan points: the law names management as a residence test, dividends are taxed at 6%, and an IT park company pays a single 7% tax.
Before you form
Start with whether you need a US company, or an IT park company at home.
BaseAcross's Wyoming LLC and Delaware C-Corp options for founders in Moldova
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.
- 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 managed, because Moldova's law names management as well as incorporation.
- 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.
- Income for work you did in Moldova.
- A record of where the company is managed.
You and your tax adviser
For the State Tax Service
You don't need a Moldovan 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 Moldova to a maintained US company.
The state approves the company, the IRS issues the EIN and each provider approves its own account. In Moldova, your tax adviser handles the State Tax Service; we don't file there.
You and your tax adviser
Check the Moldovan side first
Decide whether you need a US company at all, whether the IT park suits you better, and where the company will be managed.
You leave this stage with: A structure and tax plan that fits Moldova'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 Moldova. 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 Moldovan 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 Moldova
- 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 Moldova 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 Moldova
What a Wyoming LLC costs from Moldova, 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 Moldova, 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 responsibilitiesMoldovan tax advice
Quote from your tax adviser
Where the LLC is resident, how Moldova 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 Moldova, check your card's exchange rate and fees.
Get started from Moldova
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 Moldova, 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 Moldova generally isn't US-source income, so the treaty matters less for a services business.
How Moldova sees it
Moldova's law names management, though practice follows incorporation.
Residence, the rates, dividends and the IT park come from PwC's summary. They run alongside the US steps below.
If it's managed from here
The companyThe company
Resident under the law's wording, taxed at 12%; in practice residence follows incorporation.
When you work from here
YouWhen it pays you a dividend
You
Worked example
This is an illustration, not a quote. How Moldova classes the LLC, and which test it applies, are for your tax adviser.
Your Wyoming LLC makes MDL 1,500,000 of profit, and you manage it from Chișinău.
If Moldova applies its management test, the LLC is resident, and tax at 12% is MDL 180,000.
Paying the remaining MDL 1,320,000 to you as a dividend costs 6% more, or MDL 79,200.
If it treats the LLC as foreign, the first step falls away, but your pay for work done here can still be taxed.
What Moldova expects
Owning a US company doesn't take you out of Moldova's tax system.
Moldova taxes resident companies at 12% and residents' dividends at 6%, taxes foreign income for work done here, and has no CFC provisions.
Where it is managed
The law makes a company resident if it's organised or managed in Moldova, or has its main place of business here. PwC says that in practice residence follows incorporation. Resident companies pay 12%.
Your income
Residents are taxed on Moldovan income and on foreign income for work done in Moldova. Citizens are also taxed on investment income from abroad.
Dividends
Residents' dividends are taxed at 6%, as a final tax. Moldova has no CFC provisions.
The IT park
A Moldovan company or entrepreneur in an IT park pays a single tax of 7% of sales revenue in place of several taxes, with a minimum per employee.
Residence
You're resident with a permanent home in Moldova, or after more than 183 days here in the year.
On the record
We form US companies. We aren't Moldovan 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 Moldova 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 Moldovan checks
Keep the registered agent active and track the state's yearly charge. In Moldova, declare dividends and income for work done here, and expect corporate returns if the company is treated as resident.
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. |
| Moldovan 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 Romanian.
Download the checklist for your tax adviser (.txt)- 01EN
Could Moldova treat my US LLC as resident because it's managed here, and tax it at 12%?
ROPoate Moldova să considere LLC-ul meu din SUA rezident pentru că este administrat de aici și să-l impoziteze cu 12%?
- 02EN
How does Moldova class my US LLC: as a company or as transparent?
ROCum califică Moldova LLC-ul meu din SUA: ca persoană juridică sau ca entitate transparentă?
- 03EN
Are dividends from it taxed at 6%, and how do I declare them?
RODividendele primite de la acesta se impozitează cu 6% și cum le declar?
- 04EN
Is my income from the US company taxed here if I do the work in Moldova?
ROVenitul meu de la compania din SUA se impozitează aici dacă lucrez în Moldova?
- 05EN
Would a company in a Moldovan IT park serve me better than a US company?
ROMi-ar fi mai potrivită o companie rezidentă a unui parc IT din Moldova decât o companie din SUA?
- 06EN
Does the 1973 treaty reduce any US withholding for me?
ROReduce tratatul din 1973 impozitul reținut în SUA pentru mine?
- 07EN
How should I keep records for the US return and my Moldovan return?
ROCum să țin evidența pentru declarația din SUA și pentru declarația mea din Moldova?
Questions
Questions from Moldova.
If yours is not here, email us at hello@baseacross.com before you order.
Can a Moldovan 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 Moldovan questions are where it's managed, and how your income from it is taxed.
Can Moldova tax my US company as Moldovan?
Its law allows it. A company organised or managed in Moldova, or with its main place of business here, is resident and pays 12%. PwC says that in practice residence follows incorporation, so ask your tax adviser how it would see yours.
How are dividends from the company taxed in Moldova?
Residents' dividends are taxed at 6%, as a final tax. Moldova has no CFC provisions, so undistributed profit isn't taxed to you through them.
Is income from abroad taxed in Moldova?
Some of it. Residents are taxed on foreign income for work they do in Moldova, and citizens on investment income from abroad. Pay for work you do from here counts, wherever the company is.
Should I use a Moldovan IT park company instead?
Compare it first. A Moldovan company or entrepreneur in an IT park pays a single tax of 7% of sales revenue in place of several taxes, with a minimum per employee. A US company may still suit US customers or US investors.
How much does a US company from Moldova 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 Moldovan 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 Moldova?
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 Moldova?
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 Moldova?
Usually you can apply. Moldova 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. Moldova 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 Moldova?
For Stripe itself, usually yes. Stripe doesn't list Moldova 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 Moldova?
Generally not. Pay for work you do in Moldova 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–Moldova tax treaty?
The 1973 US–USSR treaty, which the IRS still applies to Moldova. 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 Moldovan 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 Moldovan 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.
Moldova
United States (IRS, Treasury and FinCEN)
Banks and payments
Residence, the rates, dividends and the IT park regime 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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