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Start a US company from the Netherlands
For Dutch founders who sell into the US as a US vendor or raise from US investors. A BV already gets you Stripe, and Mercury and Wise Business both serve founders here. Since 2025 the Netherlands presumes a US LLC is like a BV, taxed in its own right, 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 the Netherlands. Wise Business is the usual second account.
The banks, in detailYou can form a US company while living in the Netherlands, 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. A BV already gets you Stripe, so the reason is usually US customers or investors. The Dutch points: since 2025 a US LLC is presumed to be like a BV, taxed in its own right, and what it pays you is taxed in box 2.
Watch
The first year from Netherlands, in 6 minutes
Online, you'll read that a US LLC is pass-through, so its profit simply lands on your Dutch return. Normally it isn't. Since 1 January 2025, a Dutch decree lists the US LLC as comparable with a Dutch NV or BV.
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 the Netherlands
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 management decisions will be made, because Dutch residence turns on management and control.
- 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 holding, as a substantial interest in box 2.
- The operating agreement, in case the presumption for an LLC is questioned.
- The company's accounts and a record of where it's managed.
You and your belastingadviseur
For the Belastingdienst
You don't need a Dutch BV 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 the Netherlands to a maintained US company.
The state approves the company, the IRS issues the EIN and each provider approves its own account. In the Netherlands, your belastingadviseur handles the Belastingdienst; we don't file there.
You and your belastingadviseur
Check the Dutch side first
Decide whether you need a US company at all, and where it will be managed, since a US LLC is presumed to be like a BV.
You leave this stage with: A structure and tax plan that fits the Netherlands' 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 the Netherlands. 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 belastingadviseur
Keep records and file in both countries
Keep the company's books, and treat what it pays you as a distribution until your adviser says otherwise. Put Form 5472 and your Dutch returns 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 the Netherlands
- 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 the Netherlands 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 the Netherlands
What a Wyoming LLC costs from the Netherlands, 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 the Netherlands, 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 responsibilitiesDutch tax advice
Quote from your belastingadviseur
Where the company is managed, how it pays you and what you report 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 the Netherlands, check your card's exchange rate and fees.
Get started from the Netherlands
Use the first-year cost calculator to compare plans and optional tools. Then add your belastingadviseur'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–Netherlands 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 the Netherlands generally isn't US-source income, so the treaty matters less for a services business.
How the Netherlands sees it
For Dutch tax, a US LLC is presumed to be a BV.
The classification comes from the 2024 decree in the Staatsblad, and box 2 from the Belastingdienst's own pages, both in Dutch; residence and corporate tax from PwC's summary. They run alongside the US steps below.
When the company is classified
You and your belastingadviseurYou and your belastingadviseur
The US LLC is presumed comparable with an NV or BV, unless the facts rebut it.
If it's managed from the Netherlands
The company, with your belastingadviseurThe company, with your belastingadviseur
Corporate tax at 19% on the first EUR 200,000 of profit and 25.8% above.
When it pays you, with 5% or more
YouYou
Box 2 on dividends and sale gains: 24.5% up to EUR 68,843 and 31% above, in 2026.
Worked example
This is an illustration, not a quote. It leaves out dividend tax, as the Belastingdienst's own example does, and rounds the same way.
Your Wyoming LLC makes EUR 100,000 of profit in 2026, and you manage it from Amsterdam.
Managed here, it's Dutch-resident: corporate tax at 19% is EUR 19,000.
It pays you the remaining EUR 81,000. In box 2, EUR 68,843 at 24.5% is EUR 16,866, and EUR 12,157 at 31% is EUR 3,768.
That's EUR 20,634 in box 2, and EUR 39,634 in all.
What the Netherlands expects
Owning a US company doesn't take you out of the Netherlands' tax system.
The Netherlands presumes a US LLC is like a BV, taxes a company managed here as resident, and taxes what a 5% holding pays you in box 2.
An LLC compared with a BV
Since 1 January 2025, a decree lists the US LLC as comparable with a Dutch NV or BV. It's a presumption the facts can rebut, so a US LLC is normally taxed as a company in its own right, not as you.
Box 2
Holding 5% or more of a Dutch or foreign company is a substantial interest. Its dividends and sale gains are taxed in box 2: in 2026, 24.5% up to EUR 68,843 and 31% above.
Where it is run
Whether a company is Dutch-resident depends on the facts, and where it's managed and controlled weighs heavily. A resident company pays corporate tax at 19% on the first EUR 200,000 of profit and 25.8% above.
Residence
Your residence depends on all the facts: where you keep a permanent home, where you work, where your family lives and where you're registered.
On the record
We form US companies. We aren't Dutch 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 the Netherlands 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, Belastingdienst and ownership checks
Keep the registered agent active and track the state's yearly charge. In the Netherlands, report what the company pays you in box 2, and expect corporate tax 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.
| 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. |
| Dutch income and corporate tax returns | You and your belastingadviseur | 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 belastingadviseur before you order.
Bring the owners, where each lives, the operating agreement, where management decisions will be made and the business activity. Each question is also in Dutch.
Download the checklist for your belastingadviseur (.txt)- 01EN
Does the presumption that a US LLC is like a BV hold for my LLC, or could the facts rebut it?
NLGeldt voor mijn LLC het vermoeden dat een Amerikaanse LLC vergelijkbaar is met een bv, of kunnen de feiten dat weerleggen?
- 02EN
Would the company be managed from the Netherlands and so be Dutch-resident?
NLWordt de vennootschap vanuit Nederland bestuurd, zodat zij in Nederland gevestigd is?
- 03EN
How are payments from the company to me taxed: in box 2, or as wages?
NLHoe worden betalingen van de vennootschap aan mij belast: in box 2 of als loon?
- 04EN
Does dividend tax apply to what the company pays me?
NLIs er dividendbelasting verschuldigd over wat de vennootschap aan mij uitkeert?
- 05EN
Do the anti-hybrid rules apply, since the US may disregard the LLC?
NLZijn de antihybride regels van toepassing, omdat de VS de LLC mogelijk als transparant behandelt?
- 06EN
Would a BV serve me better than a US company?
NLIs een bv voor mij beter dan een Amerikaanse vennootschap?
- 07EN
How should I keep records for the US return and my Dutch returns?
NLHoe moet ik mijn administratie bijhouden voor de Amerikaanse aangifte en mijn Nederlandse aangiften?
Questions
Questions from the Netherlands.
If yours is not here, email us at hello@baseacross.com before you order.
Can a Dutch 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 Dutch questions are how it's classified, where it's managed and box 2.
Is a US LLC transparent for Dutch tax?
Normally not. Since 1 January 2025, a decree lists the US LLC as comparable with a Dutch NV or BV. It's a presumption the facts can rebut, so a US LLC is normally taxed as a company in its own right, not as you.
How is what the company pays me taxed?
In box 2, if you hold 5% or more. Dividends and sale gains on a substantial interest in a Dutch or foreign company are taxed at 24.5% up to EUR 68,843 and 31% above, in 2026.
Can the Netherlands tax my US company as Dutch?
It can. Whether a company is Dutch-resident depends on the facts, and where it's managed and controlled weighs heavily. A resident company pays corporate tax at 19% on the first EUR 200,000 of profit and 25.8% above.
How much does a US company from the Netherlands 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 belastingadviseur's fees, US return preparation and Dutch 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 the Netherlands?
A Wyoming LLC suits an owner-run business selling to US customers, once you know where it will be managed. A Delaware C-Corp suits raising from US investors. For Dutch tax, both are normally companies. 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 the Netherlands?
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 the Netherlands?
Usually you can apply. The Netherlands 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. The Netherlands is on Wise's list of places where people can hold money, so a US company run from the Netherlands can get USD account details. Wise reviews each business.
Do I need a US company for Stripe in the Netherlands?
No. Stripe supports businesses in the Netherlands, and a BV 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 the Netherlands?
Generally not. Pay for work you do in the Netherlands 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–Netherlands 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 Dutch 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 Dutch returns are for you and your belastingadviseur.
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.
Netherlands
- Staatsblad 2024, 339 · decree comparing foreign legal forms, with its list (Dutch, PDF)
- Belastingdienst · when you have a substantial interest (Dutch)
- Belastingdienst · box 2 explained, with rates (Dutch)
- PwC · Netherlands, individual residence
- PwC · Netherlands, corporate residence
- PwC · Netherlands, taxes on corporate income
United States (IRS, Treasury and FinCEN)
Banks and payments
The classification is read from the 2024 decree and its list in the Staatsblad, and box 2 from the Belastingdienst's own pages, both in Dutch. Residence and corporate tax come from PwC's Worldwide Tax Summaries. Confirm the current position with your belastingadviseur before acting.
Ready when you are
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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