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How Do You Start a US Company from Oman for Stripe? (2026)
Stripe doesn't take Omani businesses, so a US company is a common route to it, and you can form one from Oman without a social security number or a trip to the US. Before you do, two Omani points matter. 4:39 long, published .
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What the video says
0:00Can an Omani resident own a US LLC?
It's evening in Muscat, and Salim's online shop is ready, apart from one thing. The card processor he wants doesn't take Omani businesses. A US company is a common route to it, and he can form one from here. No social security number, and no trip to the US. We're BaseAcross. We set up US companies for founders outside America, so we'll be straight with you.
There's also a date to plan around. Oman's personal income tax starts in twenty twenty-eight.
0:28Do you need a US company for Stripe in Oman?
So does Salim need a US company at all? That's the guide's first step, and it depends on the reason. Card payments from customers worldwide are one. Selling into the US is another, since some buyers and platforms want a US contracting party. Raising from US investors is a third, and they usually want a Delaware C-Corp. An Omani company expanding to the US can own one as a subsidiary. Salim's reason is the first.
But the guide says to form it after advice, and the advice is about one question.
1:00Can Oman tax a US company managed from Oman?
That question isn't about moving money. It's about where the company is run. Oman taxes a foreign company's permanent establishment on its income from Oman, and a permanent establishment includes places of management and offices. So a US company managed from here can be taxed here. For withholding tax there's a second test. A company counts as resident if its main or actual headquarters is in Oman.
Whether your home office counts as a place of management is for your tax adviser. Settle where it's managed before you file.
1:34Wyoming LLC or Delaware C-Corp, and an EIN without an SSN
Forming it is the quick part. A Wyoming LLC suits an owner-run business that needs the card processor, once you know where it will be managed. A Delaware C-Corp suits raising from US investors. An S-corporation isn't an option, because nonresident aliens can't hold its shares. The company needs a registered agent, an address in that state for legal papers, not where you work. Then the EIN, its US tax number. Without a social security number or an ITIN, the application goes on a separate IRS form instead of the online tool.
Prices are in US dollars, so check your card's exchange rate and fees.
2:12Which US bank accounts work from Oman?
Then the bank, and here the news is mostly good. Founders living in Oman can apply to a US fintech bank. Its list of countries it doesn't serve goes by where you live, and Oman isn't on it. It decides each application, and it can decline. One catch is a multi-currency account. It gives no US dollar account details to people living here. Another US bank doesn't bar Oman, but it asks every owner for a physical US address. Each provider decides for itself.
With the company and a US account, Salim can apply to the card processor. It reviews him too, and it can say no.
2:48How will Oman's 2028 income tax affect you?
Here's how Oman could see it, in the guide's own illustration. Say Salim's LLC makes thirty thousand rials of profit, from work he does in Muscat. A place of management here can be a permanent establishment. If Oman taxes that profit as earned here, the guide works it out at four thousand five hundred rials. Then twenty twenty-eight. From the first of January, residents are taxed on income from anywhere, above a yearly threshold. Residents are Omani citizens, and expats who stay long enough. At Salim's level, he would owe nothing.
At sixty thousand rials, the guide works it out at nine hundred. That's an illustration, not a quote.
3:29Is there a US–Oman tax treaty, and do you pay US tax?
Then the US side. There's no tax treaty between the US and Oman. So US dividends, interest and royalties paid to you are withheld in America, unless a US exemption applies. Pay for work you do in Oman generally isn't US income, so nothing is withheld on it, and a company with no US office or staff often owes no US income tax. A single-owner LLC still files a report with the IRS when it has reportable transactions with you, like money you put in, take out or are paid. Missing it is expensive.
Back home, VAT can apply if the company sells in Oman, though exports of services are zero-rated.
4:06What to do first, in order
So, in order. See a tax adviser in Oman first, about where the company will be managed and how the twenty twenty-eight tax will treat you. Then form the company, get the EIN, and apply for a bank account. Keep a record of where it's managed, and put the IRS report and any Omani filings on one calendar. The full guide, with every source and a checklist for your adviser in English and Arabic, is linked below. And Salim?
None of it needed him awake in American hours. It all happened online and in writing.
The founder in the video is an example, not a customer. The rules in it were checked when it was made; the guide carries the current sources.
The guide
Costs, documents, timelines and the rules in Oman, with sources.
Read the guide for OmanWatch on YouTube