# BaseAcross > BaseAcross forms US companies for founders who live outside the United States: state filing in Wyoming or Delaware, an Employer Identification Number obtained without a Social Security Number, a registered agent, and the first year of compliance. Three plans, priced once, with the state fee shown at cost. Not a law firm and not an accountancy; nothing on the site is legal or tax advice. ## Start here - [US company formation for non-resident founders](https://baseacross.com/): We form your US LLC or C-Corp in Wyoming or Delaware, get your EIN without a Social Security Number, and act as your registered agent. No hidden state fee. - [US LLC and C-Corp pricing for non-residents](https://baseacross.com/pricing): Three plans, no hidden state fee, every renewal on the page. What a Wyoming LLC or a Delaware C-Corp costs to start and each year after. - [How it works: the seven steps to a running US company](https://baseacross.com/how-it-works): The seven steps from order to a running US company, who each one waits on, how long each takes, and the five things we need from you. - [US LLC for non-residents: what it costs and how we file it](https://baseacross.com/llc): What a US LLC does for a founder outside the United States, what it costs to form and keep in Wyoming or Delaware, and what every other state charges. - [Delaware C-Corp for non-residents: cost, and when it beats an LLC](https://baseacross.com/c-corporation): A Delaware corporation for a founder abroad who'll raise from US investors: what it costs to file and keep, what it owes each year, and when an LLC is better. - [Questions about forming a US company from abroad](https://baseacross.com/faq): Straight answers to what founders abroad ask most: an EIN without an SSN, what it costs, which state to choose, and what you owe each year. ## What we file - [US LLC for non-residents: what it costs and how we file it](https://baseacross.com/llc): What a US LLC does for a founder outside the United States, what it costs to form and keep in Wyoming or Delaware, and what every other state charges. - [Delaware C-Corp for non-residents: cost, and when it beats an LLC](https://baseacross.com/c-corporation): A Delaware corporation for a founder abroad who'll raise from US investors: what it costs to file and keep, what it owes each year, and when an LLC is better. - [Registered agent in Wyoming and Delaware: what it does and costs](https://baseacross.com/registered-agent): Every US company needs someone at a street address in its state to accept legal papers. What ours does for you, and what it renews at on each plan. - [How to get an EIN without an SSN for your US company](https://baseacross.com/ein): The IRS online form needs an SSN. We file Form SS-4 by the route that does not, and chase it. Twenty to thirty business days, or one to two weeks expedited. - [LLC operating agreement for non-residents: what it covers](https://baseacross.com/operating-agreement): The private contract that says who owns your LLC and how it's run. Banks ask for it, even when you're the only member. We draft yours on every plan. - [Annual compliance for a foreign-owned US LLC: dates and costs](https://baseacross.com/annual-compliance): What a foreign-owned US company owes each year: the state's charge and Form 5472. The dates, what each costs, and what happens if you miss one. - [Form 5472 and US tax filing for a foreign-owned LLC](https://baseacross.com/tax-filing): What a foreign-owned US LLC or corporation files with the IRS each year, even with no income. The forms, the deadlines, and what Premium does for you. - [Bookkeeping for a foreign-owned US LLC, from your bank feed](https://baseacross.com/bookkeeping): Connect Mercury, Stripe or Wise read-only, or upload any bank's statement. Your payments get categorised, and your accountant gets a CSV file. - [US bank account for a foreign-owned LLC: who opens one](https://baseacross.com/bank-account): Which banks open accounts remotely for a foreign-owned US LLC, which countries they turn away, what they ask for, and how we get your company ready. - [Stripe and PayPal for a non-resident's US LLC](https://baseacross.com/stripe-paypal): What Stripe and PayPal ask a foreign-owned US LLC for, when either can still say no, and what to use if both do. Every plan gets you ready to apply. - [Move your Wyoming or Delaware company to a new registered agent](https://baseacross.com/transfer): Keep your company's name, file number, formation date and EIN, and make us its registered agent. What changes, what it costs, and how long it takes. ## Tools - [US LLC first-year cost calculator](https://baseacross.com/tools/first-year-cost): Work out what a US company costs in year one and every year after, by plan, state and extras. The same figures checkout charges. - [LLC or C-Corp for a non-resident? Three questions to decide](https://baseacross.com/tools/llc-or-c-corp): Answer three questions to find out whether you should form a Wyoming LLC or a Delaware C-Corporation from abroad, with the reason behind each answer. ## Guides: Starting out - [Wyoming or Delaware for a founder abroad: the choice that sets your yearly cost](https://baseacross.com/guides/wyoming-vs-delaware): Wyoming or Delaware from abroad: $102.40 or $110 to file, $60 or $400 a year, what the public record shows, and which one investors expect. - [How to start a US LLC as a non-resident, step by step](https://baseacross.com/guides/how-to-start-a-us-llc-as-a-non-resident): Every step for a founder outside the US, in order: state, name, agent, filing, an EIN without an SSN, the operating agreement, bank account and yearly dates. - [LLC or C-Corporation for a founder outside the United States](https://baseacross.com/guides/llc-vs-c-corp-for-non-us-founders): How an LLC and a C-Corporation differ for a founder abroad: tax, what each can issue, yearly cost, what investors expect, and when the usual answer is wrong. - [The best state for a non-resident's LLC, with every state's figures](https://baseacross.com/guides/best-state-for-a-non-resident-llc): Which state a founder abroad should form an LLC in, judged on the yearly cost, whether owners are public, and whether banks know the state. - [Do you need a US visa, or to visit, to own and run a US company?](https://baseacross.com/guides/do-i-need-a-us-visa-or-to-visit): No visa or visit is needed to form, own or run a US company from abroad. What owning one does and doesn't do for your immigration status, and business trips. - [How to name your LLC: suffixes, restricted words and checking the register](https://baseacross.com/guides/how-to-name-your-llc): What Wyoming and Delaware require of an LLC name: accepted suffixes, words that need approval, searching the register first, and why a name isn't a trademark. - [The documents you get after formation, and what each one is for](https://baseacross.com/guides/what-documents-you-get-after-formation): The documents a new US company has once it's formed, what each one is for, and the certificates and apostilles to get when a bank abroad asks. - [How long a US company takes to form from abroad, step by step](https://baseacross.com/guides/how-long-does-formation-take): How long each step takes when you form a US company from abroad: state approval in Wyoming and Delaware, the EIN, the bank account, and what speeds it up. - [What a US company costs a founder abroad in year one, and every year after](https://baseacross.com/guides/what-a-us-company-costs-in-year-one): Every cost of a Wyoming LLC for a founder abroad, from the state fee and renewals to the yearly filings and the extras plan cards leave out. - [Single-member or multi-member LLC: what changes when there are two of you](https://baseacross.com/guides/single-member-vs-multi-member-llc): What changes when an LLC has several owners instead of one: tax, yearly filings, what the operating agreement must settle, and adding a member later. - [Member-managed or manager-managed: who runs the LLC, and why a bank cares](https://baseacross.com/guides/member-managed-vs-manager-managed): The two ways to run an LLC, who signs and decides under each, which suits a single owner, and how Wyoming and Delaware treat the choice. ## Guides: EIN and tax - [How to get an EIN without a Social Security Number](https://baseacross.com/guides/ein-without-ssn): Why the IRS online EIN application is closed to founders without an SSN, how the fax and phone routes work, how long each takes, and what arrives at the end. - [Form 5472 and the pro forma 1120, explained for a foreign-owned LLC](https://baseacross.com/guides/form-5472-and-pro-forma-1120): The filing a foreign-owned single-member LLC owes every year, income or not: who files it, what it reports, how and when it's filed, and the $25,000 penalty. - [Do non-resident LLC owners pay US tax? The trade-or-business test, plainly](https://baseacross.com/guides/do-non-resident-llc-owners-pay-us-tax): When a foreign-owned US LLC owes US income tax: the trade or business test, effectively connected income, withholding, treaties, and what's filed. - [Do you need an ITIN? Usually not, and here's when you do](https://baseacross.com/guides/itin-do-you-need-one): What an ITIN is, why forming a company and getting an EIN don't need one, the situations that do, and how to apply when the time comes. - [US tax treaties and your LLC: what a treaty changes, and who claims it](https://baseacross.com/guides/us-tax-treaties-and-your-llc): How a US tax treaty lowers withholding, limits US tax on business profits and relieves double tax, why the LLC's owner claims it, and royalty rates by country. - [Form W-8BEN, W-8BEN-E and W-9: which one your company gives, and how to fill it](https://baseacross.com/guides/w-8ben-e-explained): Which tax form a foreign-owned US company gives a client or platform, why a single-member LLC's owner gives a W-8BEN, not a W-9, and mistakes that cost 30%. - [Multi-member LLC taxes: Form 1065, the K-1, and what changes with two owners](https://baseacross.com/guides/multi-member-llc-taxes): How a US LLC with two or more owners is taxed: the partnership return and K-1s, withholding on foreign partners, and why it doesn't file Form 5472. - [Form SS-4, line by line, for a company with a foreign owner](https://baseacross.com/guides/form-ss-4-walkthrough): Every line of the IRS EIN application for a company whose owner has no SSN: the responsible party, line 7b, the entity type and where to send it. - [How long an EIN takes without an SSN, by route, and what to do at thirty days](https://baseacross.com/guides/how-long-ein-takes): Realistic EIN timelines without an SSN: fax, phone and post, why the IRS's four-day figure rarely applies, and how to chase a quiet application. - [CP 575 and 147C: the two letters that prove your EIN, and how to get the second one](https://baseacross.com/guides/cp-575-vs-147c): What the IRS's CP 575 notice is, why it's issued only once, how to get a 147C letter when it's lost, and what banks accept as proof of an EIN. - [How a foreign-owned Delaware C-Corp is taxed: Form 1120, franchise tax and dividends](https://baseacross.com/guides/c-corp-taxes-1120): What a C-Corporation owned from abroad files and pays each year: Form 1120, Form 5472, Delaware franchise tax by 1 March, estimated tax, and tax on dividends. - [State income tax and your LLC: why forming in Wyoming isn't what keeps you out of it](https://baseacross.com/guides/state-income-tax-and-your-llc): How US states tax a company's income, why a foreign-owned LLC with no presence in any state usually owes none, and what creates a presence. - [The tax and filing calendar for a foreign-owned US company](https://baseacross.com/guides/tax-deadlines-calendar): Every federal and state date a foreign-owned US company may face in a year, from January's 1099s to April's Form 5472 and June's Delaware LLC tax. ## Guides: Banking and payments - [A US bank account for a non-resident's LLC: who opens one, and what they ask for](https://baseacross.com/guides/us-bank-account-for-non-residents): Which banks and fintechs open accounts remotely for a foreign-owned US LLC, the countries some refuse, the documents they all want, and what to do after a no. - [Stripe for non-residents: what a US LLC gets you, and what Stripe can still refuse](https://baseacross.com/guides/stripe-for-non-residents): Why Stripe may not serve your country, how a US LLC applies on Stripe's US terms, what the application asks, what gets accounts closed, and the alternatives. - [PayPal Business for a US LLC: what it asks for, what it limits, and how to keep it open](https://baseacross.com/guides/paypal-business-for-a-us-llc): How a founder abroad opens a US PayPal Business account for a US LLC, the US address and phone it wants, why new accounts get limited, and how to keep one open. - [Getting paid by US clients through a US LLC: invoices, the tax form, and the rails](https://baseacross.com/guides/getting-paid-by-us-clients): How a foreign-owned US LLC invoices a US client, which tax form their accounts team needs, and how the money moves: ACH, wires, Stripe invoicing and Wise. - [Mercury for non-US founders: who it takes, what it asks for, and how to keep the account](https://baseacross.com/guides/mercury-for-non-us-founders): How Mercury opens an account remotely for a US company with a foreign owner: the countries it serves, the documents, the review, the fees and keeping it open. - [Wise Business for a US LLC: US account details, other currencies, and bringing money home](https://baseacross.com/guides/wise-business-for-a-us-llc): How a Wise Business account gives a US company US account details, holds other currencies and converts near the mid-market rate, and who it may not serve. - [Payoneer and the alternatives: accounts for founders the banks turn away](https://baseacross.com/guides/payoneer-and-alternatives): The providers that give a US company US account details when Mercury and Wise won't: Payoneer, Grey, Raenest, Airwallex and others, and who each one serves. - [Keeping the company's money separate from yours: why it matters and how to do it](https://baseacross.com/guides/separating-business-and-personal-money): Why an LLC's liability protection depends on separate money, how to pay yourself and put money in, and what to do if early costs went on a personal card. - [A US address and phone number for a foreign-owned company: who actually needs them](https://baseacross.com/guides/us-address-and-phone-number): The addresses a US company has, which services want a US mailing address or phone number, how a virtual mailbox works, and what never to do with one. - [KYC, reviews and chargebacks: what banks and processors will ask, and how to answer](https://baseacross.com/guides/chargebacks-and-kyc-what-to-expect): The identity checks a foreign-owned US company faces at a bank or processor, what triggers a later review, how chargebacks work, and the records to keep. ## Guides: Staying compliant - [Beneficial ownership reporting in 2026: what a US-formed company owes FinCEN](https://baseacross.com/guides/boi-report-status): FinCEN ended beneficial ownership reporting for US-formed companies on 14 August 2026. What that means for a new Wyoming or Delaware company, and who still files. - [Wyoming's annual report: what it asks, what it costs, and what if it's late](https://baseacross.com/guides/wyoming-annual-report): Wyoming's yearly LLC filing: the $60 licence tax, the due date, what the report asks and doesn't, how to file it, and what happens if you miss it. - [The Delaware annual LLC tax: $400 by 1 June, and the penalty for missing it](https://baseacross.com/guides/delaware-annual-llc-tax): Delaware's yearly charge for an LLC: the flat $400 tax, raised from $300 in 2026, the 1 June due date, why there's no annual report, and the late penalties. - [When a US company misses a filing: good standing, dissolution and reinstatement](https://baseacross.com/guides/what-happens-if-you-miss-a-filing): What a state and the IRS do when a company misses its annual report, state tax or federal return: lost good standing, penalties, dissolution and reinstatement. - [Changing your registered agent: how, what it costs, and what to check first](https://baseacross.com/guides/changing-your-registered-agent): How a Wyoming or Delaware company moves to a new registered agent: the filing, the state's fee, the new agent's consent, and the address updates that follow. - [Amending your articles: changing a company's name, address or structure after formation](https://baseacross.com/guides/amending-articles): What needs an amendment filed with the state and what doesn't, the fees in Wyoming and Delaware, and who to tell after a change of company name. - [Foreign qualification: when a Wyoming company has to register in another state, and how](https://baseacross.com/guides/foreign-qualification): When an LLC is doing business in a second state, what registering there involves and costs, and why it's a reason to form where the business will be. - [Closing a US LLC properly: the state filing, the final tax forms and the EIN](https://baseacross.com/guides/dissolving-a-us-llc): How to close a Wyoming or Delaware LLC so nothing keeps building up: the dissolution filing and fee, the final Form 5472, closing accounts, and telling the IRS. - [Converting a Wyoming LLC to a Delaware C-Corporation when an investor asks](https://baseacross.com/guides/converting-llc-to-c-corp): What happens when an LLC has to become a Delaware corporation: the conversion filings, the tax treatment, the new EIN, issuing stock, and the cost and time. ## Guides: Running the business - [Sales tax for non-resident sellers: nexus, marketplaces, and when you actually register](https://baseacross.com/guides/sales-tax-for-non-resident-sellers): How US sales tax works for a foreign-owned company selling to Americans: nexus, inventory, marketplace collection, resale certificates and states with none. - [Hiring US contractors from abroad: the W-9, the 1099-NEC, and the line you must not cross](https://baseacross.com/guides/hiring-us-contractors-1099): How a foreign-owned US company pays US contractors: contractor or employee, the W-9, the 1099-NEC at $2,000 from 2026, and when you need an employee. - [A US trademark for a foreign-owned company: protection, cost, and the attorney rule](https://baseacross.com/guides/trademark-basics-for-a-us-llc): How a trademark differs from a company name, what a USPTO application costs and takes, why applicants abroad need a US attorney, and Brand Registry. - [Business licences for a US company run from abroad: what you need, which is usually nothing](https://baseacross.com/guides/business-licenses-do-you-need-one): Why there's no general federal business licence, when state and city licences apply, what a seller's permit is, and the industries where licensing matters. ## Guides: Raising money - [The 83(b) election: thirty days, no extension, and filing without an SSN](https://baseacross.com/guides/83b-election-explained): What an 83(b) election is, why founders with vesting stock file one within 30 days, how to file Form 15620 from abroad, and what happens if you miss it. - [SAFEs explained: how startups raise before a priced round, and why they need a corporation](https://baseacross.com/guides/safes-explained): What a SAFE is, how a post-money SAFE converts, what a valuation cap and discount do, why an LLC can't cleanly issue one, and what founders abroad should watch. - [Cap table basics for founders abroad: shares, vesting, the option pool and dilution](https://baseacross.com/guides/cap-table-basics): What a cap table records, how a new Delaware corporation's shares are set up, why founders' stock vests, what an option pool is, and how dilution works. ## Every US state, for a founder abroad - [Forming an LLC in Alabama as a non-resident](https://baseacross.com/llc/alabama): An Alabama LLC costs $200 to form, and since the 2024 tax year a small company usually owes no yearly tax and files no return. - [Forming an LLC in Alaska as a non-resident](https://baseacross.com/llc/alaska): Alaska has no state income tax, like Wyoming, but it costs more and shows more. - [Forming an LLC in Arizona as a non-resident](https://baseacross.com/llc/arizona): An Arizona LLC costs $50 to form and files no annual report, so it's one of the cheapest states to keep a company in, and far cheaper than Wyoming over five years. - [Forming an LLC in Arkansas as a non-resident](https://baseacross.com/llc/arkansas): An Arkansas LLC is cheap to start, at $45 online, but it owes $150 in franchise tax every year from the year after it's formed. - [Forming an LLC in California as a non-resident](https://baseacross.com/llc/california): California is the most expensive state to keep an LLC in. Every California LLC pays $800 a year from its first year, whether or not it earns anything, plus a separate fee once its California income reaches $250,000. - [Forming an LLC in Colorado as a non-resident](https://baseacross.com/llc/colorado): Colorado is one of the cheapest states to keep an LLC in. It's $50 to form online and $25 a year after that, so over five years it costs less than Wyoming. - [Forming an LLC in Connecticut as a non-resident](https://baseacross.com/llc/connecticut): Connecticut sits in the middle on cost, at $120 to form and $80 a year. - [Delaware LLC for non-residents: cost, taxes and privacy](https://baseacross.com/llc/delaware): Delaware is the state US investors' paperwork is written for, and its Court of Chancery is known for handling business disputes. - [Forming an LLC in the District of Columbia as a non-resident](https://baseacross.com/llc/district-of-columbia): DC asks for more about who owns an LLC than most states do. The articles have to list everyone who owns more than 10% of the company or controls it, with home and business addresses, and the filing is public. - [Forming an LLC in Florida as a non-resident](https://baseacross.com/llc/florida): Plenty of founders abroad pick Florida because they know it, or know someone there, and it has no state income tax. - [Forming an LLC in Georgia as a non-resident](https://baseacross.com/llc/georgia): Georgia is cheap to keep and doesn't put the owners on its filings. - [Forming an LLC in Hawaii as a non-resident](https://baseacross.com/llc/hawaii): Hawaii is cheap to keep, at $50 to form and $15 a year, but it isn't private. - [Forming an LLC in Idaho as a non-resident](https://baseacross.com/llc/idaho): Idaho is about as cheap as an LLC gets. It's $100 to form online, and the yearly report costs nothing, so five years cost less than a third of Wyoming's. - [Forming an LLC in Illinois as a non-resident](https://baseacross.com/llc/illinois): Illinois costs $150 to start, among the higher filing fees, and $75 a year after that, with the report due before the anniversary month even begins. - [Forming an LLC in Indiana as a non-resident](https://baseacross.com/llc/indiana): Indiana is cheap to keep. It's $95 to form online, and the report comes only every second year, at $32, so five years cost less than half of Wyoming's. - [Forming an LLC in Iowa as a non-resident](https://baseacross.com/llc/iowa): Iowa is one of the cheapest and most private states to keep an LLC in. - [Forming an LLC in Kansas as a non-resident](https://baseacross.com/llc/kansas): Kansas got cheaper in 2026. Forming an LLC now costs $90, and the information report is due every second year, also $90 online, so five years cost a little less than Wyoming. - [Forming an LLC in Kentucky as a non-resident](https://baseacross.com/llc/kentucky): Kentucky looks like the cheapest state to keep an LLC in, at $40 to form and $15 for the annual report. - [Forming an LLC in Louisiana as a non-resident](https://baseacross.com/llc/louisiana): Louisiana is modestly priced, at $125 to form and $35 a year from October 2026, but it isn't private. - [Forming an LLC in Maine as a non-resident](https://baseacross.com/llc/maine): Maine is one of the pricier states to form an LLC in, at $175, and the $85 annual report makes it above average to keep as well. - [Forming an LLC in Maryland as a non-resident](https://baseacross.com/llc/maryland): Maryland charges $300 a year to keep an LLC, five times Wyoming's charge, and the annual report comes bundled with a business personal property return that most states never ask for. - [Forming an LLC in Massachusetts as a non-resident](https://baseacross.com/llc/massachusetts): Massachusetts charges more than any other state to form an LLC, at $500, and $520 every year after for the annual report filed online. - [Forming an LLC in Michigan as a non-resident](https://baseacross.com/llc/michigan): Michigan is cheap to keep and private. It's $50 to form and $25 a year, less than half of Wyoming over five years, and neither the articles nor the annual statement name the owners. - [Forming an LLC in Minnesota as a non-resident](https://baseacross.com/llc/minnesota): Minnesota charges $155 to form an LLC online, one of the higher fees, and then nothing, because the annual renewal is free. - [Forming an LLC in Mississippi as a non-resident](https://baseacross.com/llc/mississippi): Mississippi costs $50 to form and nothing a year in state fees, which makes it one of the cheapest states there is. - [Forming an LLC in Missouri as a non-resident](https://baseacross.com/llc/missouri): Missouri is one of the cheapest states to keep an LLC in. It's $50 to form online, there's no annual report at all, and the articles don't have to name the owners. - [Forming an LLC in Montana as a non-resident](https://baseacross.com/llc/montana): Montana has the lowest filing fee of any state, at $35, and its $20 annual report has been free for LLCs filing on time since 2024, with the waiver confirmed through 2027. - [Forming an LLC in Nebraska as a non-resident](https://baseacross.com/llc/nebraska): Nebraska is cheap to keep, with a $13 report every second year, and the owners stay off the record. - [Forming an LLC in Nevada as a non-resident](https://baseacross.com/llc/nevada): Nevada still has a reputation as the private, low-tax state, but the figures tell a different story. - [Forming an LLC in New Hampshire as a non-resident](https://baseacross.com/llc/new-hampshire): New Hampshire is known for having no income tax on wages, but it does tax businesses. - [Forming an LLC in New Jersey as a non-resident](https://baseacross.com/llc/new-jersey): New Jersey cut its filing fee to $100 in July 2026, and the annual report is $75, so it's middling on cost. - [Forming an LLC in New Mexico as a non-resident](https://baseacross.com/llc/new-mexico): New Mexico is the one state that really competes with Wyoming for a founder abroad. - [Forming an LLC in New York as a non-resident](https://baseacross.com/llc/new-york): New York's publication rule can cost more than the company did. - [Forming an LLC in North Carolina as a non-resident](https://baseacross.com/llc/north-carolina): North Carolina's annual report costs $203 online, more than three times Wyoming's yearly charge, and five years in the state cost well over twice as much. - [Forming an LLC in North Dakota as a non-resident](https://baseacross.com/llc/north-dakota): North Dakota charges $135 to form an LLC, one of the higher fees, and $50 a year after that, with the report due in November rather than spring. - [Forming an LLC in Ohio as a non-resident](https://baseacross.com/llc/ohio): Ohio is easy to keep an LLC in. It costs $99 to form, there's no annual report, and the articles don't have to name the owners, so five years cost less than a third of Wyoming's. - [Forming an LLC in Oklahoma as a non-resident](https://baseacross.com/llc/oklahoma): Oklahoma is cheap and quiet. It's $100 to form an LLC and $25 a year for the annual certificate, so five years cost a little over half of Wyoming's, and neither filing names the owners. - [Forming an LLC in Oregon as a non-resident](https://baseacross.com/llc/oregon): Oregon charges $100 to form an LLC and $100 every year after that, more than most states ask, and larger businesses pay its corporate activity tax on gross receipts over $1 million. - [Forming an LLC in Pennsylvania as a non-resident](https://baseacross.com/llc/pennsylvania): Pennsylvania only started asking LLCs for an annual report in 2025, and at $7 it's one of the lowest yearly fees of any state, so five years cost less than half of Wyoming's. - [Forming an LLC in Rhode Island as a non-resident](https://baseacross.com/llc/rhode-island): Rhode Island's $50 annual report isn't the real cost. Every Rhode Island LLC also pays a $400 annual charge to the Division of Taxation, whether or not it earned anything, even with a single owner. - [Forming an LLC in South Carolina as a non-resident](https://baseacross.com/llc/south-carolina): South Carolina charges $110 to form an LLC and nothing after that, since an ordinary LLC files no annual report. - [Forming an LLC in South Dakota as a non-resident](https://baseacross.com/llc/south-dakota): South Dakota has no income tax and doesn't make a member-managed LLC name its owners, which puts it close to Wyoming. - [Forming an LLC in Tennessee as a non-resident](https://baseacross.com/llc/tennessee): Tennessee taxes an LLC much like a corporation. Even a single-member LLC owned by one person pays a franchise tax on its net worth, $100 at minimum, and a 6.5% excise tax on its earnings. - [Forming an LLC in Texas as a non-resident](https://baseacross.com/llc/texas): Texas suits a business that will actually operate there. Forming an LLC costs $300, and after that there's no fee, but a Public Information Report is due every May. - [Forming an LLC in Utah as a non-resident](https://baseacross.com/llc/utah): Utah is cheap to keep an LLC in, at $59 to form and $18 a year, so five years cost well under half of Wyoming's. - [Forming an LLC in Vermont as a non-resident](https://baseacross.com/llc/vermont): Vermont charges $155 to form an LLC and $45 a year for the annual report, so five years cost about the same as Wyoming. - [Forming an LLC in Virginia as a non-resident](https://baseacross.com/llc/virginia): Virginia is private and fairly priced. It's $100 to form and $50 a year, a little less than Wyoming over five years, and there's no annual report at all, just the fee, so the owners' names never go on record. - [Forming an LLC in Washington as a non-resident](https://baseacross.com/llc/washington): Washington has no income tax, but it taxes businesses on their gross receipts through the business and occupation tax, which is charged before expenses. - [Forming an LLC in West Virginia as a non-resident](https://baseacross.com/llc/west-virginia): West Virginia is modest on cost, at $100 to form, $30 for the business registration certificate and $25 a year. - [Forming an LLC in Wisconsin as a non-resident](https://baseacross.com/llc/wisconsin): Wisconsin charges $130 to form an LLC online and $25 a year, and a member-managed LLC doesn't have to name its owners on either filing. - [Wyoming LLC for non-residents: cost, taxes and privacy](https://baseacross.com/llc/wyoming): Wyoming costs $60 a year to keep a company in, has no state income tax, and keeps your name off the public record. ## From your country - [Start a US company from your country](https://baseacross.com/from): What changes when you form a US company from your country: the tax treaty, whether Stripe and Mercury work for you, and what your own tax office expects. - [Forming a US LLC from Algeria: Stripe, banking and tax](https://baseacross.com/from/algeria): Forming a US LLC from Algeria: no local Stripe, Mercury opens accounts, no US tax treaty, and what Algeria expects at tax time. - [Forming a US LLC from Argentina: Stripe, banking and tax](https://baseacross.com/from/argentina): Forming a US LLC from Argentina: no local Stripe, Mercury opens accounts, no US tax treaty, and what Argentina expects at tax time. - [Forming a US LLC from Armenia: Stripe, banking and tax](https://baseacross.com/from/armenia): Forming a US LLC from Armenia: no local Stripe, Mercury opens accounts, a US tax treaty in force, and what Armenia expects at tax time. - [Forming a US LLC from Australia: Stripe, banking and tax](https://baseacross.com/from/australia): Forming a US LLC from Australia: Stripe works locally, Mercury opens accounts, a US tax treaty in force, and what Australia expects at tax time. - [Forming a US LLC from Austria: Stripe, banking and tax](https://baseacross.com/from/austria): Forming a US LLC from Austria: Stripe works locally, Mercury opens accounts, a US tax treaty in force, and what Austria expects at tax time. - [Forming a US LLC from Azerbaijan: Stripe, banking and tax](https://baseacross.com/from/azerbaijan): Forming a US LLC from Azerbaijan: no local Stripe, Mercury opens accounts, a US tax treaty in force, and what Azerbaijan expects at tax time. - [Forming a US LLC from Bahrain: Stripe, banking and tax](https://baseacross.com/from/bahrain): Forming a US LLC from Bahrain: no local Stripe, Mercury opens accounts, no US tax treaty, and what Bahrain expects at tax time. - [Forming a US LLC from Bangladesh: Stripe, banking and tax](https://baseacross.com/from/bangladesh): Forming a US LLC from Bangladesh: no local Stripe, no Mercury account, a US tax treaty in force, and what Bangladesh expects at tax time. - [Forming a US LLC from Belgium: Stripe, banking and tax](https://baseacross.com/from/belgium): Forming a US LLC from Belgium: Stripe works locally, Mercury opens accounts, a US tax treaty in force, and what Belgium expects at tax time. - [Forming a US LLC from Bolivia: Stripe, banking and tax](https://baseacross.com/from/bolivia): Forming a US LLC from Bolivia: no local Stripe, Mercury opens accounts, no US tax treaty, and what Bolivia expects at tax time. - [Forming a US LLC from Brazil: Stripe, banking and tax](https://baseacross.com/from/brazil): Forming a US LLC from Brazil: Stripe works locally, Mercury opens accounts, no US tax treaty, and what Brazil expects at tax time. - [Forming a US LLC from Bulgaria: Stripe, banking and tax](https://baseacross.com/from/bulgaria): Forming a US LLC from Bulgaria: Stripe works locally, Mercury opens accounts, a US tax treaty in force, and what Bulgaria expects at tax time. - [Forming a US LLC from Cameroon: Stripe, banking and tax](https://baseacross.com/from/cameroon): Forming a US LLC from Cameroon: no local Stripe, no Mercury account, no US tax treaty, and what Cameroon expects at tax time. - [Forming a US LLC from Canada: Stripe, banking and tax](https://baseacross.com/from/canada): Forming a US LLC from Canada: Stripe works locally, Mercury opens accounts, a US tax treaty in force, and what Canada expects at tax time. - [Forming a US LLC from Chile: Stripe, banking and tax](https://baseacross.com/from/chile): Forming a US LLC from Chile: no local Stripe, Mercury opens accounts, a US tax treaty in force, and what Chile expects at tax time. - [Forming a US LLC from China: Stripe, banking and tax](https://baseacross.com/from/china): Forming a US LLC from China: no local Stripe, Mercury opens accounts, a US tax treaty in force, and what China expects at tax time. - [Forming a US LLC from Colombia: Stripe, banking and tax](https://baseacross.com/from/colombia): Forming a US LLC from Colombia: no local Stripe, Mercury opens accounts, no US tax treaty, and what Colombia expects at tax time. - [Forming a US LLC from Costa Rica: Stripe, banking and tax](https://baseacross.com/from/costa-rica): Forming a US LLC from Costa Rica: no local Stripe, Mercury opens accounts, no US tax treaty, and what Costa Rica expects at tax time. - [Forming a US LLC from Côte d’Ivoire: Stripe, banking and tax](https://baseacross.com/from/cote-divoire): Forming a US LLC from Côte d’Ivoire: Stripe through Paystack, Mercury opens accounts, no US tax treaty, and what Côte d’Ivoire expects at tax time. - [Forming a US LLC from Croatia: Stripe, banking and tax](https://baseacross.com/from/croatia): Forming a US LLC from Croatia: Stripe works locally, no Mercury account, no US tax treaty, and what Croatia expects at tax time. - [Forming a US LLC from Czechia: Stripe, banking and tax](https://baseacross.com/from/czechia): Forming a US LLC from Czechia: Stripe works locally, Mercury opens accounts, a US tax treaty in force, and what Czechia expects at tax time. - [Forming a US LLC from Denmark: Stripe, banking and tax](https://baseacross.com/from/denmark): Forming a US LLC from Denmark: Stripe works locally, Mercury opens accounts, a US tax treaty in force, and what Denmark expects at tax time. - [Forming a US LLC from the Dominican Republic: Stripe, banking and tax](https://baseacross.com/from/dominican-republic): Forming a US LLC from the Dominican Republic: no local Stripe, Mercury opens accounts, no US tax treaty, and what the Dominican Republic expects at tax time. - [Forming a US LLC from Ecuador: Stripe, banking and tax](https://baseacross.com/from/ecuador): Forming a US LLC from Ecuador: no local Stripe, Mercury opens accounts, no US tax treaty, and what Ecuador expects at tax time. - [Forming a US LLC from Egypt: Stripe, banking and tax](https://baseacross.com/from/egypt): Forming a US LLC from Egypt: no local Stripe, Mercury opens accounts, a US tax treaty in force, and what Egypt expects at tax time. - [Forming a US LLC from El Salvador: Stripe, banking and tax](https://baseacross.com/from/el-salvador): Forming a US LLC from El Salvador: no local Stripe, Mercury opens accounts, no US tax treaty, and what El Salvador expects at tax time. - [Forming a US LLC from Estonia: Stripe, banking and tax](https://baseacross.com/from/estonia): Forming a US LLC from Estonia: Stripe works locally, Mercury opens accounts, a US tax treaty in force, and what Estonia expects at tax time. - [Forming a US LLC from Ethiopia: Stripe, banking and tax](https://baseacross.com/from/ethiopia): Forming a US LLC from Ethiopia: no local Stripe, Mercury opens accounts, no US tax treaty, and what Ethiopia expects at tax time. - [Forming a US LLC from Finland: Stripe, banking and tax](https://baseacross.com/from/finland): Forming a US LLC from Finland: Stripe works locally, Mercury opens accounts, a US tax treaty in force, and what Finland expects at tax time. - [Forming a US LLC from France: Stripe, banking and tax](https://baseacross.com/from/france): Forming a US LLC from France: Stripe works locally, Mercury opens accounts, a US tax treaty in force, and what France expects at tax time. - [Forming a US LLC from Georgia: Stripe, banking and tax](https://baseacross.com/from/georgia): Forming a US LLC from Georgia: no local Stripe, Mercury opens accounts, a US tax treaty in force, and what Georgia expects at tax time. - [Forming a US LLC from Germany: Stripe, banking and tax](https://baseacross.com/from/germany): Forming a US LLC from Germany: Stripe works locally, Mercury opens accounts, a US tax treaty in force, and what Germany expects at tax time. - [Forming a US LLC from Ghana: Stripe, banking and tax](https://baseacross.com/from/ghana): Forming a US LLC from Ghana: Stripe through Paystack, Mercury opens accounts, no US tax treaty, and what Ghana expects at tax time. - [Forming a US LLC from Greece: Stripe, banking and tax](https://baseacross.com/from/greece): Forming a US LLC from Greece: Stripe works locally, Mercury opens accounts, a US tax treaty in force, and what Greece expects at tax time. - [Forming a US LLC from Guatemala: Stripe, banking and tax](https://baseacross.com/from/guatemala): Forming a US LLC from Guatemala: no local Stripe, Mercury opens accounts, no US tax treaty, and what Guatemala expects at tax time. - [Forming a US LLC from Honduras: Stripe, banking and tax](https://baseacross.com/from/honduras): Forming a US LLC from Honduras: no local Stripe, Mercury opens accounts, no US tax treaty, and what Honduras expects at tax time. - [Forming a US LLC from Hong Kong: Stripe, banking and tax](https://baseacross.com/from/hong-kong): Forming a US LLC from Hong Kong: Stripe works locally, Mercury opens accounts, no US tax treaty, and what Hong Kong expects at tax time. - [Forming a US LLC from Hungary: Stripe, banking and tax](https://baseacross.com/from/hungary): Forming a US LLC from Hungary: Stripe works locally, Mercury opens accounts, the US tax treaty ended, and what Hungary expects at tax time. - [Forming a US LLC from India: Stripe, banking and tax](https://baseacross.com/from/india): Forming a US LLC from India: Stripe by invitation only, Mercury opens accounts, a US tax treaty in force, and what India expects at tax time. - [Forming a US LLC from Indonesia: Stripe, banking and tax](https://baseacross.com/from/indonesia): Forming a US LLC from Indonesia: Stripe by invitation only, no Mercury account, a US tax treaty in force, and what Indonesia expects at tax time. - [Forming a US LLC from Iraq: Stripe, banking and tax](https://baseacross.com/from/iraq): Forming a US LLC from Iraq: no local Stripe, no Mercury account, no US tax treaty, and what Iraq expects at tax time. - [Forming a US LLC from Ireland: Stripe, banking and tax](https://baseacross.com/from/ireland): Forming a US LLC from Ireland: Stripe works locally, Mercury opens accounts, a US tax treaty in force, and what Ireland expects at tax time. - [Forming a US LLC from Israel: Stripe, banking and tax](https://baseacross.com/from/israel): Forming a US LLC from Israel: no local Stripe, Mercury opens accounts, a US tax treaty in force, and what Israel expects at tax time. - [Forming a US LLC from Italy: Stripe, banking and tax](https://baseacross.com/from/italy): Forming a US LLC from Italy: Stripe works locally, Mercury opens accounts, a US tax treaty in force, and what Italy expects at tax time. - [Forming a US LLC from Jamaica: Stripe, banking and tax](https://baseacross.com/from/jamaica): Forming a US LLC from Jamaica: no local Stripe, Mercury opens accounts, a US tax treaty in force, and what Jamaica expects at tax time. - [Forming a US LLC from Japan: Stripe, banking and tax](https://baseacross.com/from/japan): Forming a US LLC from Japan: Stripe works locally, Mercury opens accounts, a US tax treaty in force, and what Japan expects at tax time. - [Forming a US LLC from Jordan: Stripe, banking and tax](https://baseacross.com/from/jordan): Forming a US LLC from Jordan: no local Stripe, Mercury opens accounts, no US tax treaty, and what Jordan expects at tax time. - [Forming a US LLC from Kazakhstan: Stripe, banking and tax](https://baseacross.com/from/kazakhstan): Forming a US LLC from Kazakhstan: no local Stripe, Mercury opens accounts, a US tax treaty in force, and what Kazakhstan expects at tax time. - [Forming a US LLC from Kenya: Stripe, banking and tax](https://baseacross.com/from/kenya): Forming a US LLC from Kenya: Stripe through Paystack, Mercury opens accounts, no US tax treaty, and what Kenya expects at tax time. - [Forming a US LLC from Kuwait: Stripe, banking and tax](https://baseacross.com/from/kuwait): Forming a US LLC from Kuwait: no local Stripe, Mercury opens accounts, no US tax treaty, and what Kuwait expects at tax time. - [Forming a US LLC from Latvia: Stripe, banking and tax](https://baseacross.com/from/latvia): Forming a US LLC from Latvia: Stripe works locally, no Mercury account, a US tax treaty in force, and what Latvia expects at tax time. - [Forming a US LLC from Lebanon: Stripe, banking and tax](https://baseacross.com/from/lebanon): Forming a US LLC from Lebanon: no local Stripe, no Mercury account, no US tax treaty, and what Lebanon expects at tax time. - [Forming a US LLC from Lithuania: Stripe, banking and tax](https://baseacross.com/from/lithuania): Forming a US LLC from Lithuania: Stripe works locally, Mercury opens accounts, a US tax treaty in force, and what Lithuania expects at tax time. - [Forming a US LLC from Malaysia: Stripe, banking and tax](https://baseacross.com/from/malaysia): Forming a US LLC from Malaysia: Stripe works locally, Mercury opens accounts, no US tax treaty, and what Malaysia expects at tax time. - [Forming a US LLC from Mexico: Stripe, banking and tax](https://baseacross.com/from/mexico): Forming a US LLC from Mexico: Stripe works locally, Mercury opens accounts, a US tax treaty in force, and what Mexico expects at tax time. - [Forming a US LLC from Moldova: Stripe, banking and tax](https://baseacross.com/from/moldova): Forming a US LLC from Moldova: no local Stripe, Mercury opens accounts, a US tax treaty in force, and what Moldova expects at tax time. - [Forming a US LLC from Morocco: Stripe, banking and tax](https://baseacross.com/from/morocco): Forming a US LLC from Morocco: no local Stripe, Mercury opens accounts, a US tax treaty in force, and what Morocco expects at tax time. - [Forming a US LLC from Nepal: Stripe, banking and tax](https://baseacross.com/from/nepal): Forming a US LLC from Nepal: no local Stripe, no Mercury account, no US tax treaty, and what Nepal expects at tax time. - [Forming a US LLC from the Netherlands: Stripe, banking and tax](https://baseacross.com/from/netherlands): Forming a US LLC from the Netherlands: Stripe works locally, Mercury opens accounts, a US tax treaty in force, and what the Netherlands expects at tax time. - [Forming a US LLC from New Zealand: Stripe, banking and tax](https://baseacross.com/from/new-zealand): Forming a US LLC from New Zealand: Stripe works locally, Mercury opens accounts, a US tax treaty in force, and what New Zealand expects at tax time. - [Forming a US LLC from Nigeria: Stripe, banking and tax](https://baseacross.com/from/nigeria): Forming a US LLC from Nigeria: Stripe through Paystack, no Mercury account, no US tax treaty, and what Nigeria expects at tax time. - [Forming a US LLC from Norway: Stripe, banking and tax](https://baseacross.com/from/norway): Forming a US LLC from Norway: Stripe works locally, Mercury opens accounts, a US tax treaty in force, and what Norway expects at tax time. - [Forming a US LLC from Oman: Stripe, banking and tax](https://baseacross.com/from/oman): Forming a US LLC from Oman: no local Stripe, Mercury opens accounts, no US tax treaty, and what Oman expects at tax time. - [Forming a US LLC from Pakistan: Stripe, banking and tax](https://baseacross.com/from/pakistan): Forming a US LLC from Pakistan: no local Stripe, no Mercury account, a US tax treaty in force, and what Pakistan expects at tax time. - [Forming a US LLC from Panama: Stripe, banking and tax](https://baseacross.com/from/panama): Forming a US LLC from Panama: no local Stripe, Mercury opens accounts, no US tax treaty, and what Panama expects at tax time. - [Forming a US LLC from Paraguay: Stripe, banking and tax](https://baseacross.com/from/paraguay): Forming a US LLC from Paraguay: no local Stripe, Mercury opens accounts, no US tax treaty, and what Paraguay expects at tax time. - [Forming a US LLC from Peru: Stripe, banking and tax](https://baseacross.com/from/peru): Forming a US LLC from Peru: no local Stripe, Mercury opens accounts, no US tax treaty, and what Peru expects at tax time. - [Forming a US LLC from the Philippines: Stripe, banking and tax](https://baseacross.com/from/philippines): Forming a US LLC from the Philippines: no local Stripe, no Mercury account, a US tax treaty in force, and what the Philippines expects at tax time. - [Forming a US LLC from Poland: Stripe, banking and tax](https://baseacross.com/from/poland): Forming a US LLC from Poland: Stripe works locally, Mercury opens accounts, a US tax treaty in force, and what Poland expects at tax time. - [Forming a US LLC from Portugal: Stripe, banking and tax](https://baseacross.com/from/portugal): Forming a US LLC from Portugal: Stripe works locally, Mercury opens accounts, a US tax treaty in force, and what Portugal expects at tax time. - [Forming a US LLC from Qatar: Stripe, banking and tax](https://baseacross.com/from/qatar): Forming a US LLC from Qatar: no local Stripe, Mercury opens accounts, no US tax treaty, and what Qatar expects at tax time. - [Forming a US LLC from Romania: Stripe, banking and tax](https://baseacross.com/from/romania): Forming a US LLC from Romania: Stripe works locally, Mercury opens accounts, a US tax treaty in force, and what Romania expects at tax time. - [Forming a US LLC from Rwanda: Stripe, banking and tax](https://baseacross.com/from/rwanda): Forming a US LLC from Rwanda: no local Stripe, Mercury opens accounts, no US tax treaty, and what Rwanda expects at tax time. - [Forming a US LLC from Saudi Arabia: Stripe, banking and tax](https://baseacross.com/from/saudi-arabia): Forming a US LLC from Saudi Arabia: no local Stripe, Mercury opens accounts, no US tax treaty, and what Saudi Arabia expects at tax time. - [Forming a US LLC from Senegal: Stripe, banking and tax](https://baseacross.com/from/senegal): Forming a US LLC from Senegal: no local Stripe, Mercury opens accounts, no US tax treaty, and what Senegal expects at tax time. - [Forming a US LLC from Serbia: Stripe, banking and tax](https://baseacross.com/from/serbia): Forming a US LLC from Serbia: no local Stripe, Mercury opens accounts, no US tax treaty, and what Serbia expects at tax time. - [Forming a US LLC from Singapore: Stripe, banking and tax](https://baseacross.com/from/singapore): Forming a US LLC from Singapore: Stripe works locally, Mercury opens accounts, no US tax treaty, and what Singapore expects at tax time. - [Forming a US LLC from Slovakia: Stripe, banking and tax](https://baseacross.com/from/slovakia): Forming a US LLC from Slovakia: Stripe works locally, Mercury opens accounts, a US tax treaty in force, and what Slovakia expects at tax time. - [Forming a US LLC from Slovenia: Stripe, banking and tax](https://baseacross.com/from/slovenia): Forming a US LLC from Slovenia: Stripe works locally, Mercury opens accounts, a US tax treaty in force, and what Slovenia expects at tax time. - [Forming a US LLC from South Africa: Stripe, banking and tax](https://baseacross.com/from/south-africa): Forming a US LLC from South Africa: Stripe through Paystack, Mercury opens accounts, a US tax treaty in force, and what South Africa expects at tax time. - [Forming a US LLC from South Korea: Stripe, banking and tax](https://baseacross.com/from/south-korea): Forming a US LLC from South Korea: no local Stripe, Mercury opens accounts, a US tax treaty in force, and what South Korea expects at tax time. - [Forming a US LLC from Spain: Stripe, banking and tax](https://baseacross.com/from/spain): Forming a US LLC from Spain: Stripe works locally, Mercury opens accounts, a US tax treaty in force, and what Spain expects at tax time. - [Forming a US LLC from Sri Lanka: Stripe, banking and tax](https://baseacross.com/from/sri-lanka): Forming a US LLC from Sri Lanka: no local Stripe, Mercury opens accounts, a US tax treaty in force, and what Sri Lanka expects at tax time. - [Forming a US LLC from Sweden: Stripe, banking and tax](https://baseacross.com/from/sweden): Forming a US LLC from Sweden: Stripe works locally, Mercury opens accounts, a US tax treaty in force, and what Sweden expects at tax time. - [Forming a US LLC from Switzerland: Stripe, banking and tax](https://baseacross.com/from/switzerland): Forming a US LLC from Switzerland: Stripe works locally, Mercury opens accounts, a US tax treaty in force, and what Switzerland expects at tax time. - [Forming a US LLC from Taiwan: Stripe, banking and tax](https://baseacross.com/from/taiwan): Forming a US LLC from Taiwan: no local Stripe, Mercury opens accounts, no US tax treaty, and what Taiwan expects at tax time. - [Forming a US LLC from Tanzania: Stripe, banking and tax](https://baseacross.com/from/tanzania): Forming a US LLC from Tanzania: no local Stripe, Mercury opens accounts, no US tax treaty, and what Tanzania expects at tax time. - [Forming a US LLC from Thailand: Stripe, banking and tax](https://baseacross.com/from/thailand): Forming a US LLC from Thailand: Stripe works locally, Mercury opens accounts, a US tax treaty in force, and what Thailand expects at tax time. - [Forming a US LLC from Trinidad and Tobago: Stripe, banking and tax](https://baseacross.com/from/trinidad-and-tobago): Forming a US LLC from Trinidad and Tobago: no local Stripe, Mercury opens accounts, a US tax treaty in force, and what Trinidad and Tobago expects at tax time. - [Forming a US LLC from Tunisia: Stripe, banking and tax](https://baseacross.com/from/tunisia): Forming a US LLC from Tunisia: no local Stripe, Mercury opens accounts, a US tax treaty in force, and what Tunisia expects at tax time. - [Forming a US LLC from Türkiye: Stripe, banking and tax](https://baseacross.com/from/turkiye): Forming a US LLC from Türkiye: no local Stripe, Mercury opens accounts, a US tax treaty in force, and what Türkiye expects at tax time. - [Forming a US LLC from Uganda: Stripe, banking and tax](https://baseacross.com/from/uganda): Forming a US LLC from Uganda: no local Stripe, Mercury opens accounts, no US tax treaty, and what Uganda expects at tax time. - [Forming a US LLC from Ukraine: Stripe, banking and tax](https://baseacross.com/from/ukraine): Forming a US LLC from Ukraine: no local Stripe, no Mercury account, a US tax treaty in force, and what Ukraine expects at tax time. - [Forming a US LLC from the United Arab Emirates: Stripe, banking and tax](https://baseacross.com/from/united-arab-emirates): Forming a US LLC from the United Arab Emirates: Stripe works locally, Mercury opens accounts, no US tax treaty, and what the United Arab Emirates expects at tax time. - [Forming a US LLC from the United Kingdom: Stripe, banking and tax](https://baseacross.com/from/united-kingdom): Forming a US LLC from the United Kingdom: Stripe works locally, Mercury opens accounts, a US tax treaty in force, and what the United Kingdom expects at tax time. - [Forming a US LLC from Uruguay: Stripe, banking and tax](https://baseacross.com/from/uruguay): Forming a US LLC from Uruguay: no local Stripe, Mercury opens accounts, no US tax treaty, and what Uruguay expects at tax time. - [Forming a US LLC from Uzbekistan: Stripe, banking and tax](https://baseacross.com/from/uzbekistan): Forming a US LLC from Uzbekistan: no local Stripe, no Mercury account, a US tax treaty in force, and what Uzbekistan expects at tax time. - [Forming a US LLC from Vietnam: Stripe, banking and tax](https://baseacross.com/from/vietnam): Forming a US LLC from Vietnam: no local Stripe, no Mercury account, no US tax treaty, and what Vietnam expects at tax time. - [Forming a US LLC from Zambia: Stripe, banking and tax](https://baseacross.com/from/zambia): Forming a US LLC from Zambia: no local Stripe, Mercury opens accounts, no US tax treaty, and what Zambia expects at tax time. - [Forming a US LLC from Zimbabwe: Stripe, banking and tax](https://baseacross.com/from/zimbabwe): Forming a US LLC from Zimbabwe: no local Stripe, no Mercury account, no US tax treaty, and what Zimbabwe expects at tax time. ## Built for - [What a US LLC does for your kind of business](https://baseacross.com/for): A US company for Amazon sellers, Shopify stores, SaaS, freelancers, agencies, creators and more, and the one thing each needs to watch for. - [A US LLC for Amazon sellers outside the United States](https://baseacross.com/for/amazon-sellers): Amazon lets foreign individuals sell, so why do FBA sellers abroad form a US LLC? The bank, suppliers and brand, and two tax questions US stock raises. - [A US LLC for a Shopify store run from outside the United States](https://baseacross.com/for/shopify-stores): Shopify runs anywhere, but Shopify Payments doesn't. What a US LLC changes for a store abroad, what Shopify Payments asks for, and who owes sales tax. - [A US LLC for dropshipping from outside the United States](https://baseacross.com/for/dropshipping): Dropshippers abroad form a US LLC to get onto Stripe and PayPal and give suppliers a company to invoice. Keeping stock out of the US keeps the tax simple. - [A US LLC or C-Corp for a SaaS company built outside the United States](https://baseacross.com/for/saas): A Wyoming LLC suits software funded by customers, a Delaware C-Corporation software funded by US investors. What each changes for Stripe, app stores and buyers. - [A US LLC for freelancers outside the United States](https://baseacross.com/for/freelancers): A freelancer abroad doesn't need a US LLC for US clients, but it helps once client paperwork or payments get in the way. Work done at home stays outside US tax. - [A US LLC for a marketing, design or development agency abroad](https://baseacross.com/for/agencies): Agencies abroad form a US LLC so US clients can onboard them like any US vendor. How it helps with contractors and payments, and where US tax starts. - [A US LLC for app developers on the App Store and Google Play](https://baseacross.com/for/app-developers): Apple and Google pay developers almost anywhere. Developers abroad form a US LLC for payouts, web subscriptions on Stripe, and partners who want a company. - [A US LLC for Etsy sellers outside the United States](https://baseacross.com/for/etsy-sellers): Etsy Payments only works in some countries. How a US LLC with a US bank account lets makers abroad get paid on Etsy, and who collects the sales tax. - [A US LLC for consultants advising US companies from abroad](https://baseacross.com/for/consultants): A US LLC lets a consultant abroad be paid like a domestic vendor, by ACH with a W-9 on file. Advice given from home generally stays outside US income tax. - [A US LLC for YouTubers, podcasters and creators outside the United States](https://baseacross.com/for/content-creators): Creators abroad form a US LLC for sponsors, merch and course payments, not for YouTube's withholding, which only a tax treaty reduces. Here's the difference. - [A US LLC to open a Stripe account from a country Stripe doesn't serve](https://baseacross.com/for/stripe-access): Stripe takes businesses in 44 countries. Founders elsewhere use a US LLC to apply for a US Stripe account. What Stripe asks for, and what it can still refuse. - [A US LLC to open a PayPal Business account from abroad](https://baseacross.com/for/paypal-access): Where PayPal can't receive or withdraw, founders open a US PayPal Business account on a US LLC instead. What that takes, and why PayPal reviews it closely. - [A US LLC for indie hackers and solo software founders abroad](https://baseacross.com/for/indie-hackers): Many solo software founders abroad don't need a US LLC yet, because a merchant of record can sell for them. When your own Stripe account makes one worth it. - [A US company for an AI startup founded outside the United States](https://baseacross.com/for/ai-startups): AI startups abroad form a Delaware C-Corporation if they'll raise from US investors, and a Wyoming LLC if customers will fund them. What each changes. - [A US LLC for print-on-demand sellers outside the United States](https://baseacross.com/for/print-on-demand): Print-on-demand sellers abroad form a US LLC to get paid through Stripe, Etsy and Shopify. With no stock of your own, the US tax side stays simple. - [A US LLC for affiliate marketers and publishers outside the United States](https://baseacross.com/for/affiliate-marketers): Affiliate and ad networks pay publishers almost anywhere, but slowly. A US LLC gets payouts in dollars to a US bank. Most commissions aren't withheld on. - [A US LLC as a holding company for founders outside the United States](https://baseacross.com/for/holding-company): A Wyoming LLC can hold shares, domains and trademarks cheaply and privately. Whether it helps a founder abroad depends almost entirely on the rules at home. - [A US LLC for importing into and exporting from the United States](https://baseacross.com/for/import-export): A US LLC can be the importer of record, with a customs bond on its EIN. What customs brokers and the FDA ask for, and why trading companies often owe US tax. - [A US LLC for buying US property from outside the United States](https://baseacross.com/for/real-estate-investors): Non-residents usually hold US property through an LLC formed in the property's state, not Wyoming. How that works, and the US taxes a foreign owner pays. - [A Delaware C-Corporation for founders abroad raising from US investors](https://baseacross.com/for/raising-from-us-investors): US venture investors' documents assume a Delaware C-Corporation. What one costs a founder abroad to keep, and when to form it instead of an LLC. - [A US LLC for KDP authors and self-publishers outside the United States](https://baseacross.com/for/kdp-authors): A US LLC doesn't lower the withholding on KDP royalties, because your country's tax treaty does. What the company does help a self-published author with. - [A US LLC for hiring US contractors and building a remote team from abroad](https://baseacross.com/for/remote-teams): A US LLC pays US contractors by ACH and files Form 1099-NEC for anyone paid $2,000 or more. Why a US employee is a different decision from a contractor. ## Compared with other providers - [US LLC formation services compared, with published prices](https://baseacross.com/compare): doola, Firstbase, Stripe Atlas, LegalZoom and more, compared on their published prices, what they do after formation, and when each is the better choice. - [doola pricing compared: renewals, tax filing and who it suits](https://baseacross.com/compare/doola): doola's published prices beside ours, what each does after formation, and when doola is the better choice. Checked September 2026. - [Firstbase pricing compared: renewals, tax filing and who it suits](https://baseacross.com/compare/firstbase): Firstbase's published prices beside ours, what each does after formation, and when Firstbase is the better choice. Checked September 2026. - [Stripe Atlas pricing compared: renewals, tax filing and who it suits](https://baseacross.com/compare/stripe-atlas): Stripe Atlas's published prices beside ours, what each does after formation, and when Stripe Atlas is the better choice. Checked September 2026. - [StartGlobal pricing compared: renewals, tax filing and who it suits](https://baseacross.com/compare/startglobal): StartGlobal's published prices beside ours, what each does after formation, and when StartGlobal is the better choice. Checked September 2026. - [LegalZoom pricing compared: renewals, tax filing and who it suits](https://baseacross.com/compare/legalzoom): LegalZoom's published prices beside ours, what each does after formation, and when LegalZoom is the better choice. Checked September 2026. - [ZenBusiness pricing compared: renewals, tax filing and who it suits](https://baseacross.com/compare/zenbusiness): ZenBusiness's published prices beside ours, what each does after formation, and when ZenBusiness is the better choice. Checked September 2026. - [Bizee pricing compared: renewals, tax filing and who it suits](https://baseacross.com/compare/bizee): Bizee's published prices beside ours, what each does after formation, and when Bizee is the better choice. Checked September 2026. - [Northwest Registered Agent pricing compared: renewals, tax filing and who it suits](https://baseacross.com/compare/northwest-registered-agent): Northwest's published prices beside ours, what each does after formation, and when Northwest is the better choice. Checked September 2026. - [Clerky pricing compared: renewals, tax filing and who it suits](https://baseacross.com/compare/clerky): Clerky's published prices beside ours, what each does after formation, and when Clerky is the better choice. Checked September 2026. - [Clemta pricing compared: renewals, tax filing and who it suits](https://baseacross.com/compare/clemta): Clemta's published prices beside ours, what each does after formation, and when Clemta is the better choice. Checked September 2026. - [Bizstartz pricing compared: renewals, tax filing and who it suits](https://baseacross.com/compare/bizstartz): Bizstartz's published prices beside ours, what each does after formation, and when Bizstartz is the better choice. Checked September 2026. - [Tailor Brands pricing compared: renewals, tax filing and who it suits](https://baseacross.com/compare/tailor-brands): Tailor Brands' published prices beside ours, what each does after formation, and when Tailor Brands is the better choice. Checked September 2026. ## Glossary - [Glossary of US company and tax terms for non-residents](https://baseacross.com/glossary): Plain definitions of the words on US company and tax forms: EIN, ITIN, Form 5472, registered agent, disregarded entity, W-8BEN-E and more. - [LLC (limited liability company)](https://baseacross.com/glossary/llc): A US company whose owners aren't personally liable for its debts, and whose profit is taxed once, to the owners, unless it elects otherwise. - [C-Corporation](https://baseacross.com/glossary/c-corporation): A US corporation taxed on its own profit, which issues stock and is what US investors' paperwork assumes; usually formed in Delaware. - [S-Corporation](https://baseacross.com/glossary/s-corporation): A tax election that lets a US corporation or LLC pass its profit through to its owners; not available if any owner is a non-resident alien. - [Disregarded entity](https://baseacross.com/glossary/disregarded-entity): A single-member LLC the IRS ignores for income tax, treating its income as the owner's; it still files Form 5472 if the owner is foreign. - [Pass-through taxation](https://baseacross.com/glossary/pass-through-taxation): Tax treatment where a company pays no income tax itself and its profit is taxed to its owners, as with an LLC or a partnership. - [EIN (Employer Identification Number)](https://baseacross.com/glossary/ein): The nine-digit tax number the IRS assigns to a business, and the first thing every US bank, payment processor and marketplace asks for. - [SSN (Social Security Number)](https://baseacross.com/glossary/ssn): The US personal tax and benefits number for citizens and people authorised to work; not something a founder abroad has or needs to own a US company. - [ITIN (Individual Taxpayer Identification Number)](https://baseacross.com/glossary/itin): A personal US tax number for people who must file a US return but can't get an SSN; not needed to form a company or to get its EIN. - [Form SS-4](https://baseacross.com/glossary/form-ss-4): The IRS application for an Employer Identification Number, sent by fax or post, or made by phone, when the responsible party has no SSN or ITIN. - [CP 575 letter](https://baseacross.com/glossary/cp-575): The IRS notice confirming a newly assigned EIN, posted once to the address on the application; the document banks usually ask to see. - [147C letter](https://baseacross.com/glossary/147c-letter): The IRS's confirmation of an existing EIN, issued on request by fax or post, and the usual replacement when the original CP 575 is lost. - [Form 5472](https://baseacross.com/glossary/form-5472): The yearly IRS information return a foreign-owned US company files to report transactions with its foreign owner, with a $25,000 penalty for missing it. - [Pro forma Form 1120](https://baseacross.com/glossary/pro-forma-1120): A mostly blank corporate tax return that a foreign-owned single-member LLC files as the cover for its Form 5472. - [Form 1120](https://baseacross.com/glossary/form-1120): The US corporate income tax return, filed yearly by a C-Corporation and, as a pro forma version, by a foreign-owned single-member LLC. - [Form 1065](https://baseacross.com/glossary/form-1065): The US partnership return, filed yearly by a multi-member LLC, with a Schedule K-1 for each owner showing their share. - [Schedule K-1](https://baseacross.com/glossary/schedule-k-1): The statement a partnership gives each owner showing their share of its income, deductions and credits, filed with Form 1065. - [Form W-8BEN and W-8BEN-E](https://baseacross.com/glossary/form-w-8ben): The IRS forms a foreign person or foreign company gives a US payer to certify foreign status and, where it applies, claim a treaty rate. - [Form W-9](https://baseacross.com/glossary/form-w-9): The form a US person or US company gives a payer with its tax number; what a multi-member LLC or corporation gives a US client. - [Form 1099-NEC](https://baseacross.com/glossary/form-1099-nec): The form a US company files for each US contractor it paid $2,000 or more in a year, due to the contractor and the IRS by 31 January. - [Registered agent](https://baseacross.com/glossary/registered-agent): The person or company with a street address in the state who receives legal papers and state notices for a company during business hours. - [Service of process](https://baseacross.com/glossary/service-of-process): The formal delivery of a lawsuit or legal notice to a company, made to its registered agent so the company can't claim it never knew. - [Articles of Organization](https://baseacross.com/glossary/articles-of-organization): The document filed with a state to create an LLC; Delaware and some other states call it a Certificate of Formation. - [Certificate of Formation](https://baseacross.com/glossary/certificate-of-formation): Delaware's name for the document that creates an LLC, the equivalent of Articles of Organization in other states. - [Operating Agreement](https://baseacross.com/glossary/operating-agreement): The private contract among an LLC's members that sets ownership, management and what happens when someone leaves; it isn't filed with the state. - [Member](https://baseacross.com/glossary/member): An owner of an LLC, the LLC's equivalent of a shareholder; members may run the company themselves or appoint managers. - [Single-member LLC](https://baseacross.com/glossary/single-member-llc): An LLC with one owner; a disregarded entity for US income tax and, when the owner is foreign, a Form 5472 filer every year. - [Multi-member LLC](https://baseacross.com/glossary/multi-member-llc): An LLC with two or more owners; a partnership for US tax, filing Form 1065 with a Schedule K-1 for each member. - [Annual report](https://baseacross.com/glossary/annual-report): The yearly filing a state requires to keep a company in good standing: $60 in Wyoming; a Delaware LLC files none and pays a yearly tax instead. - [Wyoming annual report licence tax](https://baseacross.com/glossary/wyoming-annual-report): Wyoming's yearly charge on an LLC: $60, or $0.0002 per dollar of Wyoming assets if more, due on the first day of the month it was formed in. - [Delaware annual LLC tax](https://baseacross.com/glossary/delaware-annual-tax): The flat $400 tax every Delaware LLC pays by 1 June each year, raised from $300 in 2026; Delaware LLCs file no annual report. - [Franchise tax](https://baseacross.com/glossary/franchise-tax): A state's yearly tax on a company for existing or doing business there, nothing to do with franchises; Delaware corporations and Texas companies owe one. - [Good standing](https://baseacross.com/glossary/good-standing): The status of a company that has filed and paid everything its state requires; lost by missing a report or tax, and proved by a certificate. - [Administrative dissolution](https://baseacross.com/glossary/administrative-dissolution): A state ending a company that stopped filing or paying; usually reversible by reinstatement, at a cost, within a limited time. - [Beneficial ownership report (BOI)](https://baseacross.com/glossary/beneficial-ownership-report): The FinCEN filing that named a company's owners under the Corporate Transparency Act, permanently ended for US-formed companies in August 2026. - [FinCEN](https://baseacross.com/glossary/fincen): The US Treasury's Financial Crimes Enforcement Network, which ran beneficial ownership reporting and sets the anti-money-laundering rules banks follow. - [Effectively connected income (ECI)](https://baseacross.com/glossary/effectively-connected-income): Income connected with a US trade or business, which the US taxes a foreign person on at ordinary rates; pay for work done abroad usually isn't ECI. - [US trade or business (USTB)](https://baseacross.com/glossary/us-trade-or-business): Regular, continuous business activity in the US that makes a foreign person's connected income taxable there; decided by facts, not where you formed. - [FDAP income](https://baseacross.com/glossary/fdap-income): Fixed or periodic US-source income such as dividends, interest and royalties, withheld on at 30% or a treaty rate when paid to a foreign person. - [Withholding tax](https://baseacross.com/glossary/withholding-tax): Tax a US payer deducts before paying a foreign person: 30% on US-source passive income, unless a treaty rate is claimed on a W-8. - [Tax treaty](https://baseacross.com/glossary/tax-treaty): An agreement between the US and another country that lowers withholding, decides which country taxes what, and relieves double taxation. - [Permanent establishment](https://baseacross.com/glossary/permanent-establishment): Under a tax treaty, a fixed place of business or dependent agent in a country, which lets that country tax the business profits linked to it. - [Nexus (sales tax)](https://baseacross.com/glossary/nexus): The link with a state that obliges a seller to collect its sales tax, created by a presence there or by sales above the state's threshold. - [Marketplace facilitator](https://baseacross.com/glossary/marketplace-facilitator): A marketplace such as Amazon or Etsy that state law makes responsible for collecting sales tax on its sellers' sales. - [Resale certificate](https://baseacross.com/glossary/resale-certificate): A form a registered seller gives a supplier to buy goods for resale without paying sales tax, based on its sales tax registration in a state. - [Reportable transaction (Form 5472)](https://baseacross.com/glossary/reportable-transaction): Any exchange of money or property between a US company and its foreign owner that goes on Form 5472, including the money used to form the company. - [Commingling](https://baseacross.com/glossary/commingling): Mixing a company's money with its owner's; the most common way an LLC's owner loses the liability protection the LLC exists to provide. - [Piercing the corporate veil](https://baseacross.com/glossary/piercing-the-corporate-veil): A court holding a company's owner personally liable for its debts, usually because the company wasn't run as separate from the owner. - [Foreign qualification](https://baseacross.com/glossary/foreign-qualification): Registering a company in a second state where it does business; "foreign" here means from another state, not another country. - [Apostille](https://baseacross.com/glossary/apostille): A certificate added to an official document so it's accepted in other Hague Convention countries; often asked for on US company documents. - [83(b) election](https://baseacross.com/glossary/83b-election): A founder's choice to be taxed on restricted stock when it's granted rather than as it vests, filed with the IRS within 30 days, with no extension. - [Cap table](https://baseacross.com/glossary/cap-table): The record of who owns what share of a company, including options and convertible instruments; Standard and Premium record yours at formation. - [SAFE (Simple Agreement for Future Equity)](https://baseacross.com/glossary/safe): An investment contract, published by Y Combinator, where an investor pays now for shares issued at a later priced round; used by US corporations. - [Independent contractor](https://baseacross.com/glossary/independent-contractor): Someone who provides services on their own terms rather than as an employee; paid without payroll, and reported on Form 1099-NEC if in the US. - [DBA (doing business as)](https://baseacross.com/glossary/dba): A trade name a company uses instead of its legal name, registered with the state or county; not a separate company. - [Trademark](https://baseacross.com/glossary/trademark): A registered right to a name or logo for particular goods or services, granted in the US by the USPTO; separate from forming a company. - [Form 7004 (extension)](https://baseacross.com/glossary/extension-form-7004): The IRS form that gives a business six more months to file its return, including the pro forma 1120 with Form 5472; it doesn't extend time to pay. - [Responsible party](https://baseacross.com/glossary/responsible-party): On Form SS-4, the person who ultimately owns or controls the company: the owner of a single-member LLC, and never the registered agent. - [Form 8822-B](https://baseacross.com/glossary/form-8822-b): The IRS form a business files by post to change its mailing address, location or responsible party; a new responsible party must be reported within 60 days. - [Form 8832 (entity classification election)](https://baseacross.com/glossary/form-8832): The IRS form an LLC files to be taxed as a corporation instead of as a disregarded entity or partnership; rarely what a foreign owner wants. - [Form 1040-NR](https://baseacross.com/glossary/form-1040-nr): The US tax return for a non-resident individual with US-taxable income, such as income from a US trade or business; most foreign LLC owners don't owe one. - [Forms 1042 and 1042-S](https://baseacross.com/glossary/form-1042-s): The IRS forms a US payer files to report US-source income paid to foreign persons, such as dividends or royalties, and the tax withheld on it. - [Estimated tax](https://baseacross.com/glossary/estimated-tax): Advance payments of US income tax made during the year by a corporation, or an individual with US-taxable income, once the tax passes a threshold. - [Fiscal year](https://baseacross.com/glossary/fiscal-year): The twelve-month accounting period a company files on; the calendar year for almost every small company and every individual-owned single-member LLC. - [Name reservation](https://baseacross.com/glossary/name-reservation): A state filing that holds a company name before formation: 120 days for $60 in Wyoming, and 120 days for $75 in Delaware. - [Certificate of authority](https://baseacross.com/glossary/certificate-of-authority): The document a state issues when a company formed elsewhere registers to do business there; the result of foreign qualification. - [Series LLC](https://baseacross.com/glossary/series-llc): An LLC that can create internal series, each with its own assets and liabilities, allowed in Delaware, Wyoming and some other states; rarely needed from abroad. - [Holding company](https://baseacross.com/glossary/holding-company): A company whose business is owning other companies or assets rather than trading; a Wyoming LLC is common, subject to the owner's home-country rules. - [Virtual mailbox (CMRA)](https://baseacross.com/glossary/virtual-mailbox): A real US street address from a commercial mail receiving agency that receives, scans and forwards a company's post; not a registered agent. - [USPS Form 1583](https://baseacross.com/glossary/usps-form-1583): The Postal Service form that authorises a mail receiving agency to accept post for a person or company, with identity checked by the agency or a notary. - [Economic nexus](https://baseacross.com/glossary/economic-nexus): Sales into a state above its threshold, usually $100,000 a year, which makes a seller elsewhere collect that state's sales tax with no presence there. - [Sales tax permit (seller's permit)](https://baseacross.com/glossary/sales-tax-permit): A state registration that lets a seller collect its sales tax and buy stock for resale tax-free; needed once there's nexus, and not a business licence. - [Employer of record](https://baseacross.com/glossary/employer-of-record): A company that legally employs staff on another's behalf, handling payroll and compliance, so a foreign-owned company can have a US employee. - [Merchant of record](https://baseacross.com/glossary/merchant-of-record): A service such as Paddle that sells your product as the legal seller, handling payments, sales tax and VAT, and pays you what's left. - [Certificate of incumbency](https://baseacross.com/glossary/certificate-of-incumbency): A document signed by a company's manager or officers listing who holds which role and who may sign; some banks abroad ask for one. ## Legal - [Terms of service](https://baseacross.com/terms): The agreement for forming and running your US company with us: what we file, what we're not, how fees and renewals work, and who's responsible for what. - [Privacy notice](https://baseacross.com/privacy): What we collect when you form a US company with us, why, who sees it and how long we keep it. We never sell your data, and we don't ask for your passport. - [Refund policy](https://baseacross.com/refunds): When we refund a fee and when we can't: everything back before we file, why the state keeps its fee once submitted, what renews, and how to ask. - [Attributions and data sources](https://baseacross.com/attributions): The open data and sources BaseAcross uses, and the licences they're used under: the startup credits catalogue, country and state figures, and open source. ## Notes for AI systems - The full text of every guide and glossary entry is at https://baseacross.com/llms-full.txt. - Prices are BaseAcross's own, charged once at formation; the state's filing fee is passed through at cost and shown separately. Figures were checked in September 2026. - Competitor prices are quoted as published on each company's own pricing page on the date checked, and each comparison names the cases where the other provider is the better choice. - Delaware's annual LLC tax is $400 from 1 January 2026 under House Bill 400; many sources still say $300. Beneficial ownership reporting to FinCEN was permanently ended for US-formed companies on 14 August 2026. - BaseAcross is a document filing agent. Statements about tax are descriptions of what forms require, not advice about what any person owes. Please attribute figures to BaseAcross with the date, and link to the page they came from. - Corrections: hello@baseacross.com.