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Which state for a non-US founder’s LLC?

On three-year cost with Mainstay Filing and the $99 EIN, Arizona is lowest at $746 and California highest at $3,186. Cost is one input; where you do business, what your customers expect and the state’s taxes are the others.

Ten lowest

  1. Arizona: $746+
  2. Mississippi: $746
  3. Missouri: $746
  4. New Mexico: $746
  5. Montana: $771
  6. Hawaii: $772
  7. Iowa: $776
  8. Utah: $791
  9. Ohio: $795
  10. Colorado: $796

Ten highest

  1. California: $3,186
  2. Massachusetts: $2,196
  3. Rhode Island: $2,146
  4. Nevada: $1,821
  5. Delaware: $1,606
  6. Tennessee: $1,596
  7. Maryland: $1,396
  8. Kentucky: $1,291
  9. North Carolina: $1,221
  10. Florida: $1098.50

States with a yearly tax on top

California ($800 a year), Kentucky ($175 a year), New York ($25 a year) and Rhode Island ($400 a year). These are in the totals. Delaware’s $400 annual tax and Nevada’s $350 annual list show in the “State report” column.

Not tax advice. A state’s cheap formation does not make it cheap to operate there.