Energy. Entrepreneurial spirit. Room for big plans. Texas stands for the drive to build something of your own and take success into your own hands. From Austin's tech scene to the economic muscle of Dallas and Houston, this is where your ambition finds a home for business. Your Texas C Corporation is where it starts.
Our team in Austin works with you personally in English, from formation to ongoing support.
No trip to the US needed · 3 to 5 business days · Support 24/7
plus franchise tax: $0 up to $2.65 million in annual revenue
Form a Texas corporationTexas in numbers
Why TexasSources: Fortune 500 (2026); U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis (as of September 2026); U.S. Census Bureau (estimate as of July 1, 2025); Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts.
The package
In your first year, you get every service in the annual package. From year two, everything continues with the annual package. Your corporation is in good order from day one and stays that way.
We file your formation online with the Texas Secretary of State and prepare the document set for your path. We pass the state fee on with no markup.
We submit your Mercury application with you as soon as your documents and EIN are in. You also get euro account details with your own IBAN through Wise and, if you come to Austin, a personal introduction at a traditional US bank.
We apply for your Employer Identification Number (EIN) with the IRS. And we file the mandatory BE-13 report with the Bureau of Economic Analysis, the filing many founders have never heard of.
Texas requires every corporation to have a Registered Agent. That's us. We scan mail from agencies and courts and email it to you. If a letter comes with a deadline, we tell you what to do.
Our Austin address goes on your letterhead, invoices and filings, along with a US phone number with call answering. On the formation and the Public Information Report we list our address, not your home address.
Shareholder and board meetings, resolutions and minutes, registers, filings with Texas and a calendar with every deadline. You sign, we handle the rest.
The six points in detailContract templates under US law for your corporation's day-to-day business. From your first customer contract to your first investor.
You ask, we answer, as often as you like. The only exceptions are custom documents drafted by the attorneys on the firm's team, and bookkeeping.
Included every year
With free consultations.
Two paths, clear prices
It determines which documents your corporation needs from day one. Everything else is the same on both routes: formation, Registered Agent, accounts, annual compliance and our support in English.
On top of the corporation's document set come the documents for your parent company.
plus franchise tax: $0 up to $2.65 million in annual revenue
Choose this pathOn your own or with co-founders. The corporation belongs to you directly.
plus franchise tax: $0 up to $2.65 million in annual revenue
Choose this pathFrom year two, Texas charges no fee for the Public Information Report. Franchise tax only applies above the revenue threshold. Bookkeeping is added only if you book it: from $250 a month, starting when you begin trading.
Not sure which path fits? Book a consultation or call our office: +1 512 647 1128. You can order directly on either path.
How it works
Everything runs remotely. The timings below reflect our experience, not guarantees.
Pick your path and extras on the order card. You see the total right away.
We file with the Secretary of State and prepare your document set.
Without a US Social Security number, we apply for the EIN by fax. The IRS quotes about four business days.
We file the mandatory report with the Bureau of Economic Analysis on time.
With your formation documents and IRS letter (CP575 or 147C), we submit the application together with you. Mercury decides after its own review.
According to Mercury, no visit to the US is required. You only travel to Austin if you want an introduction to a traditional US bank. That is optional.
Accounts and credit history
Credit for your company and for you. The strongest business cards also check your personal credit history, so we build both.
Annual compliance
A Texas corporation has obligations, year after year. We take care of these six: in the formation package from day one, and after that with the annual package.
We set the date and prepare the agenda and resolutions: at the shareholder meeting, electing the directors and acknowledging the annual financial statements; at the board of directors, appointing the officers and ratifying the company's business. In writing or by video: we write the minutes and collect signatures electronically.
We keep your corporation's resolutions and minutes, the stock ledger and the list of directors and officers. Digital and always up to date.
Every year by May 15, the franchise tax report goes to the Texas Comptroller together with the Public Information Report. Below $2.65 million in revenue (reports 2026 and 2027), the Public Information Report is enough, with no separate state fee. The first filing is usually due on May 15 of the following year.
We remain your Registered Agent in Texas. We scan your mail, email it to you and flag any deadlines. On request, we forward the originals by post.
Every deadline with Texas, the IRS and the Bureau of Economic Analysis is in your calendar, and we remind you in good time. The FinCEN report no longer applies to companies formed in the US since March 2025, confirmed by a final rule dated August 11, 2026. If it comes back, we handle it at no extra charge.
Unlimited support in English. Need a resolution for a new account, a contract or a loan? We prepare it, within the usual scope and at no extra charge. Custom documents drafted by the attorneys on the firm's team: $450 per matter.
Resolutions and minutes
When you want to work with a regulated supplier, take out a loan or sell your company, the first thing the other side asks for is your company's resolutions and minutes (the minute book). They show who owns the company, who runs it, who can sign and what was decided when.
If they are missing, they cannot be cleanly recreated after the fact. That is why we keep them from day one. When the moment comes, you just send a link.
BE-13
If a foreign person directly or indirectly holds at least ten percent of the voting rights, the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis requires the BE-13 filing (15 CFR 801.7), even if it never contacts you. The deadline: 45 calendar days from formation.
We file it with every formation, as a short Claim for Exemption where total costs are up to $40 million. Above that, the full form applies, quoted individually.
Template library
Every template in English, from your first customer contract to your first investor. The bylaws, resolutions and minutes of your corporation are already part of the package.
Once you've paid, sign in at mtbonnell.com/vorlagen with the email address you ordered with. No password needed: we send you a code by email. The templates are tailored to your corporation: the contracting party is a corporation, with shareholders, a Board of Directors and Officers. They are no substitute for advice on your specific case: where it really matters, the attorneys on the firm's team draft the document.
Why Texas
Texas has more Fortune 500 headquarters than any other state, the largest economy after California and a franchise tax with a clear threshold.
of German companies in the USA expect sales to grow in 2026.
plan to increase their investment in the USA.
Texas taxes companies on their margin: 0.75 percent, 0.375 percent in wholesale and retail, and 0.331 percent under the E-Z computation up to $20 million in total revenue. For the 2026 and 2027 reports, it is zero up to $2.65 million in annual revenue. Your company still files the Public Information Report every year.
Since 2019 it has prohibited a tax on individual income. In 2023 a ban on a wealth tax was added, and in 2025 a ban on a capital gains tax on individuals, families, estates and trusts. This applies to State of Texas taxes; US federal taxes and the taxes of your country of residence apply alongside them.
The Texas Secretary of State's formation fee. We pass it on with no markup and show it separately.
Why Texas is our home: Texas Proud and our Texas story.
Sources: Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts; Texas Constitution, Art. 8; Texas Secretary of State. (2026)
State of formation
Delaware is the name everyone knows. Texas is where you do business. If you form in Delaware and do business in Texas, you also have to register in Texas (foreign qualification), usually as soon as you have an office or employees there.
| Comparison | Less effort Texas direct Texas corporation | Delaware plus Texas Delaware corporation registered in Texas |
|---|---|---|
| States | 1, Texas | 2, Delaware and Texas |
| Registered Agents | 1, in Texas | 2, one each in Delaware and Texas |
| Annual obligations | 1 set: the Texas Public Information Report, plus the franchise tax report above the revenue threshold | 2 sets: Delaware franchise tax and annual report by March 1, plus the Texas Public Information Report by May 15 |
| State fees | 1 set, to Texas | 2 sets, to Delaware (franchise tax plus a $50 report fee) and to Texas ($750 for registration) |
If you do business in Texas for more than 90 days without registering, the Secretary of State can also charge a late fee equal to the registration fee for each calendar year or part of one.
Through us, registering in Texas costs $750 plus the state fee, and from the second year $650 per year for the Registered Agent and annual filing there, also plus state fees.
Extras
The packages cover what every corporation needs. Add these services in the order card, or later, at the same prices.
In writing: a clean structure between parent and US subsidiary, or between you and your corporation. Coordinated with your accountant at home.
Full detailsIn writing: which route to the USA fits you and your team, prepared with the immigration attorney on the firm's team. Filing and government fees are separate.
Full detailsCertificate of Good Standing (in Texas: Certificate of Fact) and a notarized Certificate of Incumbency, both with apostille and a certified German translation.
Full detailsCredit for your company and for you. The strongest business cards also check your personal credit history, so we build both.
Full detailsFinancial statements, Form 1120 and Form 5472, filed electronically. For $1,500 we first review your records; the amount is credited toward our fixed-price quote.
Questions
Our office in Austin answers around the clock, in English.
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