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LLC, Corporation or Limited Partnership, Delaware or Texas, standalone or part of a group: your choice shapes your taxes, liability, visa and banking. Mount Bonnell Advisors forms your US company with a place of business in Delaware, Florida, California, New York, Texas or Wyoming, and looks after it year after year.

Here you'll find our guides on entity types, states and everything that comes after formation.

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Forming a US company: the guide for your real business in America Entity type, state, obligations, taxes, taking profits out, banks, holding, IRS and visa: the guide for your company in the USA. Read more → Delaware for Dummies 2026: the US tax haven, finally explained What Delaware really leaves tax-free, what it makes public and why big corporations come anyway. Read more → Why Delaware is the favorite home state of big US corporations How the second-smallest state became the registered home of big corporations, and who it pays off for. Read more → How to set up a nonprofit in the USA What a 501(c)(3) gives you, the three types there are and how formation works in nine steps. Read more → Protect your US LLC's liability shield & avoid the risks When creditors can reach through your LLC's limited liability, and the four rules that keep it intact. Read more → Common US business entities at a glance LLC, C Corporation and limited partnership from a corporate law perspective, with a comparison of all three. Read more → Forming a company in the USA: which state is the best home? Registered office or place of management, the Delaware and Nevada myth, and four special cases when choosing a location. Read more → The US beneficial ownership register What the Corporate Transparency Act required, who still has to report to FinCEN today and what that means for your US company. Read more → Our recommended states & locations Austin, Miami, New York City, San Francisco and Wilmington: five locations we recommend for your US business. Read more → Forming a US company: which state? Which entity type? Corporation or partnership, tax-friendly states and operational criteria: a guide to getting your formation right. Read more → Formalities & steps for forming your US company How forming your LLC, Corporation or LP works with us, from the order to your tax ID and bank account. Read more → Quick check: which US entity type is best for me? Six typical cases and the US entity type that fits each one best, with the rough tax burden. Read more → Delaware: The First State Economy, talent, port and taxes: a profile of the First State. Read more → Compliance in the USA: C Corporation obligations by state Formation time, fees, tax return, bylaws and annual report of the C Corporation, state by state. Read more → Corporate requirements & compliance for the US LLC Fees, tax return, operating agreement and annual report of the US LLC in nine states. Read more → Corporate requirements & compliance for the US LP Fees, tax return, partnership agreement and annual report of the US Limited Partnership by state. Read more → The best state for your LLC: usually the one you work in Six states compared: what formation costs, what gets added every year and why the place you do business usually makes the choice for you. Read more → California LLC costs: $70 to form, $800 in year one What an LLC in California costs in the first year and every year after, when the $800 falls due and when an LLC from another state pays too. Read more → Delaware holding company for entrepreneurs and families: who sits at the top When a Delaware holding above your US companies makes sense, which entity type it takes, who should own it and what that means for taxes and succession. Read more → Forming a Delaware LLC: from the Certificate of Formation to $400 a year How a Delaware LLC is created, what goes into the LLC agreement, what it costs every year and why it registers where the business actually happens. Read more → Forming and running a Florida LLC: from the annual report to sales tax What a Florida LLC with real local business needs: formation, Registered Agent, annual report, state taxes, county and city registration. Read more → Foreign qualification: when your LLC does business in a second state When your LLC has to register in another state, what it costs and what you risk without registering. Read more → Forming and managing international holding companies US holding, international holding above the US company or IP holding: what each structure delivers and where it hits its limits. Read more → Forming a Delaware Inc: founder shares, vesting and the 83(b) deadline The Delaware Corporation for startups and investors: formation, shares, vesting, 83(b) and the franchise tax calculated correctly. Read more → Dissolving a US LLC: wind up first, then cancel How a US LLC ends cleanly: resolution, winding up, cancellation with the state, final return with the IRS and reporting back home. Read more → Converting an LLC into a C Corp: three routes and how the IRS sees them Three routes from LLC to Corporation, what Delaware requires, how the IRS treats the switch and what applies to a company owned from abroad. Read more → New York LLC: six weeks in two newspapers and the 120-day deadline The obligations of a New York LLC that no other state has: publication in two newspapers, the biennial statement and the filing fee with the tax department. Read more → The US LLC operating agreement: the contract everyone reads Management, voting rights, profit sharing, exit and tax clauses: what belongs in your US LLC's operating agreement and what applies without one. Read more → Registered Agent in the USA: who accepts a lawsuit for your company Who can be a Registered Agent, which address the law requires, what the agent does and what happens without one: the rules in six states. Read more → Taxation of your US Corporation Federal and state corporate income tax, sales tax, payroll taxes and four worked examples for your US Corporation. Read more → Forming a Texas LLC: from your name at the Secretary of State to May 15 Name, Certificate of Formation, Registered Agent, company agreement, franchise tax and sales tax: the path to your Texas LLC with the state's forms and fees. Read more → What a US Corporation can be used for Subsidiary, capital, visa, real estate, holding, IP and privacy: how entrepreneurs put the US Corporation to work. Read more → Taking profits out of your US Corporation Dividends to individuals and parent companies, withholding tax, invoices, loans, salary and stock options. Read more → The US C Corporation as an entity: formation, officers, liability Formation, officers and directors, capital, liability, state registration and taxation of the US C Corporation at a glance. Read more → Getting credit in the US: a line of credit for your company Credit score, DUNS number, account activity and substance: how your US company qualifies for a line of credit. Read more → Taxation of your US LLC Partnership or corporation treatment, income tax, the § 199A deduction, sales tax, payroll taxes and three worked examples. Read more → What your US Limited Liability Company (LLC) can be used for Market entry, global business, visa, real estate and privacy: thirteen ways to use a US LLC. Read more → Annual cost of a US LLC: what six states charge Formation fee, annual report, franchise tax and federal obligations: what a US LLC costs every year in Delaware, Florida, Texas, Wyoming, California and New York. Read more → Taking profits out of your US LLC Distributions, withholding tax and ways to minimize profits in your US LLC. Read more → Forming a US LLC with a permanent establishment: what the IRS then requires When a US LLC has a permanent establishment, what effectively connected income is, which returns follow and what the tax treaty covers: the LLC with real business in the USA. Read more → The US LLC as an entity: what an LLC is and how it works Formation, management, operating agreement, liability, state registration and taxation of the US LLC at a glance. Read more → Taxation of your US Limited Partnership (LP) Income tax, the § 199A deduction, gross receipts tax, sales tax, payroll taxes and three worked examples for your US LP. Read more → What your US Limited Partnership (LP) can be used for Market entry, global business, visa, real estate and privacy: thirteen ways to use a US Limited Partnership. Read more → Taking profits out of your US LP Distributions, withholding tax and six ways to minimize profits in your US Limited Partnership. Read more → General partner and signing authority for your US Limited Partnership (LP) General partner LLC, bank account authority, signing authority and naming: how the management of your US LP is set up. Read more → The US Limited Partnership (LP) as an entity at a glance Formation, management, capital, liability, partnership agreement, state registration and taxation of the US Limited Partnership. Read more → US PayPal account A US PayPal business account for your US company: what it does and what you need to open one. Read more → Which US entity is best for me in 2026? C Corporation, LLC and Limited Partnership compared, with a decision guide and the tax burden in two scenarios. Read more → Forming a Wyoming LLC: step by step from filing to EIN Form your Wyoming LLC in the right order: name, Registered Agent, Articles, Operating Agreement, EIN, foreign qualification and the annual report. Read more →

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