Resources
Understand the filing before you make it
Plain-language guides to entity selection, compliance obligations, and how each state's filing agency works.
Guides
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LLC vs. corporation
How liability protection, taxation, ownership transfer, and formalities differ — and which structure fits a small operating business versus a venture-backed startup.
Choosing your formation state
Why Delaware isn't automatically right, when foreign qualification is required, and how to avoid paying two sets of annual fees.
What a registered agent actually does
Statutory duties, service-of-process handling, address requirements, and the consequences of a lapsed agent.
Annual reports and good standing
How states calculate due dates, what happens after a missed report, and how reinstatement works.
EIN and tax elections
When you need an EIN, how S-corp status is elected, and what changes when you hire your first employee.
Operating agreements and bylaws
Why internal governance documents matter even for single-member entities, and what provisions to include.
Directory
Filing agency by state
The agency that receives formation documents in each jurisdiction we support.
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