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Services for Setting Up and Running Your US Company

A US company collects paperwork from day one: a registered agent, an EIN, a state report or tax every year. Here's which papers each stage adds and which Registate service handles them.

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Your Company LLCServicesActive
  • Registered agentIncluded in your package
  • EIN application supportEIN letter in Tax Documents
  • Annual report filingDelaware LLC tax · $400 by June 1
  • Compliance supportReminders and the filings you order

Four services, and who does what in each

Each card splits the work: what Registate does, what the state or IRS does, and how it's priced.

Registered agent service

From day one

A street address in your formation state where lawsuits and official state notices reach the company.

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EntityYour Company LLC
StatusActive
Registered agentRegistered agent's street address
Registate does

Acts as your agent in your formation state and passes on the legal papers and state notices it receives.

The state or IRS does

Requires an in-state street address at all times. Wyoming rejects PO boxes and virtual addresses; Delaware can cancel an LLC left without one.

Plan and price

In every formation package (Silver, Gold and Platinum), renewing with it each year.

Registered agent service

EIN application support

After formation

The EIN is your company's federal tax number. Banks, payment platforms and the IRS all ask for it.

Form SS-4IRS fee $0
1 · Legal nameYour Company LLC
7b · SSN or ITINForeign
Goes toThe IRS
Registate does

Fills in Form SS-4 from your formation details. You check and sign it; we submit it to the IRS.

The state or IRS does

Issues the EIN free, on its own processing time. We can't make it faster.

Plan and price

Paid preparation support: in some plans, an add-on in others. The price shows in onboarding and on the pricing page.

EIN application support

Annual report filing

Every year

The yearly paperwork your formation state expects: a report, a tax or both, depending on the state and the company type.

State filingsSet by the state
  • Delaware LLCJune 1 · $400 tax
  • Wyoming LLCFormation month · $60 min.
  • Delaware C-CorpMarch 1 · Report + tax
Registate does

Files the state's annual report when you order it, including a Delaware corporation's report and franchise tax.

The state or IRS does

Sets the fee and the due date. Delaware adds a $200 penalty plus 1.5% interest a month for paying late; Wyoming dissolves a company 60 days overdue.

Plan and price

The Platinum plan lists "Annual Report Filing and Franchise Tax". State fees are the state's; checkout shows what's covered first.

Annual report filing

Compliance support

Every year

One page for everything a US company owes after formation, with each item split by who handles it.

Who does what
RegistateAgent, reminders, filings you order
You or your tax proFederal tax returns
The state or IRSFees, dates, penalties
Registate does

Acts as registered agent, can send reminders, files the state reports you order and keeps your documents in your panel.

The state or IRS does

Set fees, dates and penalties. Federal returns such as Form 5472 or Form 1120 need a tax professional, not Registate.

Plan and price

The agent is in every package. Reminder and report-filing scope and price show at checkout, before you pay.

Compliance support
Packages from $147 a year

Our fee is the package plus any extras. State fees and taxes go to the state, and the IRS charges nothing for an EIN. See pricing

Sources, checked Oct 2026: IRS: Get an EIN · IRS: Form SS-4 instructions · Delaware: LLC annual tax · Delaware: annual report and franchise tax · Delaware Code, Title 6 § 18-104 · Wyoming: business FAQ · Wyoming: registered agent FAQ. The states and the IRS set their own rules and can change them. General information, not tax or legal advice.

What Registate doesn't do

Who handles each one instead, and where to read more.

  • Tax returns

    Form 5472 with a pro forma Form 1120, Form 1120 and Form 1065 are prepared by a tax professional and go to the IRS.

    Form 5472 guide

  • ITIN applications

    We don't file them, and an EIN doesn't need one: a responsible party with no SSN or ITIN writes "Foreign" on SS-4 line 7b.

    EIN without an SSN

  • Bookkeeping

    We're not an accounting firm. Your accountant keeps the books; your panel keeps the documents they'll ask for.

    Foreign-owned LLC taxes

  • Bank approval

    Only the bank or payment platform decides. We prepare the company and its documents; nobody can promise an account.

    Banking overview

  • Amendments

    Changes to the state record, such as a new name, are filed with the state by the company. We don't file them.

    Changing a business address

  • Dissolution

    Closing a company is its own filing, on your formation state's form. We don't file it.

  • Good standing certificate

    Ordered from your formation state's filing office. We don't order them for you.

  • New Mexico LLCs

    Checkout offers 7 states: California, Delaware, District of Columbia, Florida, New York, Texas and Wyoming. New Mexico isn't one of them.

    Compare the states

Services FAQs

What a company needs after formation, what's free, and what Registate does and doesn't do.

Three things. Get an EIN from the IRS. Keep the registered agent named on your formation filing in place. File the state's annual report or pay its yearly tax on the state's dates. A company with a non-US owner usually has federal returns as well, which a tax professional prepares.

Yes. A company has to keep a registered agent at a street address in its formation state. Delaware's LLC law says each LLC must have one, and Wyoming doesn't accept a PO box or virtual address as the agent's office. Every Registate formation package includes a registered agent in the state we form your company in.

From the IRS, yes. The IRS says you never have to pay a fee for an EIN, and you can apply directly. Registate's EIN service is paid help with preparing and submitting Form SS-4, which matters most if you have no SSN or ITIN and can't use the IRS online application.

No. The state filing fee is set by the state and shows as its own line at checkout, separate from the package price. Yearly state taxes and report fees are the state's charges too. The pricing page lists every package next to each state's fees.

Ask us first. These pages describe each service as it comes with a company formed through Registate. If yours was formed elsewhere, send us the state and company type and we'll tell you what we can take on.

No. Federal returns such as Form 5472 with a pro forma Form 1120, or Form 1120 for a C-Corp, are prepared by a tax professional. We don't do bookkeeping or ITIN applications either. Our guides explain what's due so you can brief your adviser.

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Do I need an EIN for my LLC if it has no employees?

Almost always, yes. Hiring staff is only one of the IRS triggers. A single-member LLC owned by someone outside the US needs its own EIN so it can file Form 5472, the information return the IRS expects from a foreign-owned US disregarded entity, even in a year with no payroll and no sales.

Outside the IRS, the number is what the rest of the setup runs on: US banks, Stripe and most marketplaces ask for the company's EIN before they open an account in its name. The application itself costs nothing at the IRS. What founders without an SSN or ITIN usually need help with is preparing Form SS-4 correctly and getting it submitted. How EIN support works.

What are registered agent services, and what does the agent actually do?

A registered agent service lends your company a staffed street address in its formation state and receives the papers the law says must reach the company there: service of process when someone sues, and official notices from the state. The agent's name and address go on your formation filing and stay on the public record.

The work is quiet but continuous. The agent has to be reachable during business hours every working day, log what arrives and pass it to you quickly, because a lawsuit can carry a short response deadline. Delaware and Wyoming both require a company to keep an agent for as long as it exists, and every Registate formation package includes one in the state we form your company in. Registered agent service.

Does an LLC have to file an annual report every year?

Not in every state. The duty, the name and the rhythm all depend on where the LLC was formed. Wyoming asks for an annual report every year in the formation month, with a license tax of at least $60. Florida's report is due each year between January 1 and May 1. California, New York and DC ask for a statement or report only every two years.

Delaware is the outlier: an LLC files no annual report at all, but it owes a flat $400 tax by June 1 every year, and paying late adds a penalty plus monthly interest. Whatever the state, the obligation sits with the company, so put the date in your calendar from the day you form. Annual report filing, state by state.

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