A US setup is a three-part decision: the kind of entity, the state, and how it is classified for federal tax. We assess all three before anything is filed.
Entity type, ownership and state interact; a US tax professional confirms how, and what follows for filings. The assessment takes them in the order type, state, classification, and raises the classification questions with a US tax professional before anything is filed.
This is structuring analysis; classification and tax effects belong with a US tax professional.
These sourced facts bear on the choice of entity and state.
Delaware requires every LLC and corporation to keep a registered agent with a street address and office in Delaware, open in business hours to accept service of process.
By default a domestic LLC with two or more members is treated as a partnership for federal tax, and a domestic LLC may file Form 8832 to elect classification as a corporation. This differs from the default disregarded treatment of a single-member LLC.
Registered agents — Delaware Division of Corporations. Source language: English.
Instructions for Form SS-4 — IRS. Source language: English.
Facts reviewed 2026-09-28.
With one owner, an LLC and a corporation are the two forms the assessment compares first, and it lists how each sits with the owner's own tax position for a US adviser.
Several owners need a vehicle that holds them cleanly. The assessment asks how the owners relate to each other and raises the tax question with a US adviser.
A separate US operating entity raises the form question and how the parent and the entity relate for reporting.
Ask what local-agent arrangement the state of your choice requires; the assessment records the answer as something to plan for.
The assessment asks about ownership plans first, and lists the ownership question for the owner's US tax adviser to answer before anything is formed.
The assessment takes the state after the type, comparing realistic states against where you operate and who will deal with the state. Differences in state law are confirmed by a US professional.
LLC or corporation, set against who will own it and in what shares.
Chosen against where you operate, once the type is clear.
The tax questions go to a US professional, before anything is filed.
This is business and structuring analysis, not legal, tax or investment advice. Where a legal or tax opinion is needed, we say so and point you to a licensed adviser.
No filing happens here; forming the entity is a separate service.
It lists the local-agent question for each realistic state; a US professional confirms the requirement.
No. It names the classification questions for a US tax professional.
No obligation. We read your request and reply with a straight answer.
Describe your plan and your constraints. We reply with what we would look at first.
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