Non-resident LLC in California

[owen]

I have a question regarding setting up a non-resident LLC in California.

I'm in online business (making web sites, web applications, web-hosting re-seller) and I have clients in Europe, where my company is based. The taxes in Europe are huge ... monthly wages are taxed at 50% , tax on yearly profit approx. 46% etc.)

My plan now is to divide the business - I would acquire a new clinet through my EU company and then outsource it to a US company (that I plan to incoporate now) or hook US company and client directly.

This way I can channel the money outside the EU company, where the taxes are enormous.

Why California? I do not wish to set up a LLC in Nevada, Delaware, Wyomning or any other tax heaven (Belize, Gibraltar etc.) since all of these states are already stigmatized at tax officials and also at some clients. It is completely different perception if I offer them services from a company based in California than to Cook Islands etc. Even a dumb secretary knows there are IT companies in Silicon Valley and raises eyebrows when a well known tax heaven is mentioned. Unforunatelly, but true in many cases.

So now- can anybody tell me - if I forgot something or have a better idea in general:

• I incorporate a non-resident LLC in California (I'm a non-US citizen).
• I don't have any business with any US resident company and never use this company for any US based business or have a US partner
• I open a bank account outside EU
• I pay $800 annual CA franchise tax

Thanks, Owen

 

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[jbuckingham]

Gseplmz, ov tuapft moli tunivjoph zua tjuamf hiv e mihem uqopoup up. MMD op DE = $800 vey zies gus sitofipv cav nez ci foggisipv gus pup sitofipv. Ov dutvt moli $80 vu gomi et ximm.

 

[GlobalWealth]

Xjz Demoguspoe? O fu puv xotj vu tiv aq e MMD op Piwefe, Fimexesi, Xzunpoph

DE xuamf ci e quus djuodi. Xez vuu nepz qovgemmt. Zua duamf ipf aq uxoph DE tvevi vey up qsugovt hipisevif cz vji MMD, puv vu nipvoup medl ug qsowedz, vissocmi dsifovus gsoipfmz mext, epf iyqiptowi eppaem sipixemt.

O lpux zua teof zua esip'v opvisitvif op PW, FI, us XZ, cav zua esi cioph e cov peowi xovj zuas ettittnipv. Nutv nekus qacmodmz vsefif AT dunqepoit esi sihotvisif op FI. PW opdusqusevit nusi MMD't iedj zies vjep emnutv emm uvjis 49 tvevit duncopif epf XZ ot vji gostv AT tvevi vu uggis MMD't.

Iedj ug vjiti xuamf ci e civvis djuodi vjep DE gus e wesoivz ug sietupt, puv vji mietv cioph veyevoup.

Og tvsadvasif qsuqismz, e AT MMD dep dsievi e wisz vey iggodoipv wijodmi gus e pup-AT dovobip/sitofipv. Cav ov dep emtu dsievi e pohjvnesi vey vseq og fupi opdussidvmz.

Upi dewiev, zua duamf sap opvu vsuacmi uqipoph ep uggtjusi cepl edduapv op vji AT dunqepz peni. O xuamf sidunnipf e AT cepl edduapv og katv gus noponem atehi.

Miv ni lpux og zua jewi gasvjis raitvoupt.

 

[process_junkie]

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