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Texas Registered Agent Service

Texas registered agent service by Northwest Registered agent through our Austin, TX office for $125.00 a year, or we'll match any other Texas registered agents' price if you would like to use our agent services for more than 1 year.

INFO ON HOW TO INCORPORATE IN TEXAS, OR REGISTER YOUR OUT OF STATE BUSINESS:

Texas, the Lone Star State, claims that everything is bigger in Texas. As a home grown East Texan, Northwest Registered Agent can agree. The Texas Secretary of State agrees as well and charges one of the highest fees in the nation for a foreign entity to qualify to do business in Texas at $750.00. Domestic Texas entities also have one of the highest fees in the country of $300.00. So as far as Texas fees to run a business, yes, its bigger in Texas. Texas has the 2nd biggest gross domestic product in the U.S. and no personal income tax, so the hope is that the economy is viable enough that you'll make enough money in Texas to make it all work out.

Texas has no personal income tax. Most states that have no personal income tax charge a gross receipts business tax, because otherwise, corporations and LLC's that claim S-Corp status (with an S-corp status with the IRS, the income of the business falls down onto your personal tax return and you pay your taxes on the personal income tax rate at the state level, and your normal rate at the IRS level) would basically be able to operate Tax free. Let's face it. A State government is going to need some income, so it's going to have to come from somewhere. In Texas, the government has decided to make it come from businesses and not individuals. The gross Franchise Tax receipt tax is 1% of all income you have in Texas, regardless of if you made any money at the end of the year or not.

If you're going to file in Texas you should know a couple of these things:

Filings take about 3-5 days to get completed. You can fax file anything with a credit card, or you can file online. Your Texas Registered Agent does not need to sign your filing. If you're qualifying an out of state entity, you need a 90 day or less old certificate of good standing from your home state of incorporation. This does not have to be an original certificate.

There are NO annual reports due, but you need to pay your franchise tax each year.

Domestic entities cost $300.00 to file, and foreign entities cost $750.00 to file. If you would like us to help you make a domestic entity instead of a foreign qualification, we can do this for you.

It costs $15.00 to change your Texas registered agent. If you would like to switch to Northwest Registered Agent, we would be happy to prepare the filing for you and file on your behalf.


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