Registered Agents are authorized representatives who can form an llc remotely in the USA and receive official documents that may come to the company after the formment, on behalf of the company owner.
When you research the process of forming an llc in Usa, you will encounter many details such as taxation, company types, bank account, and state selection. A term that you frequently come across during this research process is the term Registered Agent. So what is this registered agent? Let's take a closer look.
What is Registered Agent?
A Registered Agent is a person or organization appointed to manage government correspondence, setup processes, and compliance documentation on your behalf so that you can start an llc remotely. In addition, it is essential to receive service from Registered Agents after company formment, because they have the right to receive official documents that may come to your company on your behalf.
If you reside outside the USA, you must receive Registered Agent service both during and after company formment, because states require foreign-owned LLCs to have a registered agent.
What Does a Registered Agent Do? What are the benefits?
In fact, after you decide to form an llc in Usa, they do almost every transaction. You only do what the Registered Agent wants. For example, signing some files and sending them digitally, receiving pdf e-mails sent digitally, etc. During the company formment phase, a Registered Agent manages all processes on your behalf. By carrying out every transaction, he ensures that the company is formed in a healthy way and remains active in the following years. They are also authorized to receive and forward to you important documents and possible lawsuit subpoenas reported by the state on your behalf.
For all of these services, it will be sufficient to pay the renewal fees on time every year.
Is Registered Agent Required Only for Company Formment?
No. After working with Registered Agent for company formment, they are also needed in the process after the formment of the company. States require each foreigner to have an agreement with a Registered Agent, otherwise you have no choice. These agencies are authorized to sign and receive legal documents coming to your company. State secretariats send these correspondence to the Registered Agent offices, which in turn forward them to the company owners. Generally, except for very, very extra cases, we do not provide you with any documents, etc. It doesn't come.
Companies that provide Registered Agent services are required to have an officer in their offices during working hours. If you reside in the United States and have an address there, you can report your address to the state as a Registered Agent. However, in this case, anonymity is lost and your home address may be displayed in public state records, creating a security issue for you.
Although Usan citizens have an address in the USA, they prefer to receive a Registered Agent service for their companies to keep their addresses anonymous.
What are Registered Agent Fees?
Registered Agent prices vary between companies. When you establish your first company, some companies provide you with this service free of charge for the first year. For example, Northwest provides this service for free for the first year. In subsequent years, the average price is around $125 per year. In fact, the type of service they provide is almost the same, the important points here are as follows;
- Which Registered Agent is more cost-effective?
- Has it been active for a long time? It is important that it has an old and deep-rooted history.
- Does it cause problems with support and communication?
- Does the first year provide free service? For example, Northwest does not charge a fee for the first year
- Do they have offices in the state where you plan to form an llc? For example, Northwest Registered Agent is an llc that has its own offices in almost every state in Usa.
- Are annual fees fixed? Some agents introduce surprise charges. Northwest has offered a fixed price guarantee for years
A Registered Agent whose answers to these questions you accept as positive is actually suitable for you.
When doing research before making a choice, you may have many options. At this point, as we mentioned above, work with well-established and reliable companies. Amateurs who provide individual services and try to do this job from their own homes may let you down in the future. If you encounter such a situation, you can appoint a new Registered Agent for your company. Also see: How to change registered agent?
At this point, we have prepared guides in which we examine reliable companies as recommendations, you can access the detailed list here . Be sure to take a look at these recommendations before choosing a Registered Agent.
Thanks to the discount we receive from Northwerst Registered Agent, the $225 LLC formation fee is discounted to $39 + State fee,
Guide to Forming an LLC Using Registered Agent
- Northwest ($139 + state fee and free for the first year) You can take a look at the step-by-step installations in the article Establishing a Company in America with Northwest
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I registered with Northwest, the company completed my setup and said there would be no fees for 1 year, but now they charge $20 per month for mail forwarding. When I did not deposit my fee, they canceled the service and said, “This cancellation is binding and relieves Northwest Registered Agent LLC of any obligation or liability to maintain services, including but not limited to registered agent services, mail forwarding, or telephone services.” they say.
You have purchased a premium mail forwarding service. This service requires a monthly subscription.
Thank you very much for your answer, Mr. Nazmi. As far as I understand, premium membership is not necessary for my company to continue its healthy existence and without any problems with the state?
It is not a requirement, but you have purchased it as an option. When adding it to your order, it is stated that it is a monthly payment system. Is this premium address used as the company address and irs address?
Yes, but now, when I go to the services section, my address appears as "active until 2025" under the "registered agent" heading.
If you have purchased the premium mail forwarding add-on, you will have to pay 20 USD every month. This is a special service that includes a special Suite number and from which you can receive additional mails. If you do not pay, they will not deliver the documents to you.
Sir, I will get a wyomingmailforwarding.com mailing address for 15$, then I will make a Registered Agent northeast for 139$. I'm wondering how the agent in the northeast will receive the letters to the address. Or how does the process work?
Wyomingmailforwarding.com will be your company mailing address, and Northwest will be your registered representative, so if an official notification comes, it will come to Northwest and they will upload it to their own panel. If no document reaches Northwest, only if the state secretariat sends an important notification, it will be sent to the Northwest address. Don't worry, the address of the registered representative is already in the state records.
What is required when a partner leaves a Wyoming LLC? Does a notification need to be made somewhere after the contract signed between the two partners? Is Registered Agent doing this? Do we need to meet with them?
It depends on how your company is set up. For example, if an installation is made with Northwest, they write themselves as the Organizer for confidentiality and this way the NW official is listed as the organizer in the state records. If a different installation is made and two partners are listed as organizers, a correction may be required from there.
If the organizers are not registered, you can take action by following the articles in your operating agreement regarding how the partnership structure will be terminated.
The most important point is that if you registered the LLC as a partnership with the IRS when obtaining the EIN, it may be necessary to convert it to a single-member SOLE MR. Otherwise, your company will be taxed as a partnership.
Taking advantage of the valuable information on your site, I opened an llc in Kentucky with Inc Authority last year. However, their packages start from $179 to replenish the account. Is there a current agent you can recommend? I also want to change agent.
Hello,
we wish you success in your business. Yes, our site was founded 1 year ago and you are probably one of our first followers :) Unfortunately, Incauthority has reduced its annual renewal fees from $99 to $179. The most advantageous and quality solution right now seems to be Northwest. Moreover, all transportation processes are very easy and almost automatic.
You can move your company's Registered Agent service to Northwest for $125. We even published a new video article explaining this process step by step, you can find it here. : https://startupsole.com/registered-agent-degistirmek/
By the way, since you are an old follower of ours who first mentioned this issue, we can provide you with free technical support via Whatsapp during the migration process if you wish :)
You can contact us at +18598008856 Whatsapp number to get in touch and get technical support.
Good luck!
Hello, how much are the monthly expenses of this Usan company, like Turkish companies?
Hello,
There are no monthly expenses, the expenses are generally annual, agency expenses and there may be some additional expenses depending on your needs.
You can find more detailed answers to your questions on this page: https://startupsole.com/amerikada-sirket-kurma-maliyeti/
Hello,
I established the company in the USA. I wanted to open an account with Payoneer. He asked me for an identity card, e-in number and a document stating the Real Owner of the Company (UBO). Ein with ID is ok, but what is this other document and how can I get it?
Requested document:
(Submit one of the following: a letter showing that you are authorized to manage this account on behalf of your company OR a document showing that you are the Company Owner (UBO) or a senior executive of the company and are therefore authorized to manage this Payoneer account on your company's behalf.)
Hello,
Wasn't it enough when you sent your company formation documents? You can also send your operating agreement, your ownership is written there. However, we do not know whether they will require a certified, apostilled copy of your operating agreement or company formation document. We have no experience with Payoneer, so we can't comment on its exact requirements for corporate accounts. It would be better to ask them.
Greetings Sir,
We are very pleased with your site and are grateful to you for researching and sharing valuable information.
I hope we can help you in some way. 😊
My question is;
I decided to establish an LLC company in Wyoming with ZenBusiness. I chose it because I wanted a company where I could get support on accounting issues.
I also obtained a virtual mailbox from wyomingmailforwarding.
I paid ZenBusiness $149 plus the initial state fee, but 1-2 days after the company was established, they wanted to charge another $149 from my card. Luckily, they couldn't make a withdrawal because I chose a virtual card.
When I sent an e-mail later, they stated that this fee was the Registered Agent fee.
Frankly, paying another $149 didn't make much sense to me.
Upon your advice, I realized that the place where I get mailbox service (wyomingmailforwarding) also provides this service (for $50 per year). Can I opt for repair? what is your opinion?
And since my address is the same place, it seemed logical to me.
Thank you in advance.
Hello,
Yes, ZenBusiness made a price change and canceled its agent service and started to impose high prices on its existing customers.
You must be connected to a Registered Agent or the company may be at risk. Currently, wyomingmailforwarding.com provides a very affordable Registered Agent service. We recently received service from them for a client of ours. We received the Registered Agent service for a total of $80 ($50 + $30 transportation fee). For this price, they handled the transportation process themselves, it takes approximately 9 days, I can recommend you and you will pay $50 in the coming years.