Register a company in Arizona

Yes. The Articles go to the ACC online through the Arizona Business Center, and the statutory agent signs its own acceptance. No SSN is needed for the EIN: international applicants can call the IRS on 267-941-1099 (not toll-free) or send the SS-4 by fax or mail. For banking we prepare remote applications to fintech platforms and use a traditional bank where you have a US footprint.

Formation starts from $2,400 all-in, including the Arizona filing fee ($50), the registered (statutory) agent for the first year, the EIN and the operating agreement. With a fintech or bank account set up, from $4,400. After that, an Arizona LLC owes the ACC no annual report and no annual fee. A corporation pays $45 a year for its annual report, and our renewal starts from $600 a year. Newspaper publication, where the agent's county requires it, and any ACC expedite fee are quoted separately.

Usually, yes. This is the real cost of Arizona. The Articles of a member-managed LLC list every member's name and address; a manager-managed LLC lists its managers and each member owning 20% or more of capital or profits. Where newspaper publication applies, the notice carries the same information. A corporation's annual report names shareholders holding more than 20% of any class of shares, and its Certificate of Disclosure covers officers, directors, incorporators and holders of more than 10%. We map who appears before anything is filed.

For an LLC, only if the statutory agent's street address is outside Maricopa and Pima counties. In those two counties the ACC posts the notice on its website automatically. Elsewhere the LLC runs it three consecutive times in a newspaper of general circulation in the agent's county, within 60 days and never before the ACC approves the Articles. The ACC writes to you if publication is required, and filing the affidavit of publication afterwards is optional.

It depends on the entity. A C-Corp pays 21% federal and 4.9% Arizona tax on net income (minimum $50), and dividends to a non-resident owner carry 30% withholding unless a treaty or the Code lowers it. A single-member LLC is disregarded for federal income tax, though a foreign-owned one still files Form 5472 with a pro forma Form 1120. If the business makes TPT-taxable sales in Arizona, it owes transaction privilege tax: 5.6% at state level for retail, plus county and city rates. Non-residents owe Arizona tax on Arizona-source income, and we confirm the personal rate for your case.

The ACC's own estimate is 14-16 days for regular review and 3-5 days with expedited review ($35). Next-day review costs $100 on top of the filing fee, and the clock starts only once the filing is complete and paid. A faxed EIN application generally comes back within 4 business days; by mail, allow about 4 weeks. Banking applications start after that.

The Company + Bank Account pack covers it. We pick between a fintech platform and a traditional bank based on your file. For fintech, we prepare the application for Mercury- or Relay-class platforms; the traditional-bank route is for founders with a US footprint. ACH, wires and Stripe onboarding are set up as part of the work. The bank or platform makes the final decision on every application.

For a trading or service business run from abroad, we usually start from the LLC. It files no ACC annual report, and a single-member LLC is disregarded for federal income tax, though a foreign-owned one still files Form 5472 with a pro forma 1120. An LLC with two or more members is a partnership by default and withholds tax on its foreign partners' share of effectively connected income - 37%, or 21% for corporate partners. If you plan to issue shares to investors, we start from the C-Corp: 21% federal plus 4.9% Arizona tax and a $45 annual report. An S-Corp is not open to you, since non-resident aliens cannot be S-Corp shareholders.

Yes, before the first sale, if the company makes TPT-taxable sales in Arizona; retail is the usual case. The ADOR licence costs $12 per location, and a city or county licence may be needed on top. ADOR's own wording is that TPT is 'actually a tax on a vendor'. The state rate is 5.6%; combined with the county rate it is 6.30% in Maricopa and 6.10% in Pima, before city taxes.

No. FinCEN's final rule took effect on 14 August 2026 and made the March 2025 exemption permanent: companies formed in a US state, foreign-owned ones included, file no BOI report. Only companies formed abroad that register to do business in a US state still report their foreign owners.