Register a company in Idaho

Yes. The certificate is filed online through SOSBiz, and the registered agent with an Idaho street address is part of our package for the first year. The EIN needs no SSN: international applicants can call the IRS on 267-941-1099 (not toll-free) or send Form SS-4 by fax or mail with 'foreign' on line 7b. Idaho also sets an age rule: you must be 18 to register a business. 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 Idaho filing fee ($100 online), the registered agent for the first year, the EIN and the operating agreement. With a fintech or bank account set up, from $4,400. After that, Idaho charges nothing to file the annual report; a C-Corp's Idaho income tax is never less than $20, and most businesses also pay the $10 Permanent Building Fund tax. Expedite surcharges, if you want them, are quoted separately.

The Secretary of State's published estimate is about 7-10 days from the date of filing. Where the form offers it, $40 buys processing within eight working hours, and $100 buys same-day service for filings received by 1 p.m. Mountain Time. A faxed EIN application generally comes back within 4 business days; by mail, allow about 4 weeks. Bank and fintech applications start after that.

That depends on the entity. A C-Corp pays 21% federal tax and 5.3% Idaho tax on Idaho taxable income, never less than $20, plus the $10 Permanent Building Fund tax, 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 and faces a $25,000 penalty if it does not. Idaho follows the federal classification. Selling goods or taxable services in Idaho adds 6% sales tax, collected under a seller's permit.

For a trading or service business run from abroad, we usually start from the LLC. A single-member LLC is disregarded for federal income tax, and its Idaho annual report is free. A second member turns it into a partnership: federal withholding on foreign partners' share of effectively connected income (37%, or 21% for corporate partners), plus Idaho pass-through withholding for nonresident individual partners unless a composite return or Form PTE-NROA is used. If you plan to issue shares to investors, we start from the C-Corp: 21% federal plus 5.3% Idaho tax, a board that may be one person, and annual shareholder meetings. S-Corp status is closed to you, since non-resident aliens cannot hold S-Corp shares.

Through the Company + Bank Account pack. We choose between a fintech platform and a traditional bank based on your file, prepare the application for Mercury- or Relay-class platforms, and use the traditional-bank route where you have a US footprint. ACH, wires and Stripe onboarding are set up as part of the work. Applications go out once the EIN is issued, and the bank or platform makes the final decision.

This is the real risk in Idaho. The report is free and filed online through SOSBiz, due by the end of the month the company was formed in, every year from the next one, and it must arrive by close of business on the last day. A missed report is grounds for administrative dissolution. An Idaho company can apply for reinstatement within 10 years of dissolution, once all fees, taxes, interest and penalties due are paid. Ignore notices asking you to pay to file the report or to buy a Certificate of Existence: Idaho calls the first a scam and says the second is not required to operate.

At least one name, yes. The Certificate of Organization lists the name and mailing address of at least one governor, each annual report names a governor again, and Idaho says plainly that business registrations are public records. Neither filing has to list the members or their shares. The principal office address is public too, but since a 2026 amendment an LLC with no physical location other than a residence may list its commercial registered agent's addresses instead, if it attests to that and the agent consents.

Only if it does business in Idaho. Then it registers with the Secretary of State before starting, as a 'foreign' entity, which in state law means formed outside Idaho, not owned from abroad. The filing is a Foreign Registration Statement, $100 online or $120 on paper, with a Certificate of Existence from the home state dated within 90 days. A registered foreign entity keeps an Idaho registered agent and files the same annual report. We handle this as a state qualification, from $700.

No. FinCEN's final rule, issued on 11 August 2026 and in force from 14 August 2026, made the 2025 exemption permanent: companies formed in a US state are exempt from BOI reporting, including those owned from abroad. Only companies formed under a foreign country's law that register to do business in a US state still report, and only their foreign beneficial owners.