Register a company in Kansas

Yes. The Articles go in online with the Secretary of State, the resident agent gives the company its registered office in Kansas, and the IRS issues the EIN by fax or phone without an SSN. Banking is the part that depends on the file: fintech applications are made remotely, while the traditional-bank route is for founders with a US footprint. We tell you which one fits before you pay for it.

Formation starts from $2,400 all-in, including the Kansas filing fee ($85 online), the resident agent for the first year, the EIN and the operating agreement. With a fintech or bank account set up, from $4,400. After that, Kansas charges $90 for the online Information Report every two years ($110 on paper) and levies no franchise tax.

The Kansas part is quick: an online Form DL is processed within minutes. The EIN takes longer for a founder without an SSN - generally within 4 business days by fax, about 4 weeks by mail. The bank account follows the bank's own review, so that is the date we plan around.

By default the LLC itself pays no federal corporate tax: with one owner it is disregarded, with two or more it is a partnership. A partnership with non-US members withholds tax on their share of effectively connected income - 37%, or 21% for corporate members. A foreign-owned single-member LLC files Form 5472 with a pro forma Form 1120, by fax or mail, and the penalty for missing it is $25,000. How Kansas taxes a non-resident member's share is something we confirm for your case.

For a service or trading business run from abroad we start from the LLC, because the company itself pays no corporate tax by default. A C-Corp pays 21% federal plus Kansas's 3.5% and the 3% surtax above $50,000, and its dividends to non-residents carry 30% withholding unless a treaty cuts it; we recommend it when equity funding is part of the plan. S-corporation status is closed to non-resident alien shareholders.

The remote route is a fintech platform: we prepare the application file for Mercury / Relay-class accounts and set up ACH, wires and Stripe once the account is open. A traditional bank is the option where you have a US footprint. Approval is always the bank's decision, which is why the file is scoped before the application goes in.

One Information Report every two years, due 15 April: in even years for a company formed in an even year, odd years for odd. It costs $90 online or $110 on paper, and an LLC's report lists each member who owns 5% or more of capital. The company must also keep a resident agent and a registered office in Kansas, because losing either leads to forfeiture.

Two, honestly. Kansas taxes income, so a C-Corp's profit carries state tax on top of the federal 21%. And it does not suit owners who want to stay off state records: every LLC Information Report names the members holding 5% or more of capital, with addresses. If anonymity is the brief, we will say at the first call that Kansas is the wrong state.

No. FinCEN's final rule, in force since 14 August 2026, exempts US companies, and a Kansas LLC or corporation is a US company even when every owner lives abroad. Reporting is left to companies formed under another country's law that register to do business in a US state, and they report only their non-US owners.

One to check before any purchase. Since 1 July 2025, the governments, political parties, corporate entities, agents and citizens of China (including Hong Kong), Cuba, Iran, North Korea, Russia and Venezuela must register real property within 100 miles of a military installation in Kansas, Nebraska, Colorado, Oklahoma, Iowa or Texas with the Kansas Attorney General. If your company plans to buy property, we check whether the rule reaches you before anything is signed.