Register a company in Massachusetts

Yes. The Corporations Division accepts filings online, paid by credit card, and also by fax and mail, so nobody has to travel to Boston. The IRS issues EINs to applicants outside the US by phone, fax or mail. The resident agent must be in Massachusetts, which is why the first year of agent service is part of our package.

Formation starts from $2,400 all-in, including the Massachusetts filing fee ($500), 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, the state charges $500 a year for the LLC annual report, due on the anniversary of the filing.

The state sets its LLC fees high: $500 for the certificate and $500 for every annual report, where Connecticut charges $120 and $80 and Maine $175 and $85. If nothing ties your business to Massachusetts, a cheaper state is usually the better choice, and we will say so on the first call. If you will work here, though, an LLC formed in another state has to register in Massachusetts within ten days of starting business, for $500, and then files the same $500 report every year.

For a sole owner billing clients, the LLC is simpler. It is disregarded for federal and Massachusetts income tax, and the company's own yearly filings are the $500 report and Form 5472. A C-Corp pays 21% federal tax and the 8% state excise, at least $456, but its Articles of Organization start at $275 and its annual report costs $100 online. Plans to raise money from investors are the first thing we ask about.

A C-Corp pays 21% federal tax plus the Massachusetts excise: 8% of net income and $2.60 per $1,000 of tangible property or net worth, with a $456 minimum. A single-member LLC is disregarded, so the tax falls on you as owner. Federally, income connected with a US trade or business is taxed at graduated rates, and most other US-source income at 30% unless a treaty lowers it. How Massachusetts taxes a non-resident's share we confirm case by case. Sales and use tax is 6.25%.

The state part is quick: a fax filing made in business hours typically clears the same business day. For online and mail filings we confirm the timing when we file. The EIN is slower for a founder without an SSN - generally within 4 business days by fax, about 4 weeks by mail - and bank applications go in once it is issued.

Yes, subject to the bank's own checks. The banking pack weighs a fintech platform against a traditional bank for your file, prepares the applications and sets up ACH, wires and Stripe. A traditional bank is the route when the company has a footprint in the US, such as staff or premises. We apply once the EIN has been issued.

Not to form the company or get its EIN. On Form SS-4, a responsible party who has neither and is not eligible for one writes "foreign" or N/A on line 7b. The online EIN form needs one of the two numbers, so we file by fax or mail instead. An ITIN is a separate personal number for federal tax purposes; the IRS allows 7 weeks to process it, or 9-11 weeks from abroad or in tax season, and our ITIN support is an add-on from $900.

The certificate and the annual reports list managers and people authorised to sign, not members, so a member who neither manages nor signs is not named. There is no BOI report for a Massachusetts company: FinCEN's final rule, effective 14 August 2026, exempts US companies, and the Secretary of the Commonwealth tells filers to keep beneficial-ownership details out of state filings.

For a single-member LLC, two company filings. Massachusetts wants the $500 annual report by each anniversary of the filing. The IRS wants Form 5472 with a pro forma Form 1120, due by the 15th day of the fourth month after the tax year - 15 April for a calendar year - sent by fax or mail, because it cannot be e-filed. Not filing costs $25,000. Whether you also need a personal US or Massachusetts return depends on the income, and we confirm that for your case.