Register a company in Mississippi

Yes. Mississippi takes every business filing online, so the Certificate of Formation is filed and paid without anyone visiting Jackson. The registered agent with a physical Mississippi address is part of our package for the first year. The EIN comes through the IRS route for applicants abroad - by fax, mail or phone - and a responsible party who has no SSN or ITIN and cannot get one writes "foreign" on Form SS-4. Banking depends on your file: fintech platforms take remote applications, while a traditional bank is realistic only where you already have a US footprint.

Formation starts from $2,400 all-in, including the Mississippi filing fee ($50), 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, a Mississippi LLC's yearly state filing is the $0 annual report, due online by 15 April; a corporation pays $25 plus franchise tax.

The Secretary of State publishes no processing time in days. Its FAQ says the emails confirming acceptance should arrive the same day the document is submitted, and it warns that paper filings take significantly longer, so we file online. The EIN follows the formation, as the state's One Stop Shop advises: about 4 business days by fax, or about 4 weeks by mail. Banking starts once the EIN exists, at a pace set by the platform and your file. Our own preparation time is in your quote.

A C-Corp pays 21% federal tax plus Mississippi's 0% on the first $5,000 of taxable income, 4% on the next $5,000 and 5% above that, and a franchise tax of $0.50 per $1,000 of capital employed in the state above $100,000 for tax years beginning in 2026, with a $25 minimum. An LLC follows its federal classification. A single-member LLC owned by a non-US person is disregarded for federal income tax, so the question is whether it earns income effectively connected with a US trade or business; we look at that in the free consultation. In a multi-member LLC, foreign members face federal withholding on their share of that income - 37% for individuals, 21% for corporate members - and Mississippi taxes individual partners on their share of its Mississippi income. Retail sales in the state carry 7% sales tax.

An LLC if profit should be taxed at owner level and you have no plan to sell shares; in Mississippi it also files a $0 annual report. A C-Corp if investors will buy shares or profits will stay in the company: it pays 21% federal tax plus up to 5% in Mississippi, franchise tax and a $25 annual report, and its bylaws are required by statute though not filed with the state. Dividends to non-resident shareholders carry 30% withholding unless a treaty lowers it. One route is closed to foreign owners: an S corporation cannot have non-resident alien shareholders.

The account comes after the Certificate of Formation, the EIN and the operating agreement. Fintech platforms of the Mercury or Relay class accept remote applications. A traditional bank makes sense where the business has a US footprint - staff, premises or American customers. In the Company + Bank Account package we pick the route for your file, prepare the application and set up ACH, wires and Stripe onboarding. The bank decides on approval; we do not promise it.

Only with a physical address in Mississippi. Under the Registered Agents Act any individual, corporation or LLC may act as agent, but the address must be in the state, so a founder abroad uses an agent. A non-commercial agent must give permission before being named on any form; a commercial agent on the Secretary of State's list accepts any company that selects it, though it may file a statement of non-acceptance within 14 days. The first year is included in our package.

No. FinCEN's final rule, issued on 11 August 2026 and effective 14 August 2026, made the exemption for US companies permanent, so an LLC or corporation formed in Mississippi files no beneficial ownership report, even when every owner lives abroad. The duty remains only for companies formed under foreign law that register to do business in a US state, and they report their foreign owners only.

Form 5472. A single-member LLC wholly owned by a non-US person is treated as a corporation for this purpose and files a pro forma Form 1120 with Form 5472 attached, reporting its dealings with you, including the money you put in to form it and anything you take out. It cannot be filed electronically; it goes by fax or mail. The penalty for not filing is $25,000, plus $25,000 for each 30 days the failure continues more than 90 days after an IRS notice. Our accounting add-on covers it from $800 a year.

Because of where the business will run. An LLC formed in another state that operates in Mississippi registers here for $250, with a certificate of good standing from its home state dated within six months, and then pays $250 for each Mississippi annual report on top of its home-state fees. The Secretary of State's guidance expects that registration once any of your employees will be in the state for 30 days in a year, and an employee here also creates nexus for state tax. A Mississippi LLC pays $50 once and files its report for $0. If nothing ties you to Mississippi, read our Delaware and Wyoming pages first; we say the same in the consultation.