Legal Question in Business Law in New York

I am starting My Consulting Business. I was thinking to open LLC in State of DE. I do live in NYC. one of the main reason i am trying to open in DE is for Low tax compare to NY. And since i will be doing IT consulting and will get into recruiting for all over USA.

Do i need to have foreign qualification since i live in NYC? I will be using Registered agent service in DE. So what is the legal address will be for my company to publish in regular business cards or websites?


Asked on 2/16/12, 4:54 pm

1 Answer from Attorneys

Based on this being a one-member LLC and the fact that you are domiciled in New York, likely means that you will have to pay taxes in New York. Therefore, your assumption that registering in Delaware will result in lower taxes is likely misguided.

There are additional issues to consider including the higher cost of publication for foreign LLCs registered in the state of New York.

I highly encourage you to seek the counsel of an attorney who is intimately familiar with startups. Feel free to contact my office at your earliest convenience if you have any further questions.

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Answered on 2/16/12, 5:48 pm


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