How much does a US LLC cost each year when you live in Pakistan?

The first cost is forming the company: our US LLC formation is from $249 plus the state's filing fee at cost, with the EIN included, or $149 plus the state fee with a yearly plan. From then on, the yearly costs below repeat for as long as the company exists.

With Full service at $949 a year plus the state fee at cost in place of the filing alone (books all year, that year's filing, the state annual report and the registered agent renewal), the same year comes to $1,349 in Delaware and $949 in New Mexico.

Delaware's Division of Corporations says every domestic LLC pays a $400 annual tax, due on or before 1 June for the prior year, with no annual report to file and no proration.^[1] New Mexico's LLC Act charges $50 to file the articles of organization and lists no annual or periodic report fee.^[2] Both states require a registered agent in the state,^[2][3] and the agent's renewal is part of our Full service, or a $149-a-year add-on with the state annual report. For other states, the LLC fees by state table gives each yearly fee with its source.

A US LLC wholly owned by someone living in Pakistan files Form 5472 with a pro-forma Form 1120 for each year with a reportable transaction, such as money you send in or take out. It is due on the 15th day of the 4th month after the year ends, 15 April for a calendar year, goes to the IRS by fax or mail, and carries a $25,000 penalty if it is not filed when due.^[4] Form 7004 gives an automatic extension of time to file, generally 6 months.^[5] The instructions list no filing fee; the cost is the preparation and the books behind it. Our Form 5472 page for Pakistan explains the form.

• Filing only, $349 per tax year: Form 5472 and the pro-forma 1120, with Form 7004 when needed. Form 5472 is due every year your LLC has transactions with you, so we file it each year.
• Books + filing, $849 a year (books all year + that year's filing).
• Full service, $949 a year plus the state fee at cost: books all year, that year's filing, the state annual report and the registered agent renewal.
• State annual report and registered agent renewal, $149 a year plus the state fee at cost, added to Filing only or Books + filing.
• Books only, from $59 a month, or $590 for the year paid upfront.
• A missed year, $299, filing only; penalty-relief letters are priced separately on your quote.

State fee at cost — we pass on exactly what the state charges, no markup. Every price is in US dollars. You pay in PKR by bank transfer after you accept a written quote: the quote converts the USD price at the State Bank of Pakistan rate on its date and fixes the PKR amount.

Tell us which state your company is in and which years it has been open. Our yearly filing and US bookkeeping pages show what each price covers, and your written quote lists every line.