Run a U.S. company from anywhere, without guessing.
Plain-English, authority-grade resources on incorporating, staying compliant, and maintaining a U.S. LLC as a non-U.S. owner — from the team that files these every day. No legalese, no surprises at deadline.
Before You File
What every non-U.S. founder should understand before forming — taxes, liability, residency myths, and whether an LLC is even right for you.
Explore 02Forming Your Company
Choosing a state, incorporating, getting your EIN without an SSN, and opening a U.S. business bank account from overseas.
Explore 03Staying Compliant
Federal tax, state annual reports, governance, and records — every recurring obligation, who it applies to, and how to never miss one.
Explore 04Maintaining & Growing
Adding members, raising money, moving states, changing your registered agent, and dissolving cleanly when it is time.
ExploreThe one filing nobody warns you about.
Form 5472 + 1120, explained for foreign-owned LLCs
Who owes Form 5472, what goes on it, when it's due, and why the penalty for a foreign-owned U.S. LLC starts at $25,000. A plain-English guide.
Read the resourceNews, notes, and the people behind the filings.
The compliance brief: Delaware's quiet fee, and a 5472 reminder
This month: how Delaware's franchise-tax estimate trips up founders, the April-to-October extension window, and moving an LLC between states mid-year.
What we're buildingAuto-filed state reports are live in 12 states
You approve once; we file every year. How we built the state-portal layer — and which states are next.
Case studyHow a Lisbon studio runs a Wyoming LLC
Mariana Reis on the deadlines she used to miss — and what changed once everything lived in one place.
Reading is good.
Filed is better.
Add your LLC and ForeignFile maps every obligation in these resources to your actual company — with the deadlines already on the calendar.