Taking a Delaware LLC into Pennsylvania

In item 1 tick the limited liability company box. Item 2 carries the name exactly as Delaware has it, with LLC or L.L.C. as the formation papers show. Delaware goes in item 3, the business's own principal office in item 4, and the Delaware registered office address from the formation papers in item 4A. The Pennsylvania office belongs in item 5. Answer no to series in item 6 unless the LLC was formed with series, and tick the ordinary LLC box in item 8 unless the company practices a restricted profession.

Delaware's annual tax of $400 is due on June 1. A lapse in Delaware matters to Pennsylvania because a foreign registration can be terminated when the association is dissolved under the home state's law.

A Delaware LLC that only holds an interest in an operating company may not need to register at all. Holding a stake in a company that operates in Pennsylvania is not, on its own, doing business.

A newly formed Delaware LLC uses the same statement. Items 2 and 3 come straight from the formation papers, so keep the Delaware formation papers to hand while it is completed. The annual tax and the Pennsylvania report run on separate calendars from the start.

Paying Delaware's tax late costs a $200 penalty. A company that lets its Delaware status lapse risks more than that: Pennsylvania can terminate a registration when the home state has dissolved the association.

You do not need to change your Delaware agent to register here. Tell us the Delaware registered office for item 4A and the Pennsylvania office for item 5. If you want a single provider for both, ask when you order and we say what is available.