{"id":4220,"date":"2012-05-30T09:31:02","date_gmt":"2012-05-30T17:31:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.chesnok.com\/daily\/?p=4220"},"modified":"2012-05-30T11:10:08","modified_gmt":"2012-05-30T19:10:08","slug":"registering-as-a-foreign-corporation-in-virginia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.chesnok.com\/daily\/2012\/05\/30\/registering-as-a-foreign-corporation-in-virginia\/","title":{"rendered":"Registering as a Foreign Corporation in Virginia"},"content":{"rendered":"

As COO of Prime Radiant<\/a>, I am tasked with several bits of paperwork like making sure our taxes get filed and tending to our status as a corporation. One such task was registering as a Foreign Corporation<\/a> in the state of Virginia. This is a step along the path of paying a salary to a remote employee working from there.<\/p>\n

In the words of Colin: <\/p>\n

\nYou’d think you could say, “Hi, VA! We want to start throwing fistfulls of income tax at you. Is ok?”<\/p>\n

and they’d be like, “Awesomez! Here iz tax id #. kthxbye!”\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

But no.<\/p>\n

So, I created a checklist<\/a> for all the steps needed for this process. Virginia, unfortunately, still uses a paper form. Some states (including Oregon, yay!) have web forms for this. But few states provide a checklist for all the information you need to successfully complete any particular form.
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\nThe registration process should be basically the same for other types of entities — Prime Radiant is a Delaware C Corporation with stock. And it should be similar in other US states, with the details about whether you can mail, fax or submit forms online varying.<\/p>\n

The goal of all this was to be able to pay an employee working from Virginia a salary. There is a whole additional checklist for information you need to collect about employees and choosing a paycheck processor, and I’ll share all of that in another post.<\/p>\n

Have you registered as a foreign corporation in another state? I’d love to know what was different about your process. Tell me at Checkmarkable<\/a> or in the comments of this blog post!<\/p>\n

Here’s the checklist for what I needed to register as a Foreign Corporation in Virginia:<\/p>\n