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Wyoming LLC authorization in South Carolina
A Wyoming LLC pays South Carolina $110 to apply and Wyoming $0 for the online certificate, and South Carolina asks nothing yearly of an LLC. Authority plus Wyoming's $60 annual minimum comes to $170 in the first year.
Wyoming and South Carolina compared
| Item | Wyoming | South Carolina |
|---|---|---|
| Yearly charge | $60 minimum | None to the Secretary of State |
| Home paper | $0 online certificate | No more than 30 days old |
| Original filing | Already formed | $110 application |
| Agent | Wyoming registered agent | South Carolina agent for service |
South Carolina's $110 is the only amount due to its Secretary of State.
Completing F0008 for a Wyoming LLC
The state of formation is Wyoming. Wyoming, or wherever the business runs, can be the principal office. The designated office and the agent are in South Carolina. The Wyoming agreement answers management and member liability.
The Wyoming certificate costs nothing
The online certificate is $0, so a second one is free if the first passes 30 days before the South Carolina filing is sent.
Changes after filing
A later change to the application is an amended certificate of authority for $110; a new agent or designated office is $10. Neither affects Wyoming's own minimum, which is a separate bill.
Wyoming upkeep
Wyoming's annual minimum is $60.
The South Carolina tax step
Applying commits the LLC to the Department of Revenue on tax, with no admission of liability. A Wyoming LLC that is taxed as a corporation reports there each year.
Rental property
Under the Act a Wyoming LLC that holds property here to earn income is transacting business, however little else it does.
Year one in numbers
South Carolina's application is $110 and Wyoming's online certificate is $0, so the filing costs $110. Wyoming's annual minimum of $60 lifts the first-year total to $170. In later years only the Wyoming minimum recurs.
A worked example
Take a Wyoming LLC with a single member that sells equipment out of its Florence warehouse. Wyoming is the home state on the application, the warehouse is the designated office, a Florence resident serves as agent, and the member manages the LLC with no fixed term. The free Wyoming certificate is fetched just before signing, and two copies go in with $110.
If the name is taken in South Carolina
A Wyoming name that clashes with a South Carolina name is replaced here by a fictitious name adopted by resolution, filed on Form F0022 for $2.
Corporations and nonprofits from Wyoming
Form F0002 is the form for a Wyoming corporation, at $110 plus the license fee; a Wyoming nonprofit pays $10.
When the Wyoming LLC winds up
The cancellation, Form F0054, costs $10 and follows the closing of the Department of Revenue accounts.
A Wyoming LLC run from South Carolina
A Wyoming LLC managed from South Carolina is a Wyoming entity transacting business here. It applies on F0008 with Wyoming as the state of organization and owes South Carolina nothing yearly through the Secretary of State.
A Wyoming LLC taxed as a corporation
If the LLC elected corporate tax treatment, its annual report is due to the South Carolina Department of Revenue by the fifteenth day of the fourth month after the close of the tax year, with a license fee of $25 or more beside the Wyoming minimum.
The South Carolina agent
The Wyoming agent stays put. South Carolina wants a second one: an individual resident of South Carolina, a domestic corporation, another limited liability company, or a foreign corporation or foreign company authorized to do business in the state, at a street address in the state.
Wyoming formation date
The certificate carries the formation date, and the application should match it.
Why the Wyoming minimum matters here
Wyoming's annual minimum of $60 keeps the Wyoming record current, and that record is what the certificate describes. Pay it before ordering the certificate for South Carolina.
Banks and lenders in South Carolina
A South Carolina bank or lender that wants proof of authority can be shown the filed copy of the application, or sold a South Carolina certificate of existence or authorization for $10.
Applying for a Wyoming LLC in South Carolina
Look at the Wyoming record
Wyoming should list the LLC in good order.
Search the name here
If it clashes, adopt a fictitious name.
Engage the agent
A person or firm entitled to serve, with a South Carolina street address.
Fetch the Wyoming certificate
Free online, under thirty days old on filing.
Sign and file
Two copies of F0008 and $110.
Wyoming LLC questions
Does South Carolina accept a Wyoming certificate?
Yes, if it is original, authenticated and no more than 30 days old.
Does my Wyoming LLC pay South Carolina every year?
Not through the Secretary of State.
Does my Wyoming agent also serve South Carolina?
Only if it is authorized here to do business.
What you pay
Apply in South Carolina
- Form F0008, drafted from your answers
- Your home certificate, timed to stay inside the thirty-day limit
- A South Carolina agent for service, ours or the one you name
- The filed application, copied back to you
- Renewal: after the first year, the agent service renews at $149 a year
$199
+ $110 South Carolina fee
Apply in South CarolinaFor an LLC, $110 goes to the Secretary of State and is billed apart from our charge; corporations and others are covered on their own pages. $199 plus the state fee, including your first year of registered agent service; after that the agent service renews at $149 a year.
Sources
- Form F0008, application for a certificate of authority (foreign LLC), with filing instructions
- S.C. Code Title 33, Chapter 44, Uniform Limited Liability Company Act
- South Carolina Secretary of State, FAQs about business entities
- S.C. Code Title 33, Chapter 1, general provisions, fees and taxes
- Form F0002, application by a foreign corporation for a certificate of authority
- S.C. Code Title 33, Chapter 31, nonprofit corporations
- South Carolina Business Entities Online
- Wyoming Secretary of State, Business Division fee schedule
- Form F0039, application for an amended certificate of authority (foreign LLC)
- S.C. Code Title 33, Chapter 15, foreign corporations
- S.C. Code Title 12, Chapter 20, corporate license fee and annual report
- Form F0022, adopting a fictitious name
- Form F0054, foreign LLC certificate of cancellation of authority
Opening in South Carolina?
Order now and the certificate is timed to the filing day.