Texas Foreign Registration / Wyoming LLC in Texas
A Wyoming LLC working in Texas
A Wyoming LLC operating in Texas registers with the Texas Secretary of State on Form 304 for $750, keeps filing its Wyoming annual report (license tax of at least $60 a year), and adds Texas franchise tax reporting. We handle the Texas registration for $199 plus the state fee.
A Wyoming address does not exempt Texas work
Some owners form in Wyoming and then run the business from Texas. Where the company is formed does not decide whether it must register here; what it does in Texas does. A Texas office, Texas staff or work performed here regularly is transacting business, whatever the formation papers say. The Texas doing-business test lists what does not count.
Yearly costs in both states
| Item | Wyoming | Texas |
|---|---|---|
| Annual filing | Annual report, license tax from $60 | Public Information Report (Texas Comptroller) and franchise tax report by May 15 |
| Texas franchise tax | Not applicable | None at or below $2,650,000 revenue; above it, tax on margin |
| Registered agent | Wyoming agent | Texas agent |
| Good standing certificate | $0 online | Not needed to register |
Privacy is different in Texas
Item 11 of Form 304 lists every governing person with an address, and the Texas filing is a public record. Owners who chose Wyoming partly for privacy should plan for this: in Texas the managers, or the members of a member-managed LLC, appear on the registration and later on the Comptroller's information report. If privacy is a concern, the Secretary of State's suggestion is a business address or a post office box for them.
Completing the Texas application for a Wyoming LLC
Give the name as filed in Wyoming, Wyoming as the jurisdiction with the formation date, and the statement that the LLC exists there. Use the Texas start date for item 7: the first day the company did something here that counts, not the Wyoming formation date. If the Wyoming name lacks an LLC designator or is already in use in Texas, item 2A or 2B fixes that for Texas, with Form 503 for an assumed name.
Franchise tax applies to Wyoming LLCs
Whatever the company pays or does not pay at home, Texas applies its own tax. Once the LLC is doing business in Texas, it is a taxable entity for Texas franchise tax like any other LLC, and the first report is due by May 15 after registration. Below the no-tax-due threshold the tax is zero, but the information report is still required.
Moving the company to Texas
If Texas becomes the real home, converting into a Texas LLC ends the foreign registration automatically (BOC 9.012). Wyoming law decides whether the conversion out is allowed, and a Wyoming business lawyer can tell you.
Formed in Wyoming for a Texas business from day one
If the Wyoming LLC was set up to run a Texas business, its Texas start date can fall right after formation: the first lease signed, first employee hired or first job performed here. Registering in Texas straight after forming in Wyoming keeps the 90-day window from becoming an issue. A Wyoming LLC that began work here in March and registered in September of the following year would owe late fees for two calendar years, $1,500, on top of the filing fee.
Two agents, two addresses
Whatever agent the LLC keeps in Wyoming stays in place for Wyoming. Texas needs its own: a Texas resident or an organization authorized to do business in Texas, with a Texas street address where it can be served in person during business hours. Our order includes the Texas agent; the Wyoming one stays as it is. Banks are another reason to register promptly: the Secretary of State notes some will not deal with a foreign entity that has not registered.
Registered agent: first year included, then $149 a year
$199 plus the state fee, including your first year of registered agent service; after that the agent service renews at $149 a year.
Wyoming LLC questions
Do we need anything from Wyoming to register in Texas?
No certificate. Texas only needs the facts from the Wyoming filing: name, jurisdiction and formation date. A Wyoming good standing certificate is $0 online if a bank asks for one.
Is the Texas fee lower for a small Wyoming LLC?
No. Every foreign LLC pays $750, whatever its size or the cost of forming it at home.
Will Texas send our Wyoming agent anything?
No. Texas papers go to the Texas registered agent at the Texas registered office named on Form 304.
Can a Wyoming LLC skip Texas registration if it only has Texas customers online?
Online sales shipped in from out of state fall under interstate commerce, one of the exempt activities. Running the business from a Texas home or office is different and points toward registering.
Registering a Wyoming LLC in Texas
Check Wyoming status
Annual report filed and agent current.
Decide the Texas start date
Register within 90 days of it.
Pick a Texas agent
Resident or registered company, with consent.
File Form 304
$750 online or on paper.
Set up franchise tax reporting
First report by May 15.
One price for the whole filing
Register in Texas
Delaware or any stateTexas
$199
+ $750 state fee
- Form 304 for an LLC or Form 301 for a corporation, prepared from your answers
- Name check against Texas designator rules
- Filed with the Secretary of State through SOSPortal
- Our Texas registered agent, or one you name
- The approved registration sent to you
- Renewal: after the first year, the agent service renews at $149 a year
The state fee is passed through at cost. Checkout shows every line before payment. $199 plus the state fee, including your first year of registered agent service; after that the agent service renews at $149 a year.
Official sources
- Texas Secretary of State, Form 806 fee schedule (rev. 09/26)
- Texas Secretary of State, Form 304 instructions
- Texas Secretary of State, foreign entity FAQs
- Texas Secretary of State, Texas Express expedited filings
- Texas Comptroller, franchise tax
- Wyoming Secretary of State, Business Division fee schedule
- Texas Business Organizations Code, Chapter 9 (foreign entities)
- Texas Secretary of State, foreign or out-of-state entities
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