South Carolina Certificate of Authority / Wyoming LLC
Wyoming LLC: how to get a South Carolina certificate of authority
How does a Wyoming LLC get a South Carolina certificate of authority? It pulls its Wyoming certificate online for $0, files Form F0008 with South Carolina for $110. Wyoming's $60 minimum brings the first-year state cost to $170, and nothing yearly follows to the Secretary of State.
Wyoming beside South Carolina
| Question | Wyoming | South Carolina |
|---|---|---|
| What is paid every year? | $60 minimum | Nothing to the Secretary of State |
| What certificate? | Online, $0 | Existence, under 30 days old |
| Who is the agent? | A Wyoming registered agent | A South Carolina agent for service |
| The state fee for the certificate of authority | Not applicable | $110 |
Wyoming and South Carolina each work to their own calendar.
What does F0008 say for a Wyoming LLC?
Enter Wyoming as home state. Wyoming can be the principal office address, South Carolina supplies the designated office and agent, and the Wyoming agreement answers the term, management and member liability points.
Why is the certificate easy here?
Wyoming's online certificate costs $0, so a fresh one can be pulled the morning the South Carolina application is signed.
Does a Wyoming LLC owe South Carolina tax?
By applying, the LLC accepts the Department of Revenue's jurisdiction over its South Carolina tax, though it admits no liability. A Wyoming LLC taxed as a corporation reports each year to that department.
What if the Wyoming name is taken in South Carolina?
If the name clashes, adopt a fictitious one by resolution and file Form F0022, which costs $2.
Rental property
For a Wyoming LLC, the Act treats owning income property here as transacting business, so a certificate is needed whatever else it does.
What does year one cost?
The South Carolina fee of $110 plus nothing for the Wyoming certificate comes to $110. Adding Wyoming's $60 minimum gives $170 in first-year state cost, and later years carry only the Wyoming minimum.
A worked example
Picture a one-member Wyoming LLC selling equipment from a Florence warehouse. A Florence resident is the agent, the warehouse is the designated office, management rests with the members, there is no end date, and the Wyoming certificate is pulled the morning of signing before a pair of copies goes in with $110.
What if the Wyoming LLC is taxed as a corporation?
Revenue then expects the annual report by the fifteenth day of the fourth month after the close of the tax year, accompanied by a license fee from $25 upward, which sits beside the Wyoming minimum.
Does the formation date need to match?
Match the formation date on the application to the one on the Wyoming certificate.
How does a Wyoming LLC leave?
The cancellation is Form F0054 at $10, filed once the South Carolina tax accounts are closed and any South Carolina rental property is sold.
Can a Wyoming agent also serve in South Carolina?
Only if it is authorized to do business in South Carolina and has a street address there.
Does a Wyoming LLC need a South Carolina office?
Wyoming stays the principal office. Here you need a designated office, which can be something other than a place of business, plus an agent for service.
What about a Wyoming series LLC?
If the Wyoming LLC has series, it is still one applicant. The Wyoming agreement supplies the answers on management and member liability.
How do I find a South Carolina agent for a Wyoming LLC?
Your Wyoming agent counts only if it is also authorized in South Carolina; if not, engage someone who lives here or a company with authority here.
What does a Wyoming corporation pay?
A Wyoming corporation applies on Form F0002 for $110 plus the license fee, and a Wyoming nonprofit pays $10.
What does Wyoming charge to certify?
Its online certificate costs $0. Wyoming's annual minimum is $60.
Why fetch the Wyoming certificate last?
Every day ages the certificate against South Carolina's 30-day limit. Pull it only after the rest of the package is signed; because it is free, a second copy costs nothing.
Wyoming certificate or South Carolina record?
The certificate that goes with the application comes from Wyoming. After approval the state's record stands on its own; the state sells a certificate of existence or authorization of its own for $10.
Getting a South Carolina certificate of authority for a Wyoming LLC
Keep Wyoming current
Keep up the Wyoming minimum.
Search the name here
Prepare a fictitious name if it clashes.
Pick the South Carolina agent
Someone you can name who lives here, or a company licensed here.
Get the Wyoming certificate
Fresh, on the signing day.
Sign and send
Duplicate set, plus the $110 check.
Wyoming LLC questions
Is a Wyoming certificate of good standing enough?
South Carolina wants an authenticated certificate of existence or similar record, under the age limit.
Does my Wyoming LLC pay South Carolina yearly?
Not through the Secretary of State.
Price summary
Get your South Carolina certificate
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$199
+ $110 to the state
- Your certificate of authority application, drafted from a questionnaire
- The home-state certificate requested on the right date
- A South Carolina agent for service if you need one
- The filed copy and the state's receipt
- Renewal: after the first year, the agent service renews at $149 a year
The $110 state fee is the LLC and corporation fee, paid to the Secretary of State and itemized separately; a corporation also pays a license fee, and other entity types are priced on the cost page. $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
- 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
- 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
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