US offshore limited liability company, LLC
Until recently the only
types of companies available in the USA were Corporations. These had the
major disadvantage of being liable to US tax on all world-wide income. A
Limited Liability Company (LLC) is a relatively new legal entity in the
United States. The United States LLC is not a partnership or a
corporation. It is a distinct business entity that offers an alternative
to partnerships and corporations by combining the corporate advantages
of limited liability with the partnership advantage of pass-through
taxation. US LLCs with non-resident members and which conduct no
business in the US and which have no US-source income are not subject to
US federal income tax and are not required to file a US income tax
return.
No US tax liability
Excellent communications
Good for use as website owner
No exchange controls
Using a genuine US company may appear more credible than one in an
'offshore' location
Official language is English
Politically stable
Very low annual government duties
Taxation
If the members of the company are not residents of the USA and the LLC
is strucutred as partnership and LLC does not operate in the USA then
there is no US tax liability and is not required to file a US income tax
return. US limited liability companies that conduct no business in the
recommended states of formation with non-resident members are generally
not subject to state income tax and are not required to file a state
income.
We consider Nevada and Delaware to be the best of the States in which
LLC´s are currently being formed because of privacy, low cost, fast
service and flexibility.
Delaware and Nevada have for many years been considered an "offshore"
location, due to its favourable treatment of Corporations incorporated
there, however Colorado, Wyoming, Oregon and other states are not seen
in this way.
