Florida
Request a list of shelf corporations here or call 307.237.2580
THE FLORIDA STORY ON AGED SHELF COMPANIES:
PROBLEM - SOLUTION - ACTION
THE FLORIDA PROBLEM
Florida requires for information than in other states. This prevents us from aging companies in Florida at low cost.
An annual report with the company’s EIN. You can file the annual report by noting, “Applied For,” but nonetheless, the company’s EIN must be filed. This means we must file tax returns in Florida, with the business licenses. In Florida, the business licenses are filed with the County and the municipality.
When there’s a change of ownership, the county and municipal business licenses must be updated. This is costly and also signals a change of ownership of the company. This change of ownership may trigger a reset of the respected age of the company.
All filings with Florida’s Secretary of State, and all annual reports, and changes, may be found online at SUNBIZ.ORG. This is why an out-of-state company (foreign company) is better than a Florida “born” company. A Florida “born” company is called a domestic entity. Anything out-of-state is referred to as a “foreign” entity even if it’s within the USA.
First update the public record in the company’s home state and then file it into Florida.
I’ve been selling aged companies for twenty years and I live in Florida. I don’t file any of them in Florida because it’s not worth it to my clients.
We are a private for-profit provider of incorporation products and services. The links on this page are for your convenience in obtaining information from the Florida Secretary of State. We are not a government office and we’re not the Florida Secretary of State.
CORPORATION FORMS: FOREIGN QUALIFICATION
OR
THE FLORIDA SOLUTION
out-of-state company
You're better off acquiring an out-of-state company and then filing it into Florida. In Florida, the form is called an APPLICATION BY FOREIGN CORPORATION FOR AUTHORIZATION TO TRANSACT BUSINESS IN FLORIDA. The link is found here and here to the form for corporations. The cost is $87.50 filing fee, Certificate of Status and Certified Copy.
LLC's form
For LLC's the form is called an APPLICATION BY FOREIGN LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY FOR AUTHORIZATION TO TRANSACT BUSINESS IN FLORIDA. Google either statement and include "PDF" in case the links move. The form is found here and here. The cost is $160.00 Filing fee, Certificate of Status and Certified Copy. In Florida, you must list the Manager of the LLC, or the members, or both.
listing Manager
You're better off listing only the Manager. The Manager is listed when the LLC is manager-managed. Why? Don't make it easy for people to sue you and take your interest in the LLC.
Call us
Call us at 484.599.1070 on how to restrict information to the public voluntarily while maintaining the sufficient public information to obtain business credit.
LLC FORMS
FOREIGN QUALIFICATION
OR
ACTION STEP IN FLORIDA:
- 1. Acquire an aged shelf company that wasn't originally filed in Florida.
- 2. File it with Sunbiz.org to foreign qualify the company.
- 3. Apply for the EIN.
- 4. Apply for the business licenses in the applicable county and municipality.
- 5. Open the bank account in Florida.
Amendments
AmendmentsCorpHelp@DOS.MyFlorida.com
Apostilles
ApostillesCertsCorpHelp@DOS.MyFlorida.com
New Filings
NewFilingsCorpHelp@DOS.MyFlorida.com
Notaries
NotariesCorpHelp@DOS.MyFlorida.com
Registrations
RegistrationsCorpHelp@DOS.MyFlorida.com
Reinstatements
FICARReinstCorpHelp@DOS.MyFlorida.com
General inquiries
CorpHelp@dos.myflorida.com
COMPANY NAME ISSUES
Change of Company Name by filing an amendment? You can change the name of the company but that's not a good idea. So, don't do it. Why? A change of company name will likely be considered as a new company.
THE FLORIDA SOLUTION
The answer is to file a Fictitious Name Registration. Others call it a Doing-Business-As. In Florida, the link is found here. It costs $50 and the Fictitious Name Registration is good for five (5) years.
LET'S PUT IT TOGETHER WHEN A FICTITIOUS NAME REGISTRATION IS INVOLVED
- 1. Obtain a clean aged-shelf company.
- 2. Foreign qualify the corporation or LLC into Florida
- 3. File a Fictitious Name Registration if necessary.
- 4. Then file for the EIN. Make sure the company name is line 1 of the SS4 application. The name of the Fictitious Name Registration is entered in line 2 where it says "Trade name of business (if different from name on line 1).
- 5. Include the original name of the company and the Fictitious Name Registration document together when opening a bank account in Florida. The bank needs the original company documents to open the account, and the Fictitious Name Registration document to accept payment in that other name.
WHAT IF THE NAME OF THE SHELF COMPANY IS ALREADY TAKEN IN FLORIDA?
You’re going to like this. If the name of your company is already taken in Florida, it’s like getting a free Fictitious Name Registration.
How do you know if the name is available in Florida? Check it here.
NEED A COURIER TO WALK IN THE FILING TO THE FLORIDA SECRETARY OF STATE?
We used Qwik Courier. Toria Tate is available at 850.284.4584
With a courier, you can get the filing executed in the same day. If you mail it in, then expect two weeks to execute the filing into Florida.
We are a private for-profit provider of incorporation products and services. The links on this page are for your convenience in obtaining information from the Florida Secretary of State. We are not a government office and we’re not the Florida Secretary of State.
