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Re:Anonymous LLC by jcrawfordor on Saturday August 05, 2017 @02:03PM (#14936978)
Pricing on these services is pretty high. They charge $404 + filing fees, but at least in New Mexico, one of the states that permits anonymous LLCs, you can form one yourself in about 30 minutes of effort and $100 or so in fees plus $100 or so to hire a registered agent. Hard to justify the $404 on top of fees...
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Re:Anonymous LLC by cgb223 on Saturday August 05, 2017 @02:24PM (#14937100)
Probably has something to do with the lawyer that comes with it

Their time is not cheap

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Re:Anonymous LLC by nikanj on Saturday August 05, 2017 @07:35PM (#14938650)
$200 is for doing it. $404 for knowing how to do it.
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Re:Anonymous LLC by jcrawfordor on Saturday August 05, 2017 @11:01PM (#14939453)
Most secretaries of state publish pretty detailed instructions on LLC formation, and more support is usually available from a state small business advocate. Sure, there is value in professional advice, but I wouldn't say LLC formation is the kind of thing that requires it.
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Re:Anonymous LLC by eddieroger on Sunday August 06, 2017 @02:36AM (#14940066)
It's not even necessarily the advice, it's literally just throwing money at a problem. Even if there are clear instructions, some people would rather throw money at having someone else do it. This service is for these people.
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Re:Anonymous LLC by ringaroundthetx on Saturday August 05, 2017 @08:50PM (#14939019)
$404 is not high though. Even $600 in total (after filing fees, taxes) is not high.

Just compare it to non-anonymous LLCs, with or without registered agents, and definitely without law firms or CPAs. You are still looking at least at $100. Registered agents charge an extra $100, and the ones that advertise $25 are lying.

You won't get out of California, Delaware or New York that low at all.

New York forces you to publish the existence of your New York LLC in two newspapers in your county, just to make SURE its not anonymous (in the year 1915). So if you live in New York City you are looking at spending $1,600. California is around $800.

So you are accurate that you can do this yourself, at the same prices I pointed out, but there are several gotchas.

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