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Re:Is Delaware the Cheapest Place to Incorporate? by KieranMac on Thursday November 16, 2023 @07:12PM (#38297505)
I agree with the first paragraph and strongly disagree with the second. If you are a US citizen and live in the US, for any pass-through entity, you will likely be taxed and need to register as a foreign entity in your home state. Probably easiest to just incorporate where you reside, unless you're looking to raise capital, in which case you should just go straight to DE.

Conversion costs and/or re-incorporation complexity varies considerably by state. Some states allow for simple statutory conversion; other states expressly prohibit it. It is not accurate to to say that reincorporating is just a bit of work. Sometimes it is, and sometimes it's a lot of work. If you're serious about raising capital, start as a DE C Corp from the gun. Especially if you have multiple founders.

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Re:Is Delaware the Cheapest Place to Incorporate? by TheNewsIsHere on Thursday November 16, 2023 @10:35PM (#38299186)
Your commentary on the wide variety of challenges that can arise from reincorporating/re-domiciling matches my experience.

In some cases, depending on the originating state and business structure, there may not even be a way to accomplish that without selling your old business to your new business. Even if that’s “just on paper”, it becomes an entirely different (and sometimes much more costly) beast.

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