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About Massachusetts Foreign Registration
Massachusetts Foreign Registration prepares and files the Massachusetts registration for businesses formed in other states.
The ten days and the repeating fee
Massachusetts sets a short deadline, a large fee that repeats, and a doing-business test borrowed from its corporation law.
What a lawyer should decide
Whether work in the state counts, what the fine could be for past months, and how the Commonwealth taxes the entity are for a Massachusetts lawyer or accountant. Our work is the registration itself.
Sources
Each figure comes from a Massachusetts statute or a Corporations Division page, listed under the page that uses it.
Our fee and the Commonwealth's
Start my Massachusetts registration
$199
+ $500 state fee
The Commonwealth's $500 is itemized on its own when you pay. $199 plus the state fee, including your first year of registered agent service; after that the agent service renews at $149 a year.
- The foreign LLC application for registration, completed from your answers
- The certificate from your home state, checked against the ninety-day limit before anything is sent
- A Massachusetts resident agent: ours, or one you already use
- Filing with the Corporations Division and the record sent back to you
- Renewal: after the first year, the agent service renews at $149 a year
Working in Massachusetts?
Tell us when work starts and we prepare your application.