Incorporate in Nevada

Why incorporate in Nevada? With no corporate income tax, no fees on corporate shares of stock, no personal income tax, no franchise taxes, and an emphasis on business privacy, Nevada has established itself as one of the most business-friendly states.

When you hire us to start your Nevada corporation, we’ll provide all the tools to start, maintain, and grow a business, including:

• A year of local registered agent service
• Free attorney-drafted corporate bylaws
• Unlimited access to our library of business resources
• A secure online account to manage your important mail
• A 90-day free trial of our website & phone services

Plus, we own our Nevada building. So, we can offer you a stable and secure business address you can list on state forms to safeguard your privacy. All for just $135 plus state fees.

Our Unique Nevada Corporation Service

When you hire us to incorporate in Nevada, we do more than file paperwork with the Secretary of State. As a local registered agent, we can offer clients so much more than our competition, including:

• A Free Nevada Business Address. Because we own our Las Vegas building, we can provide you with a professional business address you can list on public forms instead of your personal information. Our address is permanent, so you’ll never have to worry about sudden address changes or your important mail getting lost.
• A Secure Online Account. Manage, view, and store your important documents in one secure location. The best part? You can access your account anywhere you have wifi.
• Nevada Business Presence. We give you all the tools to start building your online business persona today. That includes a web domain, website equipped with SSL security, business email address, and a Nevada phone number and service that can forward texts and calls to your own device. Free for 90 days.
• Free Business Forms & Templates. We have quite the arsenal of business forms and templates your corporation could ever need. Our competitors can charge extra for business documents. We prefer to be transparent and give you access to ours at no additional cost.
• Expedited Service. We will process your filing on the day we receive it.
• Lifetime Client Support. Whether it’s the early stages of your business ownership or 10 years down the road, it doesn’t matter. As long as you’re a client, we support you and your business.
• Access to Additional Services. Once inside your secure online account, you can add some of our other services, like our Trade Name Service. For $125 plus your county’s filing fee, we’ll register a Fictitious Firm Name (also known as a trade name or DBA) for your corporation.

“Expedient. Thorough. Educated. Incredible. That’s all there is to say.”   Kesly W., Google Review

Nevada Corporation Benefits

Incorporating in Nevada offers several benefits for small business owners. Below, we break down a few reasons why many entrepreneurs choose to start their corporations in The Silver State.

1. No Corporate Income Tax. Nevada is one of the few states that has no corporate income tax. This saves corporations considerable money. In addition to no corporate income tax, there are no taxes on corporation shares, franchise tax, or personal income tax. Nevada is one of the least-taxed states when it comes to business taxes, which allows companies to reinvest their profits or distribute them how they see fit.
    
2. Streamlined Incorporation System. You can start a corporation in Nevada entirely online through the Nevada SilverFlume Business Portal, allowing you to submit initial and annual filings online with a speedy turnaround.
    
3. Legally Protected Liability. Unlike other states, Nevada has strong liability protection for business owners. Per state law, there are only two ways creditors can “pierce the corporate veil”: fraud or manifest injustice. There is no greater level of liability protection. For creditors seeking to collect from shareholders of closely-held corporations (corporations with between two and 75 shareholders), the only method allowed by law is the charging order.
    
   Nevada was the very first state to impose this strict limitation. This protection extends to and protects S corporations from losing their federally granted tax status in the case that a judgment is brought against a shareholder, a protection not offered in Delaware.
    
4. Nevada Business Courts. For many years, Delaware has attracted business owners because of its unique Court of Chancery, which specializes in business law and business-related cases. However, most people don’t realize that Nevada has its own unique court system: the Nevada Business Courts.
    
   Like the Court of Chancery, Nevada’s Business Courts minimize the time and cost of commercial litigation by employing early, extensive case management, utilizing specialized judicial participation, and considering alternative settings for hearings to allow businesses to avoid disruption. The decisions of the Nevada Business Courts are streamlined to create statewide precedent so businesses understand what to expect when litigation is brought before the courts.
    
5. Statutory Protection for Directors and Officers. Directors and officers of Nevada corporations may exercise their duties in good faith on an informed basis and be fully protected from liability except for intentional misconduct, fraud, or a knowing violation of the law. Nevada also extends this protection to officers.
    
6. Director Flexibility in the Face of Takeovers. In many states, directors are hampered by laws that prevent them from considering certain factors when faced with a corporate takeover. In Delaware, for example, directors, in many cases, are required to accept an offer simply because it is the highest bid, regardless of the effects on employees or the community’s interests. In Nevada, however, state law allows directors to consider the impact a takeover will have on employees, the community, and the local economy when faced with a takeover offer.

How to Incorporate in Nevada

The simplest way to incorporate in Nevada is to hire us. For just $135 plus state fees, we’ll file your Articles of Incorporation, provide a year of local registered agent service, and include free services such as a professional business address to protect your privacy.

But, if you’d rather file yourself, just follow the seven steps outlined below. You can still hire us for Nevada registered agent service for just $35 a year.

1. Name your corporation
2. Appoint a Nevada registered agent
3. File Articles of Incorporation
4. File an Initial List & Business License Application
5. Write Corporate Bylaws
6. Get an EIN
7. File a BOI Report

1) Name your corporation. You must choose a name for your corporation not already registered to another entity within the state. Your name must include one of the following designations: Incorporated, Inc., Limited, Ltd., Company, Co., Corporation, or Corp.

2) Appoint a Nevada registered agent. Every Nevada corporation must have and maintain a Nevada registered agent to accept state and legal mail on behalf of your company. Per state law, your registered agent must:

• be an individual (18 or older) or business entity
• have a physical address in Nevada
• maintain regular business hours to accept service of process

You can choose to act as your own registered agent, but it will put your personal information at risk. Why? When you file the Articles of Incorporation, you must list your registered agent’s physical address. Unfortunately, your formation documents are public records, which means anyone (including scammers) can find your information online. Thankfully, when you hire us as your registered agent, we’ll list our Nevada business address instead of your personal address.

3) File Articles of Incorporation. You must file Articles of Incorporation with the Secretary of State to form a Nevada corporation. The filing fee is a minimum of $75, although the actual cost is based on the number of your authorized shares of stock.

Here’s a complete list of everything you’ll need to include in your Articles of Incorporation:

1. Business name.
2. Name and physical address of your registered agent.
3. Governing board (Close Corporations only).
4. Names and addresses of the board of directors, trustees, or shareholders.
5. Jurisdiction.
6. Benefit Corporation (only select this box if you are starting a Benefit Corporation.
7. Business purpose.
8. Authorized shares.
9. Name and address of the person filing your articles.

You can submit your Articles of Incorporation by mail or online.

Online:
SilverFlume Business Portal

Mail:
Secretary of State
401 North Carson Street
Carson City, Nevada 89701-4201

4) File Initial List & Business License Application. You must submit an Initial List & Business License Application (page 4) along with your Articles of Incorporation. The filing fee is $650. If you pay with a credit card, you’ll also pay an additional 2.5% of the total amount due. When you hire us to start your Nevada corporation, we’ll handle these filings for just $50 plus state fees.

Our knowledgeable filing staff are the quickest in Nevada, and they know how to get your company up and running right away the first time out. We maintain your privacy year after year since you can use our Nevada business address indefinitely, letting you remain worry-free on any privacy concerns and able to focus on running your business.

5) Write Corporate Bylaws. Nevada state law requires that a corporation write corporate bylaws and keep the bylaws with other business records. Bylaws are an internal document and are not required to be filed with any government agency. It is important to write clear bylaws that address all the issues of ownership and management of your Nevada corporation, including (but not limited to) how shares of stock can be bought and sold, the rights and duties of directors and officers, the responsibilities of shareholders, the formal procedures for annual meetings, and the distribution of profits.

Sound like a lot? Thankfully, our Nevada Incorporation Service includes FREE attorney-drafted corporate bylaws you can easily customize to fit your business’s needs.

6) Get an EIN. There isn’t a specific deadline within which your corporation must have an EIN, but it will be required for early next steps like filing your BOI report and opening a business bank account, so it’s best to obtain an EIN as soon as your business is officially incorporated. You may apply for an EIN directly with the IRS or hire us to apply on your behalf by selecting “Tax ID” under optional items during checkout.

7) File a BOI Report. Most corporations incorporated on or after January 1, 2024, must file a Beneficial Ownership Information report within 30 days of incorporation (or within 90 days if formed anytime during 2024). Companies incorporated prior to 2024 may file their initial report anytime in 2024. All BOI reports are reported to the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) as mandated through the Corporate Transparency Act. The reports are free to file, and the information reported is not available to the public.

BOI reports consist of the following sections:

Company information required of businesses formed in or after 2024 includes the business’s registered name, any trade or DBA names, current address, formation jurisdiction, and tax ID or EIN.

Individual information required of beneficial owners and company applicants from all reporting businesses includes each individual’s full name, date of birth, residential address, and copy of an identifying document with a unique ID number (e.g., driver’s license).

• Beneficial owner: anyone who controls the company directly or indirectly. This includes those who own at least 25% of the company and people in powerful positions like CEOs or board members.
• Company applicant: the person who filed to form or register the company, and if different, the person who directed the filing to be made.

Businesses in existence prior to January 1, 2024, are not required to file company applicant details.

Don’t want to file a BOI report? You might not have a choice about whether to file, but you can choose not to file it yourself! For just $25, we’ll file your BOI report for you.

Why Hire Nevada Registered Agent LLC?

Nevada Registered Agent LLC is the premier agency for Nevada incorporation and Nevada registered agent service. We’ll be upfront with you: incorporating in Nevada is complicated. There are many steps, multiple filings, and a number of initial fees that must be paid within certain time limits. If you’ve never formed a Nevada corporation before, it is easy to make a mistake and have your incorporation rejected.

We are a local Nevada company and handle incorporations every day. We own our building, giving us the unique ability to offer you a Nevada business address to remain private. When you hire us, you can rest assured that our expert filing staff will give the proper time and attention to your filing. You can feel confident that the company handling your incorporation understands all of the particular requirements for forming a corporation in Nevada.

As well, we provide the most reliable Nevada registered agent service in the industry for one low annual price. Unlike most of our competition, we don’t hook you with an “introductory price” only to upsell you later or charge you exorbitant renewal fees. We believe in straightforward prices, quality service, and building long-term relationships with our clients.

We are here for your business formation needs and look forward to working with you!

Nevada Incorporation Frequently Asked Questions

How much does it cost to incorporate in Nevada?

The filing fee for your Articles of Incorporation will vary depending on the total value of your authorized shares. The minimum fee is $75.

If the total value of your authorized shares is over $1,000,000, you’ll pay $375 for the first million, then $275 for each additional $500,000. The maximum fee is $35,000. The state also charges 2.5% of the total amount due for credit card payments.

How long does it take to incorporate in Nevada?

Online filings will be processed the same day at no additional charge. If you submit a paper form, the processing time will depend on the current workflow. You can check the Nevada Secretary of State website for up-to-date processing times.

Do Nevada corporations need to file an annual report?

Yes. All Nevada corporations must file an Annual List and State Business License Application. The minimum filing fee is $150 (total stock value $75,000 or less).