Register your out-of-state company in Indiana, and know which fee you are paying

Under Indiana law a foreign entity must register before it starts business here. The Code also lists twelve activities that do not count, and the list is not exhaustive. Our page on whether your LLC has to register sets those out, including the thirty-day test for a single transaction, and says what to do when your facts are close to the line.

The statute sets a lower electronic fee than a paper fee for the same statement, $75 against $125 for a for-profit entity. An enhanced access fee of $30 then applies to electronic filings of the statement under the Administrative Code, so the online total is $105. The gap in favor of online is $20, and online is also the route INBiz is built around.

For-profit entities file a business entity report every other year, and nonprofits every year, in the month tied to the entity's anniversary. Online it costs $31 for a for-profit entity. Indiana lets you file early: a report can be submitted up to 90 days before the month in which it is due. The entity report page has the contents, the fees and the consequences of missing it.

A corporation files the same statement, at $105 online or $125 on paper, as the corporation page explains. We quote nonprofits, limited partnerships and limited liability partnerships one by one; the contact page is where to write about them.

• The entity's exact name and its type.
• The home jurisdiction and the date the entity was formed there.
• The street address of the principal office.
• For an LLC, whether the organizational documents provide for managers.
• The Indiana agent's name and street address, and the agent's consent.
• A contact person for the business entity report.

Gather these and the order is short.

Indiana changed some filing rules from the start of this year. An entity that conducts all of its business remotely can choose to keep a residential address off the public record, and companies that use a commercial mail receiving agency address must make a disclosure on the filing. If either applies to you, tell us when you order so we complete the principal office item correctly.

The registration is the large item: $105 online. After it comes the business entity report, $31 for a for-profit entity, about every second year, so registering and filing the first report online comes to $136. Our agent comes with the order; an outside agent, if you hire one, costs extra. The home state sets its own price for its certificate.

The statement is short, but the pieces around it need care: a certificate with an expiry date, an agent who must agree, a choice between two prices, and a calendar entry two years away. We handle all four with the filing, and you approve what goes to the state.