Arkansas

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Foreign registration · no form number

Arkansas Corporation Foreign Registration in Colorado

To do business in Colorado, a corporation formed in Arkansas registers there on an online registration (no form number), with $100 in state fees. Colorado asks nothing of Arkansas here, not even the Certificate of Good Standing. We file it with the Secretary of State, Business Program using your Arkansas records and act as your registered agent there for the first year.

Arkansas vs Colorado: the paperwork

	Arkansas formed here	Colorado registering here
Document	Arkansas Certificate of Good Standing (not needed here)	Statement of Foreign Entity Authority (no form number)
State fee	$25	$100 at order
How it is handled	Arkansas: online, ready to print right after purchase	Filed online with Colorado
Office	Arkansas Secretary of State, Business and Commercial Services	Colorado Secretary of State, Business Program
Official page	sos.arkansas.gov	coloradosos.gov
Yearly filing	Annual Corporation Franchise Tax Report, $150, every year	Periodic Report, $25, every year
Due	May 1	Last day of the entity's anniversary month
Late yearly filing	$25 late fee	$50 late fee
Agent	Your Arkansas registered agent	Our Colorado registered agent

How Arkansas companies register with Colorado

We prepare and file the registration
It names us as your Colorado registered agent, with your Arkansas name and formation date. Nothing has to come from Arkansas first, so the Colorado filing can go in right away. Once Colorado approves it, the Arkansas company can do business there.

Will your Arkansas name work for Colorado?

If Colorado's records show it taken, you can use an alternate name for the Arkansas company. We search Colorado's records for Arkansas's name on file before anything is filed.

Your Colorado agent and the Arkansas one

Arkansas and Colorado both call it a registered agent. Your current registered agent stays for Arkansas; ours takes Colorado's papers and notices.

Yearly filings: Colorado and Arkansas

Each year your corporation files Arkansas's Annual Corporation Franchise Tax Report ($150) and Colorado's Periodic Report ($25). With our $149 registered agent renewal, Arkansas plus Colorado comes to $324 a year. Both states' filings stay current side by side.

LLC or corporation, Arkansas to Colorado

An LLC formed in Arkansas files its own registration with Colorado ($100 in state fees, the same; no home-state certificate is needed). After that come Arkansas's Annual LLC Franchise Tax Report ($150) and Colorado's Periodic Report ($25). See the LLC filing.

Questions Arkansas owners ask about Colorado

Does my Arkansas company need to register in Colorado?

Yes, once an Arkansas business operates there; Colorado registers it as a foreign corporation.

Is this a certificate of authority?

Colorado calls it registration for Arkansas corporations; other states say certificate of authority.

How much does it cost to register an Arkansas corporation in Colorado?

$299 at checkout, with nothing to pay Arkansas.

Do I need Arkansas's certificate of good standing?

No, Colorado takes the registration without it.

What are the yearly costs for Arkansas and Colorado?

$324 a year: our $149 registered agent renewal, $150 to Arkansas and $25 to Colorado for the yearly reports.

Does Colorado require a registered agent?

Yes: the Arkansas registered agent stays, and ours covers Colorado for year one.

Will Colorado accept my Arkansas name?

Yes, if no company there has it; if one does, it uses an alternate name there and keeps its Arkansas name at home.

Can I form a new Colorado corporation instead?

Yes, but Arkansas keeps the original, so you run two companies: the new one files Colorado's Periodic Report ($25), and the original keeps Arkansas's Annual Corporation Franchise Tax Report.

How do I withdraw from Colorado later?

Arkansas companies leave by filing a Statement of Foreign Entity Withdrawal; until then, Colorado's report stays due alongside Arkansas's filings.

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