Tennessee

Foreign registration · Form SS-4431

Idaho Corporation Foreign Registration in Tennessee

A corporation formed in Idaho that wants to do business in Tennessee files Form SS-4431, with $600 in state fees. Tennessee also wants Idaho's Certificate of Existence ($10). We file it with the Secretary of State, Division of Business and Charitable Organizations using your Idaho records and act as your registered agent there for the first year.

What Idaho and Tennessee each ask for

	Idaho formed here	Tennessee registering here
Document	Idaho Certificate of Existence	Form SS-4431, Application for Certificate of Authority For-Profit Corporation
State fee	$10	$600 at order
How it is handled	Idaho: online or by mail	Filed with Tennessee
Office	Idaho Secretary of State, Business Services	Tennessee Secretary of State, Division of Business and Charitable Organizations
Official page	sosbiz.idaho.gov	sos.tn.gov
Age rule	Dated when issued	Must be current
Yearly filing	Annual Report, no fee, every year	Annual Report, $20, every year
Due	Last day of the entity's anniversary month
Agent	Your Idaho registered agent	Our Tennessee registered agent

How Idaho companies register with Tennessee

Order the Idaho certificate
The Certificate of Existence ($10) is ordered from Idaho separately; it is not part of our Tennessee order. Tennessee wants the Idaho certificate current, so it is ordered close to the filing date.
We prepare and file Form SS-4431
It lists us as your Tennessee registered agent, next to your Idaho name and formation date, with the certificate attached. Once Idaho's certificate is in hand, Tennessee's filing goes in. Once Tennessee approves it, the Idaho company can do business there.

First-year cost, Idaho to Tennessee

Item	Amount
State fees, paid at order	$600
Certificate of Existence, paid to Idaho	$10
Our service, with a year of Tennessee registered agent service	$199
First-year total, Idaho certificate included	$809

Will your Idaho name work for Tennessee?

Tennessee can hold a name for $20 before you file.

Your Tennessee agent and the Idaho one

Idaho and Tennessee both call it a registered agent. Tennessee papers come to us; Idaho's agent is unchanged.

Yearly filings: Tennessee and Idaho

Each year your corporation files Idaho's Annual Report (no fee) and Tennessee's Annual Report ($20). With our $149 registered agent renewal, Idaho plus Tennessee comes to $169 a year. The new registration does not replace any home-state filing.

LLC or corporation, Idaho to Tennessee

An LLC formed in Idaho files Form SS-4233 with Tennessee ($300 in state fees, plus the Certificate of Existence ($10)). After that come Idaho's Annual Report (no fee) and Tennessee's Annual Report ($300). See the LLC filing.

The other way: Tennessee into Idaho

A corporation formed in Tennessee that registers with Idaho files Idaho's registration (no form number) with $103.50 in state fees. See that filing.

Common questions: Idaho to Tennessee

Does my Idaho company need to register in Tennessee?

Yes, once an Idaho business operates there; Tennessee registers it as a foreign corporation.

Is this a certificate of authority?

Yes: Tennessee issues one to Idaho corporations once the form is approved.

How much does it cost to register an Idaho corporation in Tennessee?

$799 at checkout plus $10 to Idaho for the Certificate of Existence, $809 in all (checkout is $600 in state fees plus our $199).

Do I need Idaho's certificate of good standing?

Yes: Tennessee wants Idaho's Certificate of Existence ($10), current at filing.

What are the yearly costs for Idaho and Tennessee?

$169 a year: our $149 registered agent renewal, nothing to Idaho and $20 to Tennessee for the yearly reports.

Does Tennessee require a registered agent?

Yes: the Idaho registered agent stays, and ours covers Tennessee for year one.

Can I form a new Tennessee corporation instead?

Yes, but Idaho keeps the original, so you run two companies: the new one files Tennessee's Annual Report ($20), and the original keeps Idaho's Annual Report.

How do I withdraw from Tennessee later?

Idaho companies leave by filing an Application for Certificate of Withdrawal or Cancellation (Foreign Entity); until then, Tennessee's report stays due alongside Idaho's filings.

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