Texas

Foreign registration · Form 301

Pennsylvania Corporation Foreign Registration in Texas

To do business in Texas, a corporation formed in Pennsylvania registers there on Form 301, with $767.13 in state fees and a $50 required expedite. Texas may ask for Pennsylvania's Subsistence Certificate ($40). We file it with the Texas Secretary of State using your Pennsylvania records and act as your registered agent there for the first year.

Pennsylvania and Texas side by side

	Pennsylvania formed here	Texas registering here
Document	Pennsylvania Subsistence Certificate	Form 301, Application for Registration of a Foreign For-Profit Corporation
State fee	$40	$767.13 at order (filing fee $750 plus charges collected at filing)
How it is handled	Pennsylvania: online through Business Filing Services, or by mail on the copy and certificate request form	Filed with Texas
Required expedite		$50 at order (Texas Express)
Faster options		next-day $500, same-day $750
Office	Pennsylvania Department of State, Bureau of Corporations and Charitable Organizations	Texas Secretary of State
Official page	file.dos.pa.gov	sos.state.tx.us
Name endings	the word corporation, company, incorporated or limited, an abbreviation, the word association, fund or syndicate, or words of like import used in the home state	corporation, incorporated, company, limited, or an abbreviation of one of them
Yearly filing	Annual Report, $7, every year	Franchise Tax Report + Public Information Report, no fee, every year
Due	June 30	May 15 each year
Agent	Your Pennsylvania registered office	Our Texas registered agent

From Pennsylvania to Texas, step by step

We prepare and file Form 301
It lists us as your Texas registered agent, next to your Pennsylvania name and formation date. If Texas wants the Pennsylvania certificate, it is ordered first. After approval, your Pennsylvania corporation is registered with Texas.

Will your Pennsylvania name work for Texas?

Texas accepts your Pennsylvania name if it includes corporation, incorporated, company, limited, or an abbreviation of one of them. Pennsylvania's list (the word corporation, company, incorporated or limited, an abbreviation, the word association, fund or syndicate, or words of like import used in the home state) is not the same, but an ending such as “corporation” works in both states. If Texas's records show it taken, you can use an alternate name for the Pennsylvania company. We search Texas's records for Pennsylvania's name on file before anything is filed.

Agents: Texas and Pennsylvania

Texas calls it a registered agent; Pennsylvania says registered office. Texas papers come to us; Pennsylvania's agent is unchanged.

Yearly filings: Texas and Pennsylvania

Each year your corporation files Pennsylvania's Annual Report ($7) and Texas's Franchise Tax Report + Public Information Report (no fee). With our $149 registered agent renewal, Pennsylvania plus Texas comes to $156 a year. Both states' filings stay current side by side.

LLC or corporation, Pennsylvania to Texas

An LLC formed in Pennsylvania files Form 304 with Texas ($767.13 in state fees and the $50 required expedite, the same; no home-state certificate is needed). After that come Pennsylvania's Annual Report ($7) and Texas's Public Information Report + Franchise Tax Report. See the LLC filing.

Registering a Texas company in Pennsylvania

A corporation formed in Texas that registers with Pennsylvania files Form DSCB:15-412 with $250 in state fees; no Texas certificate is needed. See that filing.

Common questions: Pennsylvania to Texas

Does my Pennsylvania company need to register in Texas?

Yes, once a Pennsylvania business operates there; Texas registers it as a foreign corporation.

Is this a certificate of authority?

Texas calls it registration for Pennsylvania corporations; other states say certificate of authority.

How much does the Texas registration cost?

$1,016.13 at checkout, including the $50 required expedite; Texas may also want Pennsylvania's Subsistence Certificate, at extra cost.

How long does the Texas registration take?

Typically 2 to 3 business days with Texas's required expedite, plus time for Pennsylvania's certificate if Texas asks for it. Faster state options: next-day $500, same-day $750.

What are the yearly costs for Pennsylvania and Texas?

$156 a year: our $149 registered agent renewal, $7 to Pennsylvania and nothing to Texas for the yearly reports.

Does Texas require a registered agent?

Yes: the Pennsylvania registered office stays, and ours covers Texas for year one.

Will Texas accept my Pennsylvania name?

Yes, if no company there has it; if one does, it uses an alternate name there and keeps its Pennsylvania name at home. Texas names must include corporation, incorporated, company, limited, or an abbreviation of one of them; “corporation” works in both states.

Can I form a new Texas corporation instead?

Yes, but Pennsylvania keeps the original, so you run two companies: the new one files Texas's Franchise Tax Report + Public Information Report (no fee), and the original keeps Pennsylvania's Annual Report.

How do I withdraw from Texas later?

Pennsylvania companies leave by filing Form 608; until then, Texas's report stays due alongside Pennsylvania's filings.

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