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Texas Corporation Foreign Registration in Connecticut

To do business in Connecticut, a corporation formed in Texas registers there on an online registration (no form number), with $385 in state fees. Connecticut may ask for Texas's Certificate of Fact - Status ($15). We file it with the Secretary of the State, Business Services Division using your Texas records and act as your registered agent there for the first year.

What Texas and Connecticut each ask for

	Texas formed here	Connecticut registering here
Document	Texas Certificate of Fact - Status	Application for Certificate of Authority (Foreign Corporation) (no form number)
State fee	$15	$385 at order
How it is handled	Texas: online through SOSPortal, usually within 10 minutes, as a download link that lasts 90 days	Filed online with Connecticut
Paid expedite		$50
Office	Texas Secretary of State	Connecticut Secretary of the State, Business Services Division
Official page	sos.state.tx.us	business.ct.gov
Yearly filing	Franchise Tax Report + Public Information Report, no fee, every year	Annual Report, $435, every year
Due	May 15 each year	Anniversary date of registration in Connecticut
Agent	Your Texas registered agent	Our Connecticut registered agent

From Texas to Connecticut, step by step

We prepare and file the registration
It names us as your Connecticut registered agent, with your Texas name and formation date. If Connecticut wants the Texas certificate, it is ordered first. After approval, your Texas corporation is registered with Connecticut.

Will your Texas name work for Connecticut?

We search Connecticut's records for Texas's name on file before anything is filed.

Agents: Connecticut and Texas

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

Staying in good standing in Texas and Connecticut

Each year your corporation files Texas's Franchise Tax Report + Public Information Report (no fee) and Connecticut's Annual Report ($435). With our $149 registered agent renewal, Texas plus Connecticut comes to $584 a year. The new registration does not replace any home-state filing.

LLC or corporation, Texas to Connecticut

An LLC formed in Texas files its own registration with Connecticut ($120 in state fees, plus the Certificate of Fact - Status ($15)). After that come Texas's Public Information Report + Franchise Tax Report and Connecticut's Annual Report ($80). See the LLC filing.

Registering a Connecticut company in Texas

A corporation formed in Connecticut that registers with Texas files Form 301 with $767.13 in state fees and a $50 required expedite. See that filing.

Questions Texas owners ask about Connecticut

Does my Texas company need to register in Connecticut?

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

Is this a certificate of authority?

Yes: Connecticut issues one to Texas corporations once the filing is approved.

How much does the Connecticut registration cost?

$584 at checkout; Connecticut may also want Texas's Certificate of Fact - Status, at extra cost.

What are the yearly costs for Texas and Connecticut?

$584 a year: our $149 registered agent renewal, nothing to Texas and $435 to Connecticut for the yearly reports.

Does Connecticut require a registered agent?

Yes: the Texas registered agent stays, and ours covers Connecticut for year one.

Can I form a new Connecticut corporation instead?

Yes, but Texas keeps the original, so you run two companies: the new one files Connecticut's Annual Report ($150), and the original keeps Texas's yearly report.

How do I withdraw from Connecticut later?

Texas companies leave by filing an Application for Certificate of Withdrawal; until then, Connecticut's report stays due alongside Texas's filings.

What does a Connecticut company file to register in Texas?

It files Form 301 with $767.13 in state fees and a $50 required expedite.

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