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Wisconsin Corporation Foreign Registration in Idaho

A corporation formed in Wisconsin that wants to do business in Idaho files an online registration (no form number), with $103.50 in state fees. Idaho may ask for Wisconsin's Certificate of Status ($10). We file it with the Secretary of State, Business Services from your Wisconsin records, then serve as your registered agent there for year one.

What Wisconsin and Idaho each ask for

	Wisconsin formed here	Idaho registering here
Document	Wisconsin Certificate of Status	Foreign Registration Statement (Business Corporation) (no form number)
State fee	$10	$103.50 at order (filing fee $100 plus charges collected at filing)
How it is handled	Wisconsin: online, emailed as soon as it is requested	Filed online with Idaho
Paid expedite		$40
Office	Wisconsin Department of Financial Institutions, Division of Corporate and Consumer Services	Idaho Secretary of State, Business Services
Official page	dfi.wi.gov	sos.idaho.gov
Yearly filing	Domestic Business Corporation Annual Report, $25, every year	Annual Report, no fee, every year
Due	End of the calendar quarter containing the anniversary of the articles' effective date	Last day of the entity's anniversary month
Turnaround	Certificate issued instantly online	Standard processing: about 3 to 5 days from the date of filing
Agent	Your Wisconsin registered agent	Our Idaho registered agent

From Wisconsin to Idaho, step by step

We prepare and file the registration
It lists us as your Idaho registered agent, next to your Wisconsin name and formation date. If Idaho wants the Wisconsin certificate, it is ordered first. Once Idaho approves it, the Wisconsin company can do business there.

Your Wisconsin name and Idaho's rules

If another Idaho company uses the Wisconsin name, an alternate name is allowed. We search Idaho's records for Wisconsin's name on file before anything is filed.

Agents: Idaho and Wisconsin

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

Staying in good standing in Wisconsin and Idaho

Each year your corporation files Wisconsin's Domestic Business Corporation Annual Report ($25) and Idaho's Annual Report (no fee). With our $149 registered agent renewal, Wisconsin plus Idaho comes to $174 a year. Both states' filings stay current side by side.

LLC or corporation, Wisconsin to Idaho

An LLC formed in Wisconsin files its own registration with Idaho ($103.50 in state fees, the same, plus the Certificate of Status ($10)). After that come Wisconsin's Annual Report (Form 5 / CORP5) ($25) and Idaho's Annual Report (no fee). See the LLC filing.

The other way: Idaho into Wisconsin

A corporation formed in Idaho that registers with Wisconsin files Form 21 with $100 in state fees, plus the Certificate of Existence ($10) dated within 60 days. See that filing.

Questions Wisconsin owners ask about Idaho

Does my Wisconsin company need to register in Idaho?

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

Is this a certificate of authority?

Idaho calls it registration for Wisconsin corporations; other states say certificate of authority.

How much does the Idaho registration cost?

$302.50 at checkout; Idaho may also want Wisconsin's Certificate of Status, at extra cost.

How long does the Idaho registration take?

Idaho's standard processing takes about 3 to 5 days from the date of filing, plus time for Wisconsin's certificate if Idaho asks for it. Paid expedite: $40.

What are the yearly costs for Wisconsin and Idaho?

$174 a year: our $149 registered agent renewal, $25 to Wisconsin and nothing to Idaho for the yearly reports.

Does Idaho require a registered agent?

Yes: the Wisconsin registered agent stays, and ours covers Idaho for year one, with a street address there.

Will Idaho accept my Wisconsin name?

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

Can I form a new Idaho corporation instead?

Yes, but Wisconsin keeps the original, so you run two companies: the new one files Idaho's Annual Report (no fee), and the original keeps Wisconsin's yearly report.

How do I withdraw from Idaho later?

Wisconsin companies leave by filing a Withdrawal of Foreign Registration Statement; until then, Idaho's report stays due alongside Wisconsin's filings.

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