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Idaho LLC Foreign Registration in Massachusetts

An LLC formed in Idaho that wants to do business in Massachusetts files a paper registration (no form number), with $520 in state fees. Massachusetts also asks for Idaho's Certificate of Existence ($10), no older than 90 days. We file it with the Secretary of the Commonwealth, Corporations Division using your Idaho records and act as your resident agent there for the first year.

What Idaho and Massachusetts each ask for

	Idaho formed here	Massachusetts registering here
Document	Idaho Certificate of Existence	Foreign Limited Liability Company Application for Registration (no form number)
State fee	$10	$520 at order (filing fee $500 plus charges collected at filing)
How it is handled	Idaho: online or by mail	Filed on Massachusetts's paper form
Paid expedite		$20
Office	Idaho Secretary of State, Business Services	Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Corporations Division
Official page	sosbiz.idaho.gov	sec.state.ma.us
Age rule	Dated when issued	Accepted if dated within 90 days
Yearly filing	Annual Report, no fee, every year	Foreign Limited Liability Company Annual Report, $500, every year
Due	Last day of the entity's anniversary month	On or before the anniversary date of registration to do business in Massachusetts
Agent	Your Idaho registered agent	Our Massachusetts resident agent

How Idaho companies register with Massachusetts

Order the Idaho certificate
The Certificate of Existence ($10) is ordered from Idaho separately; it is not part of our Massachusetts order. Massachusetts accepts it within 90 days of Idaho's issue date, so it is ordered shortly before filing.
We prepare and file the registration
It lists us as your Massachusetts resident agent, next to your Idaho name and formation date, with the certificate attached. The Idaho certificate comes first; then the Massachusetts filing goes in. After approval, your Idaho LLC is registered with Massachusetts.

First-year cost, Idaho to Massachusetts

Item	Amount
State fees, paid at order	$520
Certificate of Existence, paid to Idaho	$10
Our service, with a year of Massachusetts resident agent service	$199
First-year total, Idaho certificate included	$729

Massachusetts's paid expedite is optional and not in the total.

Will your Idaho name work for Massachusetts?

Massachusetts can hold a name for $30 before you file.

Agents: Massachusetts and Idaho

Massachusetts calls it a resident agent; Idaho says registered agent. Your current registered agent stays for Idaho; ours takes Massachusetts's papers and notices.

Yearly filings: Massachusetts and Idaho

Each year your LLC files Idaho's Annual Report (no fee) and Massachusetts's Foreign Limited Liability Company Annual Report ($500). With our $149 resident agent renewal, Idaho plus Massachusetts comes to $649 a year. Both states' filings stay current side by side.

Registering a Massachusetts company in Idaho

An LLC formed in Massachusetts that registers with Idaho files Idaho's registration (no form number) with $103.50 in state fees, plus the Certificate of Good Standing ($25) dated within 90 days. See that filing.

Questions Idaho owners ask about Massachusetts

Does my Idaho company need to register in Massachusetts?

Yes, once an Idaho business operates there; Massachusetts registers it as a foreign LLC.

How much does the Massachusetts registration cost?

$719 at checkout plus $10 to Idaho for the Certificate of Existence, $729 in all (checkout is $520 in state fees plus our $199).

Do I need Idaho's certificate of good standing?

Yes: Massachusetts wants Idaho's Certificate of Existence ($10), no more than 90 days old at filing.

What are the yearly costs for Idaho and Massachusetts?

$649 a year: our $149 resident agent renewal, nothing to Idaho and $500 to Massachusetts for the yearly reports.

What if I don't register with Massachusetts?

An Idaho company cannot sue in court there until it registers, and Massachusetts can add a civil penalty of up to $500.

Does Massachusetts require a registered agent?

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

Can I form a new Massachusetts LLC instead?

Yes, but Idaho keeps the original, so you run two companies: the new one files Massachusetts's Limited Liability Company Annual Report ($520), and the original keeps Idaho's Annual Report.

How do I withdraw from Massachusetts later?

Idaho companies leave by filing a Certificate of Withdrawal ($100); until then, Massachusetts's report stays due alongside Idaho's filings.

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