awesome advice -- this is why we're on the list steven.
On 04/05/2012, at 7:30 AM, Niki Scevak wrote: > Sorry just weighing in now. > > The cost is nominal and less than a pty ltd company - I think a Delaware > C-Corp costs $300 from memory. There are tons of incorporation sites in the > US that will do this if you are optimizing against cost. > > Law firms can do it too and Richard Horton from DLA Piper is fantastic. You > should be able to incorporate the company and form it with clean docs like > www.seriesseed.com for less than $5k. > > If you aren't raising money for the company and don't need the series seed > stuff and you just want the entity then maybe go with the online sites. > > The implications are that you have to file tax returns in the US so that is > an extra layer of overhead. > > You'll need a director of the company to have a social security number if you > don't have one although sometimes the law firm can let you borrow theirs. I > have one from my time in the US so I haven't run into this problem and how > people solve it. > > You'll also need a US postal address. I recommend people get an > www.earthclassmail.com account. A side benefit is that you can use every > online retail site and ship the goods through there and then on-post them to > Australia. > > RE: Shared staff etc. just choose and pay them through one entity. > > Assuming you don't want to just form the company but you want a bank account > then I'd recommend Silicon Valley Bank and they are friendly to the > Australian startup community. > > On Tuesday, 1 May 2012 11:33:41 UTC+10, Steven Noble wrote: > If an Australian, private company was to create a Delaware subsidiary: > # What would be the cost? > # Who would do it? > # What implications would there be? > # Especially, what unexpected implications might there be? (E.g if the > Australian company and its Delaware listed subsidiary shared staff, > equipment, etc?) > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Silicon Beach > Australia mailing list. Vist http://siliconbeachaustralia.org for more > > Forum rules > 1) No lurkers! It is expected that you introduce yourself. > 2) No jobs postings. You can use http://siliconbeachaustralia.org/jobs > > > To post to this group, send email to > silicon-beach-australia@googlegroups.com > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > silicon-beach-australia+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/silicon-beach-australia?hl=en?hl=en --- Steven Noble http://snoble.net +61 (0) 4 0404 1928 -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Silicon Beach Australia mailing list. Vist http://siliconbeachaustralia.org for more Forum rules 1) No lurkers! It is expected that you introduce yourself. 2) No jobs postings. You can use http://siliconbeachaustralia.org/jobs To post to this group, send email to silicon-beach-australia@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to silicon-beach-australia+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/silicon-beach-australia?hl=en?hl=en
