An Arkansas LLC files through the Arkansas Secretary of State in Little Rock for a $45 state fee, carries an annual franchise tax report with a $150 minimum, and pays Arkansas personal income tax up to 4.4% on pass-through profit. Arkansas is not one of the four anonymous-LLC states, so members or managers appear on public record. Anonymousllc.co forms an Arkansas LLC for $342 all-in ($297 service fee plus the $45 state fee), or sets up a Wyoming anonymous LLC for owners whose top priority is keeping ownership private.
Forming an Arkansas LLC takes six steps: name search, Articles of Organization ($45 state fee), registered agent, operating agreement, EIN, and bank account. Anonymousllc.co completes the sequence in 5-10 business days. The Arkansas Secretary of State in Little Rock processes the filing and accepts Articles within 1-3 business days. Anonymousllc.co runs the name check, files as organizer, secures the EIN, and submits four to five US bank applications in one coordinated flow. A founder handles the entire process over WhatsApp without visiting Arkansas. The name must be distinguishable from existing entities and contain "Limited Liability Company", "LLC", or "L.L.C."
An Arkansas LLC costs $342 all-in through Anonymousllc.co: a $297 service fee plus the $45 state filing fee. That price covers the filing, registered agent for year one, operating agreement, EIN, and four to five US bank applications. Ongoing cost from year two is the annual franchise tax report at a $150 minimum plus $100/year for the registered agent. There are no hidden upsells behind the $342 number. Founders who want ownership kept off the public record choose the Wyoming-fulfilled Anonymous LLC package at $397 all-in and foreign-qualify into Arkansas when local operations require it. Arkansas has no LLC publication requirement, so there is no newspaper-notice cost like the one New York and Arizona impose.
An Arkansas LLC is not anonymous. Arkansas requires either members or managers to be disclosed on public state records, so ownership details appear in the Secretary of State database. The privacy path is to form a Wyoming or New Mexico anonymous LLC, where member and manager names stay off the public record, then foreign-qualify that entity into Arkansas if the business has a physical presence in the state. A commercial registered agent keeps a founder's home address off Arkansas filings, but it does not hide ownership on its own. The four anonymous-LLC states (Wyoming, New Mexico, Delaware, Nevada) are the standard answer for owners whose top priority is privacy.
An Arkansas LLC is a pass-through by default: profit flows to the owners' personal returns, and Arkansas taxes personal income up to 4.4%. A single-member LLC is a disregarded entity and a multi-member LLC is a partnership federally. An LLC can elect S-corporation treatment on IRS Form 2553 to reduce self-employment tax once net income passes roughly $40,000-$60,000. Non-resident owners with no US effectively connected income file Form 5472 with a pro-forma 1120 but owe no US income tax on foreign-earned profit. Arkansas income tax applies to profit sourced in the state. A default single-member LLC reports on Schedule C, and a multi-member LLC files Form 1065 with K-1s to each owner.
Arkansas requires an annual franchise tax report with a $150 minimum each year. The report updates the registered agent, principal office address, and member or manager information where the state requires it. Missing the deadline moves the LLC toward administrative dissolution, which removes it from good standing and can retroactively void the liability shield. Anonymousllc.co files the annual franchise tax report for clients as part of registered agent service and confirms submission each year, so the entity stays in good standing without the owner watching the calendar.
Every Arkansas LLC must maintain a registered agent with a physical Arkansas street address to receive service of process and state mail. A PO Box does not qualify, and the agent must be available during business hours. Anonymousllc.co provides Arkansas registered agent service at $100/year, included free in year one of any formation package. The agent forwards state notices and legal service the same day and keeps a founder's home address off the public filing. See /arkansas-registered-agent/ for the full service.
An Arkansas LLC is fully operational in 5-10 business days end-to-end. Arkansas accepts the Articles within 1-3 business days, the EIN follows in 5-7 days for non-residents, and bank approval lands 8-10 days after the EIN. Anonymousllc.co runs the steps in parallel wherever it can. Day 0 is a 5-minute WhatsApp intake, the Articles are filed the same day, and bank applications go to four or five partner banks at once so approval does not wait on a single institution. US-resident founders receive the EIN online in about one day.
Yes. A non-US resident forms an Arkansas LLC without an SSN, ITIN, or visa and never needs to visit the United States. Arkansas places no citizenship or residency condition on LLC ownership. Anonymousllc.co files the Articles, obtains the EIN by fax as third-party designee, provides the Arkansas registered agent, and submits US bank applications remotely. Non-resident owners who also want ownership privacy pair the Arkansas registration with a Wyoming anonymous LLC as the parent entity.
Yes. Arkansas allows series LLCs, where one parent LLC holds multiple protected series under a single state filing. Each series holds separate assets and liabilities shielded from the others. A series structure needs series-specific provisions in the operating agreement to keep the liability separation enforceable. Anonymousllc.co drafts an Arkansas operating agreement that supports the series structure. Founders running several ventures use one series LLC instead of forming a separate entity for each line of business.
An owner who needs anonymity forms a Wyoming or New Mexico anonymous LLC and foreign-qualifies it into Arkansas when the business has a physical presence, employees, or a storefront in the state. The parent entity keeps ownership off every public record. Foreign qualification registers the out-of-state LLC to do business in Arkansas through the Secretary of State, with an Arkansas registered agent on file. The Wyoming-fulfilled Anonymous LLC package costs $397 all-in and is the standard privacy path. Anonymousllc.co handles both the anonymous formation and the Arkansas foreign qualification. An owner with no Arkansas physical presence skips the foreign qualification entirely and runs the Wyoming anonymous LLC on its own.
Under the March 21, 2025 FinCEN interim final rule, domestic reporting companies are exempt from beneficial ownership information reporting. An Arkansas LLC formed in the United States is a domestic reporting company and files nothing with FinCEN at this time. Foreign reporting companies formed outside the United States remain obligated to file each BOI report. Anonymousllc.co files BOI reports at $150 per report for the entities that still owe them. Most Arkansas LLCs are domestic and currently exempt.
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