A Texas LLC costs $300 in state filing fees, files a Public Information Report every year (no fee), and owes franchise tax only above $2.47M in revenue, where the rate below that threshold is 0%. Texas charges no state personal income tax. Texas is not one of the four anonymous-LLC states, so member or manager names reach the public record. Founders who need ownership privacy form in Wyoming, New Mexico, Delaware, or Nevada and foreign-qualify into Texas when local operations require it.
A Texas LLC is a limited liability company registered with the Texas Secretary of State that separates the owner's personal assets from business debts and lawsuits. Texas is the second-largest US economy, no state income tax, and a large in-state customer base draw founders here. Owners file a Certificate of Formation (the Texas equivalent of Articles of Organization) for a $300 state fee, appoint a registered agent, and adopt an operating agreement. Texas suits founders who physically operate in the state: retail, real estate, construction, restaurants, and service firms with Texas customers and Texas payroll. Anonymousllc.co files the Certificate, provides the registered agent, drafts the operating agreement, secures the EIN, and submits US bank applications so the entity is fully operational in 5-10 business days.
A Texas LLC costs $597 all-in through Anonymousllc.co: a $297 service fee plus the $300 Texas state filing fee. That single price covers the state filing, registered agent for year one, operating agreement, EIN, and four to five US bank applications. Filing direct with the Secretary of State costs the $300 state fee alone, but the founder then handles the name check, operating agreement, EIN, and banking without support. The only recurring cash cost afterward is the $100/year registered agent renewal, since the annual Public Information Report carries no filing fee and franchise tax stays at 0% below $2.47M in revenue. Founders whose priority is ownership privacy compare this against a $397 Wyoming LLC plus a Texas foreign qualification.
No. Texas requires either members or managers (or both) to be disclosed on public state records, so ownership does not stay private in this state. The Secretary of State and the annual Public Information Report expose governing-person information to anyone who searches. This is the structural difference between Texas and the four anonymous-LLC states. Wyoming, New Mexico, Delaware, and Nevada keep members and managers off the public formation record and list only the registered agent. A commercial registered agent in Texas hides the founder's home address from the filing, but it does not hide the owner's name, because Texas mandates governing-person disclosure regardless of who serves as agent.
Form an anonymous LLC in Wyoming or New Mexico, then foreign-qualify that LLC into Texas to operate legally in the state. The anonymous parent stays off the public record, and the Texas foreign registration lists the parent LLC rather than the individual owner. This two-entity structure is the standard privacy answer for Texas founders. The Wyoming LLC costs $397 all-in and keeps members off the public record; New Mexico costs $347 and requires no annual report or annual fee. Anonymousllc.co forms the anonymous parent and then files the Texas foreign qualification so the founder operates in Texas while ownership traces back to a private out-of-state LLC. See /wyoming-anonymous-llc/ and /anonymous-llc/ for the privacy path.
Texas charges no state personal income tax on LLC profit, and the franchise tax rate is 0% for LLCs with annualized revenue under $2.47M. Federally, a single-member LLC is a disregarded entity taxed on Schedule C, and a multi-member LLC is a partnership filing Form 1065. Profit passes through to the members' personal returns in both cases, with no federal entity-level tax by default. An LLC that clears roughly $40,000-$60,000 in net income elects S-corporation treatment on Form 2553 to move part of the profit out of the 15.3% self-employment tax. Non-resident owners of a foreign-owned single-member LLC file Form 5472 with a pro-forma Form 1120 each year.
The Texas franchise tax is a margin tax with a no-tax-due threshold: LLCs under $2.47M in annualized revenue owe 0% and pay nothing. Every Texas LLC still files a Public Information Report each year, and that report carries no filing fee. The Public Information Report updates the registered agent, principal office address, and governing-person information the state keeps on file. It is filed with the Texas Comptroller and Secretary of State systems and is the disclosure that keeps member or manager names on the public record year after year. Missing it moves the LLC toward loss of good standing and eventual forfeiture of the right to do business in Texas.
Yes. Every Texas LLC must maintain a registered agent with a physical street address in Texas, available during business hours to accept service of process and state mail. A PO Box does not satisfy the requirement. Anonymousllc.co provides Texas registered agent service at $100/year, included for year one in every formation package. The agent's Texas address appears on the public filing instead of the founder's home address, which keeps the personal address private even though Texas still lists governing-person names. See /texas-registered-agent/ for the standalone service and the switch process.
A Texas LLC is fully operational in 5-10 business days end-to-end through Anonymousllc.co. The Secretary of State accepts the Certificate of Formation within 1-3 business days, the EIN follows in 1-7 days, and bank approval lands 8-10 days after the EIN. The steps run in parallel wherever the sequence allows. Day zero is a five-minute WhatsApp intake, the Certificate files the same day, and the EIN application starts the moment the state stamp arrives. US-resident founders receive the EIN in about a day online; non-resident founders receive it in 5-7 days by fax filing. Bank applications go to four or five partner banks at once, so a decline at one does not stall the account.
Yes. Non-US residents form Texas LLCs without an SSN, ITIN, or US visa, and never need to visit the United States. Texas places no citizenship or residency condition on LLC ownership. Anonymousllc.co files the Certificate of Formation, obtains the EIN by fax as third-party designee without an SSN, provides the Texas registered agent and address, and submits US bank applications remotely. Non-resident owners then file Form 5472 with a pro-forma Form 1120 each year for a foreign-owned single-member LLC. A founder who wants both Texas operations and ownership privacy forms a Wyoming or New Mexico anonymous LLC and foreign-qualifies it into Texas.
A Texas series LLC is a single master LLC that holds multiple protected series, each able to own assets and limit liability separately from the others. Texas is one of the states that authorizes this structure by statute. Real estate investors use series LLCs to isolate each property in its own series, so a lawsuit against one property does not reach the others. Each series needs series-specific provisions in the operating agreement, and the structure adds bookkeeping and legal complexity. Anonymousllc.co provides an operating agreement template that covers series structures; multi-property or multi-series setups benefit from legal review before signing.
Texas offers no state income tax and a large in-state market, but it publishes governing-person names, while Wyoming, New Mexico, Delaware, and Nevada keep owners off the public record. Total first-year cost through Anonymousllc.co runs $597 for Texas versus $397 for Wyoming and $347 for New Mexico. The choice turns on where the business physically operates and how much privacy the founder needs. A founder with Texas storefronts, Texas payroll, or Texas real estate forms directly in Texas. A founder who wants anonymity forms in Wyoming or New Mexico and foreign-qualifies into Texas only if local operations require it. Delaware suits venture-backed companies at $407, and Nevada runs $722 with an annual list and state business license.
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