A West Virginia LLC costs $397 all-in through Anonymousllc.co in year one: a $297 service fee plus the $100 state filing fee, covering filing, registered agent, operating agreement, EIN, and 4-5 US bank applications. From year two, maintenance runs about $125/year: the $25 West Virginia annual report due by July 1 plus $100/year for the registered agent. West Virginia also charges personal income tax of up to 5.12% on passed-through profit. Founders who want ownership privacy plus lower ongoing cost compare the Wyoming ($397 all-in) and New Mexico ($347, no annual report) anonymous routes.
The West Virginia Secretary of State charges a $100 filing fee for the Articles of Organization, paid once at formation. It is the only mandatory state fee due at filing time. West Virginia accepts the filing within 1-3 business days. The $100 is separate from any service fee: a founder who files alone pays only the $100, while Anonymousllc.co bundles the state fee into a single $397 all-in price that also covers the EIN, operating agreement, registered agent, and bank applications.
Ongoing cost runs about $125/year from year two: the $25 West Virginia annual report due by July 1 plus $100/year for a commercial registered agent. West Virginia adds no franchise tax on the entity. Beyond those fixed items, the LLC's owners pay West Virginia personal income tax of up to 5.12% on profit that passes through to their personal returns. There is no separate state entity-level tax on the LLC. Anonymousllc.co files the $25 annual report on request as part of the $100/year registered agent service.
Filing yourself costs only the $100 state fee, but you handle the name check, Articles, operating agreement, EIN, and bank applications alone. Anonymousllc.co charges a $297 service fee plus the state fee and completes every step in 5-10 days. The DIY route saves the $297 up front but adds time and the risk of a rejected filing, a missing operating agreement, or a delayed EIN. For a non-resident without an SSN, the EIN alone requires a fax-filed SS-4 that takes 5-7 days to clear. Anonymousllc.co runs all of it in parallel and delivers a bank-ready document set. The service fee also covers the compliance pieces a DIY filer assembles one at a time: the West Virginia registered agent for year one, the operating agreement every bank asks for, and the EIN that banking and tax filing both require. For a founder weighing the two paths, the $297 buys a completed, verified document set rather than a stack of forms to reconcile alone.
The all-in $397 covers the $100 West Virginia state filing fee plus the $297 service fee: filing, registered agent for year one, a West Virginia operating agreement, the EIN, and 4-5 US bank applications to Mercury, Relay, and Bluevine. There are no hidden upsells behind that number. Add-on services are priced separately when a founder needs them: EIN $99 on its own, ITIN $299, and BOI $150 per report when a foreign entity requires one. A founder who wants ownership privacy chooses the Wyoming route, which Anonymousllc.co fulfills at $397 all-in.
New Mexico is the lowest total cost at $347 with Anonymousllc.co and no annual report; Wyoming is $397 all-in with a $60 annual report and strong anonymity. West Virginia is $397 in year one plus about $125/year in maintenance. West Virginia also taxes personal income up to 5.12%, which Wyoming and New Mexico do not levy on the LLC's owners at the state level for out-of-state income. Delaware runs $407 with a $300 flat annual franchise tax due June 1, and Nevada is $722 with about $350/year in ongoing annual list and business license fees. A founder weighing privacy and cost forms in Wyoming or New Mexico and foreign-qualifies into West Virginia only when local operations require it.
The same $397 all-in applies to non-residents: a $297 service fee plus the $100 state fee. No surcharge is added for forming from abroad, and there is no US visit or SSN required. A non-resident who needs personal tax filing may add an ITIN at $299, and a foreign-owned single-member LLC files Form 5472 each year, which a US tax preparer handles. Founders who want ownership privacy pair the West Virginia entity with a Wyoming or New Mexico anonymous LLC, or form there first and foreign-qualify into West Virginia. A non-resident pays the same $25 annual report and $100 registered agent renewal from year two, so the ongoing cost does not change with residency. The one variable is US tax preparation, which a US preparer bills separately. Anonymousllc.co maps the full first-year and recurring cost during the WhatsApp intake, so an overseas founder sees every number before filing.
The $397 package covers the full 5-10 business day process end-to-end. The state filing is accepted within 1-3 business days, the EIN follows 5-7 days later, and bank approval averages 8-10 days after the EIN. Every step is included in the single price, with no per-stage charges. Day 0 is a 5-minute WhatsApp intake, and Anonymousllc.co files the Articles the same day. US-resident founders receive the EIN in about one day online; non-resident founders receive it in 5-7 days by fax.
A West Virginia LLC delivers liability protection and a US business presence, but not ownership privacy: the state publishes members or managers. For privacy at a comparable price, a Wyoming anonymous LLC costs the same $397 all-in and keeps owners off the record. A founder whose business operates physically in West Virginia forms locally for $397 and accepts the public disclosure. A founder who wants privacy forms in Wyoming or New Mexico, then foreign-qualifies into West Virginia when local operations begin. Anonymousllc.co maps the lower-cost path during the WhatsApp intake before any filing.
A West Virginia LLC costs about $897 over five years through Anonymousllc.co: $397 all-in for year one, then about $125 a year in maintenance for years two through five. The recurring $125 is the $25 annual report due by July 1 plus the $100 registered agent renewal. West Virginia adds no franchise tax and no publication cost, so the maintenance figure stays flat year to year. State personal income tax of up to 5.12% applies separately on profit that passes through to the owners, and that amount scales with how much the LLC earns rather than with a fixed state fee. A founder comparing long-run cost weighs West Virginia's $897 five-year total against New Mexico, where the absence of an annual report keeps five-year maintenance lower, and Wyoming, which adds a $60 annual report but levies no state income tax on the owners.
A Wyoming anonymous LLC that operates in West Virginia pays $397 all-in to form in Wyoming, then registers as a foreign LLC in West Virginia and keeps a West Virginia registered agent at $100 a year. Foreign qualification adds a West Virginia registration filing and, once the entity is registered, the $25 West Virginia annual report on top of the Wyoming annual report. Anonymousllc.co confirms the West Virginia foreign registration fee at intake and files the paperwork, so a founder sees the full number before committing. The trade-off buys ownership privacy: Wyoming keeps members and managers off the record while the West Virginia registration satisfies the local operating requirement. This path suits a founder who wants anonymity and has a physical presence, a lease, or employees in West Virginia; a founder with no in-state operations forms in Wyoming alone and avoids the West Virginia cost.
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