Business Information & Rankings

• Missouri ranked 11th on the State Business Tax Climate Index. (The Tax Foundation, 2005)
• The Show-Me State ranked 6th in Expansion Management magazine’s annual Health Care Cost Quotient of lowest cost, adequate coverage, and least risk to employers. (2005)
• Missouri’s tax administration ranked among the four most fair in the country (Council on State Taxation survey, 2004)

Cost of Living Index

Crime Rate

Missouri has the 34th lowest overall crime ranking in the U.S. (FBI, 2004)

Fees & Taxes

Business Inventory Tax
Business inventory is exempt.

Corporate Income Tax
Missouri’s corporate tax structure consists of a flat tax of 6.25% on all corporate income.

Personal Income Tax
Missouri’s personal income tax system features ten separate income brackets with a top rate of 6% starting at $9,000.

Personal Property Tax
Taxable. Missouri is one of the 38 states that collect property taxes at both the state and local levels. There is no tax assessed on intangible property.

State Sales and Use Tax
Base Rate: 4.225%
Machinery Rate: None

There is an exemption for machinery and equipment replacing other machinery and equipment because of design or product changes used directly for manufacturing or fabricating a product intended to be sold ultimately for final use or consumption. Machinery and equipment purchased to establish new or to expand existing manufacturing, mining or fabricating plants in the state, if such machinery is used directly in manufacturing, mining or fabricating a product intended to be sold ultimately for final use or consumption.

Unemployment Insurance
Missouri’s new employers’ rate is 3.51% for 1 year.

Once your company is set up, you will need:

1. Tax ID (EIN) – free over the Internet or phone.
2. Yearly Requirements and Fees for Montana companies
3. Company Minutes & Stock Certificates – are included in incorporation. You will have access to documents generated on your client account.

Montana additional services

• Registered Agent
• Annual Report
• EIN (Tax ID)
• More Additional Services

• Why Montana?
• Montana Registered Agent
• Montana Annual Requirements
• Montana Corporation Statutes: Montana Annotated Code 2003, Title 35, Chapter 1

• Why Montana?
• Montana Registered Agent
• Montana Annual Requirements
• Montana LLC Statutes: Montana Annotated Code 2003, Title 35, Chapter 8

Pricing $89.00 per year, special for pre-pay $40 per year

Don’t get fooled by companies claiming the lowest price and increasing it later. Our pricing is very simple. We charge $89 per year. We also have few specials. Whenever you decide to pre-pay additional years you get them for $40/year.

Why you need a Registered Agent?

Montana State laws require business entities to maintain a Resident Agent in the state that you form your business. The agent’s name and office address are included in the Articles of Incorporation or Articles of Organization to give public notice of where to send important documents to your business entity.

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We offer Registered Agent service in all 50 States.

State Fee for changing Montana Registered Agent

hange of Registered Agent or Registered Agent Location: $0.00

Registered Agent Requirements

(1) Each corporation shall continuously maintain in this state: (a) a registered office that may but need not be the same as any of its places of business; and (b) a registered agent, who must be one of the following (i) an individual who resides in this state and whose business office is identical to the registered office; (ii) a domestic corporation or not-for-profit domestic corporation whose business office is identical to the registered office; or (iii) a foreign corporation or not-for-profit foreign corporation authorized to transact business in this state whose business office is identical to the registered office.

Montana requires that the annual reports for corporations and LLCs be filed prior to April 15th of each year. The fee is $15. The state charges a late fee of $30 for all reports filed after April 15th

If you need help, we can file the annual report for you. Our fee is only $15. If you would like to use our service, please click on the following link:

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