Chapter 15
Expanding Your Empire: Going National!
IN THIS CHAPTER
Foreign-filing your LLC
Handling business licenses in multiple states
Managing a multi-state company
With technology advancing at a blinding pace, the world is getting smaller by the hour. Throw up a website, and all of a sudden you’re transacting business with customers all over the globe! The world is yours for the taking. Just keep in mind that when you’re wheeling and dealing all over the map, the various states and countries in which you touch down are going to want a piece of the action.
Although the implications of having physical operations in multiple countries can get very complicated and are beyond the scope of this book, there is a very good chance that eventually your LLC will go national. And that in itself can be a quagmire if you don’t have a road map to guide you.
If you’re simply selling to customers in a particular state, then you aren’t beholden to that state in any way. However, things change when you get into hiring employees and owning or leasing property. You need to know whether, according to the laws of the state in question, you are considered to be transacting business there. The definition ...