New York Foreign Registration › Corporations
The New York application for authority of a foreign corporation or nonprofit
A foreign business corporation applies for authority in New York for $225 and a foreign nonprofit for $135.
The corporate filings at a glance
- Foreign business corporation
- $225
- Foreign nonprofit
- $135
- Tax Department consent
- Part of the corporation application
Business corporations
A foreign business corporation applies under section 1304 of the Business Corporation Law, and the filing fee is $225. The application involves the Tax Department: it is filed with the Department's consent, as the statute provides at subdivision (a)(8).
Not-for-profit corporations
A foreign not-for-profit corporation pays $135 under the Not-for-Profit Corporation Law. We take nonprofit orders by message, since the facts we need, such as any agency approvals, depend on the nonprofit's purpose.
What does not count as doing business for a corporation
The Business Corporation Law section 1301 lists activities that do not count. The section does not set the standard for service of process. The corporate list is not the same as the LLC list, which names four different items.
Not applying
Section 1312 bars a foreign corporation from maintaining an action in New York until it is authorized and has paid the fees, taxes, penalties and interest it owes the state, while its contracts remain valid. The LLC rule in section 808 is similar but separate; see the penalties page.
Surrender and the Tax Department
A foreign corporation that is no longer subject to New York tax and wants to surrender authority files its paperwork with the Department of State and follows the Tax Department's consent instructions.
The order of work
Start with the home-state certificate. Then decide whether the activity is doing business under section 1301. Then prepare the application, which carries the Tax Department's consent, and file it with the fee. We settle the attachments with you before ordering.
What we handle
Corporation and nonprofit applications are handled by arrangement. Send the formation state, the New York activity and the home certificate, and we confirm the fee and the Tax Department step before you commit. Partnerships and professional-service entities fall outside this site.
Corporation questions
What does a foreign corporation pay?
$225.
What does a foreign nonprofit pay?
$135.
Is the LLC publication rule the same for corporations?
The publication rule is in the LLC Law; we confirm the corporate steps with you before you order.
Our fee and the New York fee
Begin my New York application
- The New York Application for Authority drafted from your replies
- Your home-state certificate of existence checked for age before filing
- A New York registered agent, ours or yours
- The filed record emailed to you
- Renewal: after the first year, the agent service renews at $149 a year
$199
+ $250 New York fee (LLC)
Begin my New York applicationNew York charges $250 for an LLC, $225 for a corporation and $135 for a nonprofit. Publication for an LLC is a separate step with its own costs. $199 plus the state fee, including your first year of registered agent service; after that the agent service renews at $149 a year.
Sources
- New York Department of State, Application for Authority for foreign limited liability companies
- New York Department of State, Form DOS-1361-f-a, Application for Authority of a foreign LLC
- New York Department of State, fee schedules
- New York Department of State, Application for Authority for a foreign business corporation
- New York Business Express, foreign not-for-profit Application for Authority
- New York State Department of Taxation and Finance, surrender of authority by a foreign business corporation
- New York Business Corporation Law, section 1301
- New York Business Corporation Law, section 1312
Ready to apply in New York?
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