Every year, about this time, corporations receive a mailing from a company, with names such as VIRGINIA (or other state) COUNCIL FOR CORPORATIONS or U.S. BUSINESS SERVICES. Such companies may use other names as state enforcement actions have stopped them from operating in some states. The forms appear to be the official forms from the state agencies and the cover letter states there is a fee. They are not official forms and the fee is not the fee that is required to be paid to the state. These are private firms that charge a fee for sending this form. I have not seen all of these mailings over the years, but usually in very small type it is stated that they are not official forms, so the mailings cannot be said to fraudulent. Some clients have been misled and were unable to get the money they paid refunded. Corporations and limited liability companies are required to pay to the state in which they are registered an annual or biennial fee and corporations are required to file annual reports. If McGeehan Pascale, PLC is your registered agent or you are a member of its Priority Business Client Program™, please call us for a No Charge Quick Call™ if you received such forms. Anyone also can go onto the state agency’s web site, as they generally have an alert to business entities regarding this practice.
Reminder: Corporations and limited liability companies are required to maintain their filings and pay their annual fee in the state in which they are formed and in any other state in which they are doing business. States may define what is meant by “doing business” and if you have questions concerning what that means in a given state, call us.
Reminder: Corporations and limited liability companies are required to maintain their filings and pay their annual fee in the state in which they are formed and in any other state in which they are doing business. States may define what is meant by “doing business” and if you have questions concerning what that means in a given state, call us.
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