Costs to Establish and Operate a U.S. Office
Costs for Services to Establish Your Own Branch/Subsidiary Office in the U.S.
1. Establish Stock Corporation
| (1) in California |
$4,000 (* 1) |
| (2) other states in US |
$5,000 |
| (3) in Tax haven countries |
$10,000 and up |
| (4) to qualify corporation to do business in another
state |
(ask) |
2. Establish Limited Liability Company (LLC)
| (1) in California |
$4,000 |
| (2) other states in US |
$4,500 |
| (3) to qualify LLC to do business in another state |
(ask) |
2-1 Not for Profit Organization (NPO)
| (1) in California |
$8,000 |
| (2) other states in US |
$9,500 |
3. Opening bank account for the corporation/LLC
| (1) for California corporation/LLC |
$500 for service charge |
| (2) for Japanese corporation/LLC |
$1,000 for service charge |
***Account funds (from $200 for California Bank and Trust) is not included
for our service charge.
4. Opening credit card account $500 (includes fees for credit company)
5. Apply for credit account at credit card company (1% to 3% fee for each
charge)
6. Bookkeeping of bank account for company (1% to 3% fee for each check)
7. Provide phone and fax
| (1) General |
$200 / month (with secretary) |
| (2) Personal |
$300 / month (with answering machine and your own phone
line) |
*** We'll charge $3 / each letter size paper for forwarding fax to Japan
*** We'll charge $3 / minute for voice message to Japan
*** If you
operate your company's answering machine from Japan by yourself, there is no
charge
8. Mail forwarding Service
| (1) real time forwarding |
(mailing cost + $20) |
| (2) 1 time a week (mailing cost + $30) |
No perishables |
| (3) 1 time a month (mailing cost + $50) |
No perishables |
*** We cannot store mail containers larger than 3 cubic feet
9. Develop English or Japanese web page (ask)
10. Services to act as officer of U.S. corporation
| (1) to act as company's secretary |
$3,000 / year |
| (2) to act as company's officer |
(ask) |
11. Other standard business services, including filing tax returns (ask)
12. Market research and exploration of market for business development (20%
success fee of gross sales)
13. Japanese / English translation services (ask)
14. 50 % discount of fees for professional lawyer's services : under $200 /
hour (regular price $400 / hour)
(*1) Create your own Virtual Office in California!
Our Virtual Office Package is designed to assist client corporations that
have incorporated in California. Some of our clients find it is necessary, after
they incorporate in California, to establish an actual presence and operating
office there. Our Virtual Office Services are designed to assist those companies
to achieve this goal.
Most clients who use this service receive only a very small amount of mail
and fewer than 3 telephone calls per month. Our fees are based upon this type of
arrangement. We would be happy to create a program of services that will meet
your individual needs. Contact our office and we will customize a program for
you.
Our annual fee includes use of a California business address, telephone
answering (on a shared telephone line), FAX forwarding (receive and re-send)
service, mail forwarding service, and basic office services for director's
meetings or other times when you visit (such as making copies, use of
telephone). Charges for postage, long distance telephone calls, FAX and copying
are additional and are billed monthly.
California Virtual Office Package
Annual Fee: $4,000
Incidental Charges
Copying $.25 per page
FAX (receive or send) $5
first page$1 each additional page
Also, if mail forwarding is required, we
have our special Mail Forwarding Service presented below. Secretarial services
are additional. We suggest that an escrow deposit of $200 minimum be maintained
with our office to cover these monthly expenses. Additional services for those clients who purchase the California Virtual
Office Package described above (in some cases, the charges may be higher to meet
your requirements):
Telephone Directory Listing, set-up (for shared
telephone line) $100
Annual Fee $120
California Employee Service (from
our staff) (salary and fees must be negotiated)
NOTE: All office services
include use of a special address, telephone number, and fax number for client
use. Permission is NOT granted for using our regular business telephone lines or
post office box. Fees for all office services are payable in advance. Annual
fees are invoiced with registered agent fee. MAIL FORWARDING SERVICEOur minimum
service fee is $350 annually (for approximately 4-5 pieces of mail per month),
plus an annual deposit for postage ($35 for US mailing and $50 for
internationally mailing) to be held in an account which we will draw from as
postage is needed. We will notify you as your postage account is used and when
you will need to make additional deposits. This is an ANNUAL charge and unused
portions are not carried over into a new year. We will forward to you only FIRST
CLASS mail addressed to the corporation. All annual charges for the corporation
(annual registered agent fee, franchise taxes, etc.) must be kept current. If
the annual charges are not kept current, your mail will not be forwarded. We
must also be advised immediately of any address change. Our service does not
include forwarding packages of any sort, nor magazines, catalogs or bulk rate
advertising materials. We process and forward mail every Friday, except when
holidays fall on Friday, in which case, we process the mail on either the
previous or following working day. We will begin mail forwarding service upon
receipt of your payment of $385 (US) / $400 (international).
All fees
subject to change without notice. We reserve the right to refuse office services
to anyone, and, in addition, we reserve the right to limit availability of our
office services to our corporation clients for whom we are the registered agent.
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