My Delaware LLC had almost no activity. Do I still owe the Delaware annual tax?
I am based in Spain and formed a Delaware single-member LLC last year for a software product that has barely launched. There was maybe $3,000 of test revenue and a few owner-funded expenses, but no payroll, no office, and no U.S. customers yet.
I kept hearing that Delaware is easy, so I assumed the state side would wait until the business was real. Now my registered agent is warning me about Delaware annual tax and I want to know whether low activity changes anything.
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