Arkansas LLC - Details

LLC Name

LLC name must contain the words "Limited Liability Company" or "Limited Company" or the abbreviations "L.L.C.", "L.C.", "LLC" or "LC".

LLC name must be distinguishable upon the records of the Secretary of State from the name of any limited liability company, limited partnership, or corporation existing under the laws of Arkansas or authorized to transact business in Arkansas.

Office Address

Registered office address must be located in Arkansas. Our fee includes Arkansas registered office address and registered agent for the first year.

Principal office address (business address) may be in any country.

Members

A minimum of one member is required. Residents of any country, individuals and legal entities may become members of Arkansas LLC.

Managers

Management of LLC can be governed by its member(s) or by elected manager(s). If the Articles of Organization states that management of the limited liability company is vested in a manager or managers, a minimum one manager is required.

Managers do not need to be members of the limited liability company. Residents of any country, individuals and legal entities may become managers of Arkansas LLC. Individual managers shall be eighteen years of age or older.

Managers may be designated and removed by the consent of a majority of the members.

Taxes

LLC is not taxable entity. Income (loss) is passed through to members, and members pay taxes as individuals. Members non-US residents are not liable for US income tax for income derived outside of the United States and passive income derived from the United States, such as interest income, dividend income and capital gains.

Therefore, non-US residents are not liable for any US income taxes, when their LLC conducts business outside of US. If an US LLC trades with US companies from outside of US, such LLC does not conduct business in US. Only presence of permanent establishments of the LLC in US, such as offices, warehouses, etc., allows to classify such LLC as a LLC conducting business in US.

Despite of the fact, that LLC is not taxable entity, under some conditions LLC needs to file annual income tax return with US tax authorities.

No income tax return required if:

LLC conducting a trade or business outside of the United States, and
All LLC's members are non-US residents for income tax purposes.

LLC is required to file federal annual income tax return with IRS if:

LLC conducting business in US, and
LLC has two or more members.

LLC conducting business in US and having only one member is not required to file income tax return. The income and expenses need to be reported on the member's individual tax return.

Public Records

Members and managers are not listed in the Articles of Organization. Members information must be kept in the LLC's principal office, which can be located in US or any other country.

On the other side, members need to be listed in the LLC annual income tax return. When LLC conducts business outside of US and all LLC members are non-US residents, there are no requirements of filing of income tax return in US. Thus, no members information is passed to the US tax authorities.

LLC Records

LLC is required to keep in its principal place of business, which can be any country, the following documents:

List of all its members and managers
A copy of the articles of organization
Copies of LLC's income tax returns (if any) for the three most recent years
Copy of the Operating Agreement
Financial statements of the limited liability company for the three most recent years.