Our Annual Compliance Nominee Service is designed to not only reduce annual paperwork for business owners, but to maintain long-term business privacy. As your registered agent, we provide Nominee Service when filing your Wyoming Annual Compliance Report for only $100. We’ll sign our name and use our address on this report so your LLC member privacy is protected all year, every year. Even better, you will not be charged for our Nominee Service until it comes time to file your Wyoming Annual Compliance Report. Adding this service to your account now is free!
Click the link below to sign up for our registered agent service for $49 a year. Then, select “We’ll File Your Annual Report for You” under the Optional Items list to add the privacy protection of our Nominee Service.
Maintaining LLC Privacy Controls
One of the most compelling reasons tax strategists, estate planners, and those concerned with asset protection start LLCs in Wyoming is for privacy. When you form a Wyoming LLC, if you have obtained the services of a Wyoming registered agent, you are not required to list the LLC members. Most states require this information to be listed on public documents, which creates a vulnerability for business owners. Hackers, spammers, and data scrapers can easily search a state database for ownership information, and attempt to ensnare business owners in any number of outlandish, nefarious plots. With the Wyoming business privacy, business owners have to worry much less about these traps, as they can maintain a great amount of control over the release of their personal information as it pertains to their Wyoming business entity.
However, what some Wyoming business owners don’t realize when they start an LLC in Wyoming is that our state does require LLCs to file annual reports, which are also considered public documents. Wyoming annual reports require someone authorized by the company to sign and list their name each year. This is a good way to lose the privacy initially established when forming the LLC.
Our Annual Compliance Nominee Service
At Buffalo Registered Agents, we know that privacy is a top concern for many of our clients. If we serve as your registered agent and/or we formed your LLC, you can rest assured that we did so while maintaining the highest degree of privacy.
However, some clients either want to maintain this privacy far into the future and do not want to be bothered with the hassle of filing their annual report every year. If that sounds like you, for $100 a year (plus the $62 annual report fee), we’ll file your annual report on your behalf.
What comes with this Annual Compliance Nominee Service?
For $100 a year (plus state fees), our Nominee Service includes:
- Annual Report Reminder Service – never miss the due date of this important report again!
- Expert Filing Service – for your Wyoming Annual Report to keep your LLC member privacy intact!
- Long-Term Privacy – retain the same level of privacy that was established upon forming your business entity
- Business Document Security – a digital copy of your Wyoming Annual Report uploaded to your secure online account for your records
Add our Annual Compliance Nominee Service to your registered agent service order for no upfront cost by selecting “We’ll File Your Annual Report for You” under the Optional Items list. Don’t lose the privacy advantage that comes with forming your LLC in Wyoming! Let us help you maintain it and take this mandatory state requirement off your plate.
Wyoming Annual Compliance Nominee Service FAQ
Still have some questions? Check out the FAQ below, or give us a call during business hours to speak to one of our Wyoming Business Experts at (307) 554-1800.
How private is a Wyoming LLC?
Basically, a Wyoming LLC is as private as you want it to be. The state does not ask for a list of members or managers, and the Articles of Organization do not provide a space for this information. The only potentially personal information asked for are addresses, registered agent information, and names and signatures for all state business filings.
So, if keeping your name and address off public state record is a priority, you will need to hire a registered agent and hire someone to submit all state filings on your behalf.
What are the advantages of your Annual Compliance Nominee Service?
Some advantages of our Annual Compliance Nominee Service are:
- Maintainance of your name and address privacy – your name and address will never appear on public state record. Once it appears on any of your business filings, it’s there permanently in the filing history of your business.
- Access to professional filing services – we hire only the best and most knowledgeable filers who are familiar with all of Wyoming’s business filing requirements
- High quality business support – our Wyoming registered agent and professional business support teams are here to answer all your questions via email, chat, and phone.
Buffalo Registered Agents has your back when it comes to keeping your personal information away from public record.
What are the disadvantages of using a Nominee Service?
Keeping your name and address off your official (and public) business records can present a challenge when trying to prove the ownership of your business. Some banks may say they require your name to be on your official state documents in order to open a business bank account in your name. However, Wyoming state laws (section 17-29-203) allow your name and address to remain private and absent from your business documents by having an authorized “organizer” sign and submit your business filings on your behalf. A fact of which you may need to remind your banker!
The best way around this challenge is to provide your banker with a solid LLC Operating Agreement showing the names and addresses of LLC members and/or managers, or “owners”, of your business. This document is a private internal business record and is never submitted to the state. When you sign up for our registered agent or LLC formation services, we provide you with a free WY LLC Operating Agreement written by our Wyoming lawyers. We believe in providing all our clients with high quality services that can help you overcome any business challenge you encounter.