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If you prefer to use a pseudonym, why not just register an LLC? There are services out there that will register your company and be your registered agent in sta
by mathrawka 4y ago
If you prefer to use a pseudonym, why not just register an LLC? There are services out there that will register your company and be your registered agent in states that do not require your name ever made public (Wyoming for example). These services also provide a mailbox that would work for anything you need.
You can then get a business checking account (Mercury works well) with your newly registered business.
You can then create a business account on Apple and Google (and anywhere else).
All of the public facing information will be your company name. If you want more details or help, just ask here.
- tmp2343EU 4y ago...or strike a deal with existing LLC. This is what my company does. We sign contracts and you re hidden behind offshore corporate veil.
- dijonman2 4y agoExcellent suggestion, but how do you find an existing LLC that won’t fuck you?
- New_California 4y agoAnon LLC is US specific. Not available in other countries.
- DarthNebo 4y agoNot limited by LLC, registering a company anywhere can ensure it to an extent
- New_California 4y agoNo, company board and owners are public and readily available data in virtually all countries, US being an exception to the rule.
- weego 4y agoThe seychelles is also a good choice for a completely anonymous company (note that banking may be a bigger issue to solve)
- necovek 4y agoAt least where I am from (Serbia), registry of all LLCs is publicly available with personal data on all the "members" (whole- or part-owners). The best you can get is by having a foreign LLC where there is no name requirement register an LLC here.
- sschueller 4y agoIn Switzerland that would require you to deposit at least 25k or you can not use a fantasy name.
- calvinmorrison 4y agoWell there goes my "Middle Earth Orc Roundup Pest Control" business name...
- 867-5309 4y ago
- Dracophoenix 4y ago> If you prefer to use a pseudonym, why not just register an LLC? There are services out there that will register your company and be your registered agent in states that do not require your name ever made public (Wyoming for example). Congress passed a bill with rider a that now makes the creation of anonymous LLCs difficult. https://thehill.com/policy/finance/467017-house-passes-bill-taking-aim-at-anonymous-shell-companies/ https://thehill.com/policy/finance/467017-house-passes-bill-... https://maloney.house.gov/media-center/in-the-news/congress-bans-anonymous-shell-companies-after-long-campaign-by-anti https://maloney.house.gov/media-center/in-the-news/congress-... https://corpgov.law.harvard.edu/2021/02/04/the-end-of-the-anonymous-shell-company-in-the-united-states/ https://corpgov.law.harvard.edu/2021/02/04/the-end-of-the-an...
- mathrawka 4y agoThat looks like it requires disclosure of the owners to the US government, not on the public record. If I'm misunderstanding the documents you linked, please let me know.
- Dracophoenix 4y agoYou're correct. However, anything that can be disclosed to the US government can always be disclosed to the public, whether by law or by leak[1]. I did say the law makes establishing anonymous LLCs difficult. I didn't say establishing them was impossible. [1] https://www.propublica.org/article/the-secret-irs-files-trove-of-never-before-seen-records-reveal-how-the-wealthiest-avoid-income-tax https://www.propublica.org/article/the-secret-irs-files-trov...
- pc86 4y agoThis should still be fine, especially for LLCs which presumably exist at least conceptually in order to make money. The government has a well-defined, broadly accepted (outside the fringes) interest in knowing who is doing commerce and making money. Making money completely anonymously, without reporting this to the IRS and state tax authorities, at least in the US as a US citizen, is and should be illegal. But still seems pretty straightforward to stay anonymous on the front end.
- runnerup 4y agoIn many states if you want anonymity you ALSO have to pay a lawyer to be the principal agent in addition to the registered agent. Basically the lawyer is the CEO/“Owner” but since you pay them to do exactly as you say, they delegate everything back to you and just sign forms occasionally that you put in front of them.
- vanattab 4y agoI always wondered about these situations? What prevents the Lawyer from just taking off with company assets if they are the owner? If there are other contract terms limiting the lawyer and giving someone else control is the lawyer still "legally" the owner?
- wombatpm 4y agoBad lawyers can and do. They also end up in jail.
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