By virtue of living of California and conducting any kind of business in CA, you'll have to pay the franchise tax. Establishing a bank account is such a case, b

By virtue of living of California and conducting any kind of business in CA, you'll have to pay the franchise tax. Establishing a bank account is such a case, but frankly, unless you only work for that LLC when you are traveling outside California, you'll get hit. You can hide, but that's a different question.