Alaska Foreign Registration / Delaware LLCs
A Delaware LLC registering in Alaska
A Delaware LLC that starts conducting affairs in Alaska registers on Form 08-0497 for $350 and attaches a Delaware good standing certificate, which costs $50. Delaware keeps charging its own $400 annual tax, due June 1, and Alaska adds a $200 biennial report every second year. Over two years, the two states together take $1,000.
Delaware and Alaska compared
| Topic | Delaware | Alaska |
|---|---|---|
| One-time filing | None; the LLC already exists | Form 08-0497, $350 |
| Proof of existence | Good standing certificate, $50 | Attached to the form: a certificate of good standing (or equivalent) from the home jurisdiction |
| Regular upkeep | $400 tax, due June 1, every year | $200 report, every second year |
| Cost of being late | $200 penalty added | $25 plus $20 on top of the fee |
| Agent | A Delaware registered agent | An agent with a real Alaska location |
Get the Delaware certificate right
Alaska's Part IV has the LLC attest that it is in good standing at home, with a certificate of good standing (or equivalent) from the home jurisdiction attached. For a Delaware company, good standing turns on the annual tax, so pay the $400 first if it is owing. Delaware adds a $200 penalty when the tax is late. Once it is paid, request the certificate shortly before you file.
Filling in the Alaska form from a Delaware record
Part II takes the name as the Delaware certificate prints it, ending in "LLC" or "L.L.C." or the full words. Part V names Delaware as the state of domicile and gives the original formation date, which should match the certificate. Part VIII is the principal office; give the real place the business is run from, in street and mailing form. The registered agent in Part VII is Alaska's, never the Delaware agent, and must be a real location in Alaska.
Management and members from a Delaware agreement
Part X asks for at least one member and every member with 5 percent or more, with percentages, and for managers if the LLC is manager-managed. If a parent LLC owns the operating company, the parent is the member to list, with its own percentage. The form does not ask for the operating agreement. It wants the names and mailing addresses that would let a stranger tell who owns and runs the company.
Two calendars side by side
| When | What is due | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| June 1 | Delaware annual LLC tax, every year | $400 |
| Before January 2, in your parity year | Alaska biennial report | $200 |
| When the agent or office moves | Alaska Statement of Change | $25 |
| Each year Alaska work continues | Alaska business license | $50 |
Each state keeps its own calendar, and paying Delaware does nothing for Alaska.
What it adds up to over two years
Because Alaska's report is biennial and Delaware's tax is annual, the clean comparison is a two-year window. Delaware's tax falls twice, $400 each time, and Alaska's report falls once at $200, so the two-year running cost of keeping a Delaware LLC alive in both states is $1,000, before the Alaska business license or any agent fees. Whether to form in Alaska instead is a question for an Alaska business lawyer.
Alaska upkeep beside the Delaware tax
After the $350 registration, Alaska adds the $200 biennial report every second year and the $50 business license for each year of Alaska business. A late Alaska report adds $25 and $20, while Delaware's late tax adds $200. A change of agent or office is $25 on Form 08-409. Registering in Alaska leaves the Delaware filings exactly as they were.
If the Delaware name changes later
A Delaware LLC that renames itself after registering has to amend its Alaska registration on Form 08-498, at $25, with a certificate of compliance from Delaware attached. The Division holds back that amendment while a report is overdue or where the signer is not on its record, and an LLC whose new name Alaska cannot register is suspended until it adopts one that is available.
Registering a Delaware LLC in Alaska
Pay Delaware first
Clear the $400 annual tax so the LLC is in good standing.
Order the good standing certificate
$50, timed to the filing.
Pick the Alaska agent
A real Alaska location with physical and mailing addresses.
Complete Form 08-0497
Use the Delaware name and formation date as recorded.
File and pay
$350 to the Division, online or by mail.
Diary two dates
Delaware's June 1 and Alaska's January 2 in your parity.
Delaware LLC questions
Does Alaska accept a Delaware certificate printed online?
The Division asks for a certificate of good standing or equivalent from the home jurisdiction.
Can I keep my Delaware agent for Alaska?
Only if that agent also has a real Alaska location and is willing to serve here.
Does Delaware stop billing me once I register in Alaska?
No. Delaware's $400 tax stays due on June 1.
Our charge, then the Alaska fee
Register in Alaska
Alaska$199
+ $350 Alaska fee
- Form 08-0497, the Certificate of Registration, Foreign Limited Liability Company, completed from your answers
- Certificate of good standing (or equivalent) from the home state, ordered for the filing
- An Alaska registered agent: ours, or one you already work with
- The filed registration and the year your first biennial report falls in
- Renewal: after the first year, the agent service renews at $149 a year
Our charge and the Alaska fee are separate lines at checkout. $199 plus the state fee, including your first year of registered agent service; after that the agent service renews at $149 a year.
References
- Alaska Division of Corporations, forms and fees
- Alaska Form 08-0497, Registration of Foreign LLC
- Alaska Administrative Code, 3 AAC 16.065
- Alaska Form 08-414, Certificate of Authority, Foreign Business Corporation
- Delaware Division of Corporations fee schedule (PDF)
- Delaware Division of Corporations, LLC/LP/GP annual tax
- Alaska Form 08-409, Statement of Change of Registered Agent
- Alaska Statutes, AS 43.70.020 to 43.70.030 (business license)
- Alaska Form 08-498, Amended Certificate of Registration, Foreign LLC
Taking on work in Alaska?
Order once and we handle the certificate, the form and the agent, then tell you when the biennial report falls due.