Foreign Corporation

A foreign corporation is a term used in the United States for an existing corporation that is registered to do business in a state or other jurisdiction other than where it was originally incorporated. A foreign corporation is one incorporated as a domestic corporation in one state of the United States, authorized to do business in additional state(s); the term is also applied to a corporation incorporated outside the United States which is authorized to do business in one or more states of the United States.

To a degree, the same rules apply with respect to a Limited Liability Company (LLC), in that it is a domestic LLC in the state where it is originally chartered, and a foreign LLC everywhere else.

For U.S. federal tax purposes, "foreign corporation" means a corporation which is not created or organized in the United States.

Read more about Foreign Corporation:  Federally Chartered Corporations, Purpose of Foreign Corporation Registration, Foreign Corporation Registration Vs. Multiple Domestic Corporations, Change of Jurisdiction, International Equivalent

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