[sachitgupta]

@Patio11 - I recently moved from California to Florida and I'm about to open an LLC here.

What are the advantages / disadvantages of having an LLC based in Delaware vs creating one in Florida?

I'd love to use Stripe Atlas - but not sure if I'm making things more complicated than they need to be by opening in Delaware vs Florida.

[gamblor956]

If you don't plan on trying to raise VC money, then a local LLC is preferable to a Delaware LLC in 99.999999% of business cases.

Or another way to put it: if don't plan to do business outside of Florida, why would you subject yourself to the laws and jurisdiction of another state just to save a few bucks?

[sachitgupta]

> If you don't plan on trying to raise VC money, then a local LLC is preferable to a Delaware LLC in 99.999999% of business cases.

Well, I do have clients and customers outside FL - lots of them. Does that make a difference?

[gamblor956]

It depends on where you plan on doing work for those clients.

[sachitgupta]

Mostly in FL but I also travel a bunch cause I'm remote.

[opmac]

You should probably talk to an attorney, but as I understand, Florida isn't a bad state to consider either. It really comes down to cost savings and specific laws, and where you're primarily doing business.

[andrew_]

I own and operate several LLCs in Florida. One that files as a C Corp, which means it's subject to corporate tax in the state. FL is 3.2% lower than DE right now and that's something to consider. LLCs in Florida that are not filing as a corp are not required to pay corporate taxes (in most situations). For me, there was zero reason to use a DE LLC here. If I were still in Michigan there would have been A LOT of incentive to go with a DE LLC.