Startup, US LLC with non-US co-owners: sign up for US PayPal business account
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Hello Community!
I'm the co-founder of technology startup. We are at the stage of fund raising so we need to setup US PayPal business account for our US based LLC.
Some background information:
- I and my partner have formed an LLC in the State of Delaware in February, 2014. It is a 50/50 co-ownership
- Both co-owners are non-US residents. We are Russian citizens
- We have a certificate of formation
- We did NOT open US bank account yet
- We currently have a Russian personal bank account and debit MasterCard
- We did NOT receive EIN (employee identification number) yet
- We did NOT have US physical business address yet
- We have the only income source from US residents. Our startup is completely targeted on US market.
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Hi snowshoe,
Thanks a lot for clean clarifications. We understand the set of requirements. One more question:
Could you please clarify the part about physical address:
>As for a US physical address, there are services that can provide you with both a street address and a PO Box.
And here you've mentioned the additional (possible) PayPal requirements:
>PayPal can also ask for a photo ID (usually a Driver's License) and a copy of a Utility Bill that shows the business's physical street address and name.
Does it mean that services that can provide a street address and PO box are not a fair option to set up US PayPal business account since PayPal can request a copy of utility bill? Are these services a legal option?
I'm asking because we want to play fairly and completely legally because of our personal beliefs and the policy of our company. And we want everything to be in line with the law and operational PayPal account.
All requirement seems to be feasible to be met (EIN, ITIN, US Bank Account) except the physical business address.
How "real" this address should be according to the US law and PayPal policy? Has it to be real address of the company or it could be any virtual PO box provided by many services as you mentioned?
Thanks again for your useful response.
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Perhaps something like this will give you a better idea, it just an example of what some businesses do to provide them with a presence and it's legal:
http://www.regus.com/products/virtual-offices/business-address.aspx
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