After successfully registered in Utah, the Corporation or LLC are required to operate in compliance with the General Corporation Law/Limited Liability Company Act of the State of Utah. The following describes the Utah company’s basic maintenance requirements.

All Corporation and LLCs must have and maintain a registered agent, which has a physical street address in Utah. You must file annual report with the Utah Department of State every year. The annual report is an update to your company’s information registered with the state. The report is due on the anniversary date of the entity. If you have state or local business license, you must renew the local business license/permit periodically. The license expiration date is printed on the license.

According to Federal and State tax rules, all active business registered in Utah must file tax returns on time, including business income tax, sales tax, payroll tax and other relevant taxes returns.

All business entities doing business in Utah must file a federal income tax return on or before the following April 15th (Corporation) or March 15th (LLC) of the tax year if calendar year is applied on tax purpose. The Utah state tax return is due on or before April 15th of the following tax year if calendar year used. Every Corporation incorporated in Utah (domestic) must file a corporate franchise tax return which due on April 15th of the following tax year if calendar year used. The minimum franchise tax amount is USD 100, regardless of whether or not the corporation exercises its right to do business. If you plan to sell certain tangible personal property and provide taxable services within Utah, you must pay the Utah sales/use tax. Utah's general state sales tax rate is 4.85% plus the local/county and other discretionary sales rates. if you have employees within Utah, you have to report gross wages to the State, withhold taxes from employees’ pay-checks, and contribute to Unemployment Insurance Tax (UI).

According to Internal Revenue Code, the payments that certain foreign persons receive from U.S. sources, are subject to tax withholding. And they must report the amount withheld to IRS, if any. If a business entity in US held bank or financial account out of US, the entity maybe required to file FBAR with Department of Treasury, or FATCA related forms with IRS.

You are also required to maintain and update the accounting books in accordance with the tax and business law

As discussed above, all active Utah Corporations and LLCs are required to operate in compliance with the Utah business laws. The business entities may also need to apply for the license and permits with state according to different industries. Kaizen U.S. office is a professional CPA firm, offers complete compliance services and business support, such as bookkeeping, filing tax return, making payroll, etc.