1. Entity
LLC, corporation, or another structure. The entity filing is not the whole business.
Routing model
Start with the role. Then choose the route.
Most business identity mistakes happen when one purchased package is treated as if it solves every legal, postal, tax, bank, platform, and website question.
Core rule
Do not let one package label answer all business identity questions. Separate entity, person, address, mail, tax, platform, bank, website, and document roles.
2. State
Wyoming, Delaware, Florida, California, and other states ask different questions in different ways.
3. Registered agent
Legal notices and service of process. Not a general business agent or mailbox by default.
4. Address role
Registered agent, principal office, mailing address, foreign address, bank/KYC address, and public contact address are separate.
5. Mail authority
If someone receives USPS mail for you, CMRA and PS Form 1583 questions may matter.
6. Operating agreement
Internal company governance. Not a registered agent, mailbox, EIN, or bank approval.
7. Tax identity
EIN, ITIN, SSN, responsible party, and CAA document review are different questions.
8. Platform verification
Stripe, banks, marketplaces, credit bureaus, and fintechs may verify different facts.
9. Document route
Notary, apostille, Form 1583 identity proof, and document authentication need their own route.
Guardrail
This model should not teach people to pretend they operate in the United States if they do not. It should teach them to separate the U.S. entity, foreign person, actual business location, mailing address, registered agent, tax ID, bank/platform address, and document route.