If your company has remote employees in the US, you've got a LOT to deal with when it comes to state payroll tax and secretary of state registrations.
50 states. Over 200 individual agencies. Ever-changing regulations and deadlines. Annual reports. Government websites. Snail mail.
If you're searching for tips on how to handle this all on your own, we believe you shouldn’t have to read through a super long post written for clicks.
As a result, we created these concise state-specific guides for founders, HR, and ops leaders leaders who either:
Just want straight, to the point directions on where to go, or
HATE doing this type of work, and are looking for a tool like AbstractOps to streamline it.
Alabama
Alaska
Arizona
Arkansas
California
Colorado
Connecticut
Delaware
Florida
Georgia
Hawaii
Idaho
Illinois
Indiana
Iowa
Kansas
Kentucky
Louisiana
Maine
Maryland
Massachusetts
Michigan
Minnesota
Mississippi
Missouri
Montana
Nebraska
Nevada
New Hampshire
New Jersey
New Mexico
New York
North Carolina
North Dakota
Ohio
Oklahoma
Oregon
Pennsylvania
Rhode Island
South Carolina
South Dakota
Tennessee
Texas
Utah
Vermont
Virginia
Washington
West Virginia
Wisconsin
Wyoming
Washington, D.C.
But wait, there's more.
![A state compliance health overview within AbstractOps platform.](https://cdn.engyne.ai/5yffqo6ktv3.png?w=3840&q=75)
Unfortunately, getting registered in a given state is only the beginning, not the end.
From there, at the very least you'll need to:
Keep track of associated annual report dates, and confirm if you or your payroll provider handles
Wrangle state snail notices via email + snail mail and determine action items
Secure a registered agent.
If handling all this manually isn't your idea of a good time, consider using a solution like AbstractOps to automate registrations and annual reports, centralize state notices and registered agent requirements, and take control of compliance risks.
If you’re curious, start the product demo here.