Do Business Out of State: Foreign Qualification

Your business is expanding beyond your local region. Or perhaps you are an online business with fulfillment centers in multiple locations. This may mean you are doing business in a “foreign” state. What do you do?

Many confuse foreign qualification with the idea of operating outside the United States. This really has to do with how you perform within the borders of the United States.

“Foreign,” in this case, refers to the fact that each state has operating rules that are different from one another, and in turn, must insist on proper registration to do business in that locale.

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