Form a Texas LLC from Jordan: Complete 2026 Guide

Start with the numbers. A Texas LLC costs $300 to file (or $300 online), and the recurring state cost is $0 franchise tax for LLCs with revenue below the no-tax-due threshold ($2.65 million for the 2026-27 report years), but a Public Information Report (PIR) must still be filed every year by May 15 regardless of revenue — a full franchise tax return is only required above the threshold. State tax treatment: no personal or corporate state income tax. Privacy treatment: Texas requires a public information report but does not always require individual member names to be listed depending on management structure. For a founder in Jordan the practical reading is that Texas is the state with the highest upfront fee but a generous no-tax-due threshold, so the question to ask is whether that trait matches how you plan to run the business.

Texas state fees are $300 to file ($300 online where available). The other line items are the same wherever you form: a registered agent at roughly $100-150 a year, a free EIN straight from the IRS, and a free business bank account at Mercury or Relay. What differs by state is the recurring cost, and for Texas that is $0 franchise tax for LLCs with revenue below the no-tax-due threshold ($2.65 million for the 2026-27 report years), but a Public Information Report (PIR) must still be filed every year by May 15 regardless of revenue — a full franchise tax return is only required above the threshold. With EasyBrise Global Launch ($295 in year one, registered agent included; $149 a year to renew) the typical first year stays well under $500.

A Jordan-based founder should lean toward Texas if you expect meaningful revenue and want a state with no personal or corporate income tax and a straightforward no-tax-due threshold, and you don't mind a higher upfront filing fee. Weigh it against the other four states on cost, privacy and reporting now, since a later switch is a dissolve-and-reform exercise, not an amendment.

Housekeeping for a new Texas LLC owned from Jordan. Federal Beneficial Ownership Information reporting is not something you need to do: FinCEN's rule in force since August 14, 2026 permanently exempts all US-formed LLCs. What you do need: an Operating Agreement, a business bank account, payment-processor accounts if you will take cards, and two recurring dates, your Texas annual obligation ($0 franchise tax below the $2.65 million no-tax-due threshold, plus a Public Information Report every May 15 regardless of revenue) and the annual federal Form 5472 and pro forma 1120.

Nothing about Texas formation requires you to be in the US. Your registered agent supplies the Texas address and receives official mail, the Articles of Organization go to the Texas Secretary of State, and the EIN comes from the IRS afterwards. Since a Jordan resident has no SSN, Form SS-4 gets "Foreign" or "N/A" in the SSN line. The international phone line (267-941-1099) takes roughly 45-60 minutes and is the quickest route; fax and mail take 4-6 weeks.

A Jordanian founder expecting large US revenue may prefer Texas: no state income tax and no franchise tax below $2.65 million. The Public Information Report is due every May 15 even when no tax is owed.

Over five years, the state-level cost of a Texas LLC is a $300 filing fee and nothing recurring, so $300 in total, before the registered agent. That makes Texas the second cheapest of the five states on this measure. The same arithmetic across the five states runs from $50 to $2,110. For a Jordanian owner, the state fee is small beside the question of how Jordan treats the LLC's income, so plan for a written view from a Jordanian accountant before you form.

Jordan is not on Mercury's prohibited-countries list, which is based on country of residence, and it is not on Relay's list, which looks at the citizenship and residency of the owners. Both banks run their own reviews, so approval is never guaranteed. Neither bank's published rules restrict international wires involving Jordan. Because the dinar is pegged to the US dollar, conversion costs on funding are usually small, but compare the rate and any fee at your Jordanian bank.

PwC's Jordan summary describes the charge as falling on income incurred in or from Jordan, whatever the place of payment, and it does not say how income arising outside Jordan is treated. It also describes progressive personal income tax from 5 percent to 30 percent, plus a 1 percent national contribution tax on taxable income above 200,000 dinars. Jordan has no controlled-foreign-company rules that we could confirm for an individual who owns a foreign LLC, but absence of a rule we found is not a clearance. Ask a Jordanian accountant for a written view on how your LLC's profit is treated, and on whether income earned while you live in Jordan is Jordanian-source.

As a Jordanian owner, your recurring dates look like this. State: the Texas Public Information Report is due every May 15, even when no franchise tax is owed. Federal: Form 5472 with the pro forma Form 1120 is due on the return due date, April 15 for a calendar-year LLC, extendable with Form 7004. For the one-off EIN call, the IRS line (6 a.m. to 11 p.m. Eastern) is open 2 p.m. to 7 a.m. Jordanian time in US standard time (1 p.m. to 6 a.m. in US daylight time). Put the state date and the federal date in your calendar when the EIN arrives, because a missed Form 5472 carries a $25,000 minimum penalty.

PwC's summary says Jordan has entered into income tax treaties with more than 30 countries. Jordan does not appear on the lists of US income tax treaty partners we checked, so do not assume a treaty applies to your LLC. In practice the gap matters little for a typical founder whose LLC earns only non-US-source income, because there is usually no US federal income tax for a treaty to reduce.

The summary of Jordan's rules says income incurred in or from Jordan is taxable for any person, regardless of the place of payment. It is silent on income that arises abroad. A founder in Jordan who performs the work from Jordan should not assume that foreign clients make the income foreign-source. Keep contracts, invoices and records that show where the work is done and where the client is, and put the question to a Jordanian accountant before the first filing.

Personal income tax in Jordan is progressive: 5 percent on the first 5,000 dinars of taxable income, then 10, 15 and 20 percent on the next three bands of 5,000, 25 percent up to 1,000,000 dinars and 30 percent on the balance. Taxable income above 200,000 dinars also carries a 1 percent national contribution. These rates matter only if your LLC's income reaches you as taxable Jordanian income, so model the real figures with an accountant rather than relying on a headline rate.