I work as a virtual assistant and almost 90% of my clients are US businessmen whose businesses are registered as LCC. I have to agree with you, I too, am quite surprised that a non-US resident/citizen can actually register a company in the US as a LCC. I got to know about this because I was once asked to research on the process of renaming an exiting LCC of my client. I think that our country’s business law is very outdated already. It just cannot catch up with the possibilities offered by the Internet.

1. There LLC filing procedures are clear and concise.
2. They have a “gross receipts” tax rather than sales tax, which simplifies things greatly.
3. There are many formation services companies based in Delaware backed by real and respected lawyers. In my case, because I need “physical presence” for my business somewhere, I chose to go with a formation services provider that has a “business presence” plan as well; basically giving me the right to use their address for formation and business licensing purposes.

In the end, the most important points are two:
1. LLCs are easier to form and easier to run than the alternatives, and offer well understood seperation of entities and liabilities protection.
2. Most importantly – sell a quality product honestly and you don’t have to worry all that much!

Please take a look at my blog: http://paradigmquest.blogspot.com/

I wrote just this week on the business architecture I’m planning on establishing from abroad.

Thank, Albert