Sole proprietors having net income (loss) from the operation of a business or profession other than a farm must file PA-40 Schedule C. If a taxpayer had more than one business or if a taxpayer and spouse each had separate businesses, submit a separate PA-40 Schedule C for each business.
Any foreign limited liability partnership/ limited liability limited partnership in existence and registered in Pennsylvania on December 31 of any year is required to file a Certificate of Annual Registration DSCB:15-8221/8998).
A domestic LLC or corporation is a business that is formed within its home (domestic) state. Foreign qualification is when a legal entity conducts business in a state or jurisdiction other than the one in which it was originally formed. (It is not to be confused with being a business in a foreign country.)
If you are a corporation based in another state and want to do business in Pennsylvania, you will need a Certificate of Authority to operate in Pennsylvania. You can get one by filing a Foreign Registration Statement and a Docketing Statement with the Pennsylvania Secretary of State, Corporations Bureau.
Filing Requirements – Partnership A partnership must file a PA-20S/PA-65 Information Return to report the income, deductions, gains, losses etc. from their operations. The partnership passes through any profits (losses) to the resident and nonresident partners.
To operate in Pennsylvania, businesses must register their business structure – such as an LLC, partnership, corporation, or other structure – with the Pennsylvania Department of State.
If you plan on hiring and paying employees, maintaining an office for your business, owning real estate for general purposes, or entering into any contracts with local businesses, you will be considered “doing business” in Pennsylvania and will need to register as a foreign LLC.
In Pennsylvania, a corporation need not adopt bylaws at its formation, but bylaws are sometimes adopted by the incorporator or board of directors at formation or a later time.
(b) Action by consent. --Unless otherwise restricted in the bylaws, any action required or permitted to be approved at a meeting of the directors may be approved without a meeting by a consent or consents to the action in record form.