#registration
Business registration costs and compliance tracking
The Madrid Protocol lets one USPTO-based application seek trademark protection in 130-plus countries — but for five years, everything depends on the US filing.
Pennsylvania LLCs faced a September 30 annual report deadline; corps June 30, LPs December 31. A missed 2027 report triggers dissolution six months later.
Albanian freelancers pay 0% profit tax through 2029 only with a NIPT and business account — otherwise 15% on gross. The amnesty ends Dec 31, 2026.
Most states let a dissolved LLC reinstate by filing missed reports and paying back fees, but the gap can expose owners personally and free up your name.
Tunisia's auto-entrepreneur regime taxes freelancers 0.5% of turnover up to 75,000 TND, with no VAT and CNSS cover for about 20 TND a month.
2027 UCR fees rise ~20% — $55 for 0–2 vehicles, up to $54,165 for 1,001+. Registration opens Oct 1, due Dec 31.
Sri Lanka dropped its planned Rs. 36M VAT threshold; registration still starts at Rs. 60M a year or Rs. 15M a quarter, and digital-services VAT took effect.
Register within three months of first publication or lose statutory damages up to $150,000 per work and attorney's fees for any infringement that began earlier.
Your trademark needs a Section 8 filing between years 5–6 and a combined Section 8/9 renewal every decade — miss the grace period and the USPTO cancels it.
Portland raised its Business License Tax gross-receipts exemption from $50,000 to $75,000 for 2026 and $100,000 for 2027, the first update since 2007. Who qualifies, why exempt businesses must still register and file, and how to track revenue against the cliff.
From July 1, 2026, Czech employers must register every new hire with the ČSSZ before the employee starts work — the old eight-day post-start window is gone. This guide covers the partial-registration option for Czech workers, the stricter foreign-worker rules, the JMHZ monthly report behind the change, penalties up to CZK 10 million, and a seven-step onboarding checklist.
Since July 1, 2026, a Washington homeowner holding an unsatisfied court judgment against a registered contractor can collect up to $25,000 per parcel from L&I's Homeowner Recovery Program, and the state then pursues the contractor for reimbursement. This guide covers the eligibility rules, the $30,000 general and $15,000 specialty bond requirements, and the job-costing, change-order, retention and sales-tax bookkeeping habits that keep a dispute from ending in a judgment.
