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City guides
YCL across cities
One guide per city: how it grew, its leading industries and universities, its Chinese and immigrant community and the foreign companies there — then the state taxes, sales tax, company formation and annual filings, in plain words. Our clients are across the U.S. and abroad. Whichever city you are in, one team can handle your tax and company work.
U.S. cities
LiveSeattle · WashingtonSeattle in one page: industries, universities and the Chinese community; no wage income tax but a 7%–9.9% capital gains tax, 10.55% sales tax, B&O and Seattle city taxes; LLC $180, annual report $70. Bilingual CPA firm licensed in multiple states, fully online.0%State income tax on wages10.55%Sales tax in Seattle$180LLC state filing fee$70Annual report, every yearRead the guideLiveLos Angeles · CaliforniaLos Angeles in one page: ports, entertainment, universities and the San Gabriel Valley Chinese community; California income tax 1%–13.3%, 10.25% sales tax, the $800 annual tax, LA city business tax and Measure ULA; LLC $70 to form. Bilingual CPA firm licensed in multiple states, fully online.1%–13.3%State income tax10.25%Sales tax, City of LA$70LLC state filing fee$800Minimum tax, every yearRead the guideLiveNew York · New YorkNew York in one page: finance, the port, universities and the largest Chinese community of any U.S. city; NY State income tax 3.9%–10.9% plus NYC 3.078%–3.876%, 8.875% sales tax, UBT, the estate tax cliff; LLC $200 plus newspaper publication. Bilingual CPA firm licensed in multiple states, fully online.14.8%Top state + city income tax8.875%Sales tax in NYC$200LLC state filing fee$9Biennial statement, every 2 yearsRead the guideLiveChicago · IllinoisChicago in one page: futures markets, rail and air hub, universities and the Chinatown community; Illinois flat 4.95% income tax with retirement income exempt, 10.50% Chicago sales tax, 9.5% corporate tax, Cook County property tax, the $4 million estate tax; LLC $150, annual report $75. Bilingual CPA firm licensed in multiple states, fully online.4.95%State income tax, flat10.50%Sales tax in Chicago$150LLC state filing fee$75Annual report, every yearRead the guide
ComingDallasTexas
ComingMiamiFlorida
ComingRaleigh · CaryNorth Carolina
Cities abroad
For clients abroad who form a U.S. company, buy U.S. property, file U.S. returns or plan before moving — organized by home city.
ComingShanghaiChina
ComingBeijingChina
ComingShenzhenChina
ComingTaipeiTaiwan
ComingTokyoJapan
ComingDubaiUAE
ComingJakartaIndonesia
ComingDublinIreland
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