Delaware E-Filing FAQs

Frequently Asked Questions on E-Filing in Delaware

CSC has the answers you need to file your Delaware franchise tax and annual reports electronically.

Q: Do I need to file my Corporate Franchise Tax Report online?

Yes. Delaware requires all Domestic Corporation annual franchise tax reports to be filed electronically.

CSC was the first Delaware service company to develop an electronic DE annual report filing tool, and no other registered agent offers an e-filing process as simple or technologically advanced. Whether you manage a few entities or a few hundred, our E-filing will save you time and money.
CSC's DE E-filing offers:

• The ability to batch-prepare all of your annual reports at one time
   
• The ability to consolidate multiple filings and payments with the click of a mouse
   
• Flexible payment options including e-check, credit card, check, and wire
   
• E-mail acknowledgements confirming filing success
   
• Storage of your officer and director information for use in subsequent years
   
• The benefit of CSC's expertise assisting corporations and law firms in meeting their statutory obligations.

For more information about CSC Global web access and RecordsCenter, please contact the CSC Delaware Tax Hotline at (888) 690-2468.

Q: Am I required to file electronically for other entity types, Limited Partnerships, Limited Liability Companies, General Partnerships, Delaware foreign qualified corporations, etc.?

LPs, LLCs, and GPs will continue to receive paper notices and will have the option to pay the DE entity tax electronically or by mail. You may use CSC's DE E-filing to make your payments and take advantage of the batch filing and convenient payment methods.

Delaware foreign qualified corporations will continue to receive paper notices, and there currently is no facility for filing these reports electronically. You must continue to mail the reports and payments as instructed by the notices.

Q: Where is my annual report? Where and when did you send it?

All Domestic Corporation Franchise Tax Report filings must be made electronically, and paper reports will NOT be available. In place of the reports, CSC provides a formal notice, which includes instructions on how to file annual reports and pay the franchise tax electronically. CSC will mail notices to the companies for which we act as Registered Agent in Delaware. The mailings will be sent by January 15, 2010, but copies of notices, including payment instructions, will be available upon request.

Reports for All other entity types, Foreign Corporations, LPs, LLCs, and GPs will be mailed as in previous years.

If you have not received a notice, you may contact the CSC Delaware Tax Hotline (888) 690-2468.

Q: Are you, as my registered agent, responsible for filing this report for me? What services do you provide as registered agent?

As a registered agent, CSC is responsible for forwarding all legal documents and tax materials received on behalf of the entities for which we are agent to the contacts and addresses in our records. It is the responsibility of each company to make any required filings.

CSC offers several innovative tools to assist our customers meet their compliance obligations, including CSC's DE E-filing tool, Annual Report Preparation service, Compliance Calendar and, RecordsCenter, CSC's entity management suite.

For more information on any of these services, please contact the CSC Delaware Tax Hotline (888) 690-2468.

Q: What information must be included in the Corporate Franchise Tax reports?

Starting with the 2007 tax year, Delaware law requires all entities to list the names and addresses of ALL Directors, as well as the name title and address of one Officer. In addition, the principal place of business, wherever it is located, must be included and the telephone number. The nature of business is now optional. The State of Delaware will accept electronic signatures, so there is no longer a need to file a paper report.

CSC DE E-filing will maintain the information for all entities for which we are the registered agent for subsequent years. In addition, any users of RecordsCenter, CSC's entity management tool, will have a quick and easy wizard to copy their stored Officer and Directors' data directly into the DE E-filing application.

For more information on RecordsCenter, please contact the CSC Delaware Tax Hotline (888) 690-2468.

Q: Can you help me recalculate my franchise tax using the alternative method?

Best practice is to use CSC's DE E-filing application to calculate your tax. Since DE E-filing is updated daily from Delaware state database, it incorporates any 2008 year stock changes, all previous tax payments, and the most up to date penalty and interest assessments. By entering the gross assets and issued shares into a simple form, you will be able to easily and accurately calculate your tax liability for the current year. With a CSC Global password, you will be able to use DE E-filing calculator when CSC is not the Registered Agent.

To estimate future tax liability, you can use the Alternative Tax Calculator available in your DE Tax Toolkit. The calculator will compute your tax based on the alternative "assumed par value method" or the "authorized share method".

For more information on obtaining CSCGlobal access, please contact CSC Delaware Tax Hotline (888) 690-2468.

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