As I understand it, the answer is the same for a C Corp as it is for an LLC: it depends on the nature of your business. If you do a lot of business in your home state, I believe most business attorneys advise incorporating in your home state. If not, like a typical dot com company, than it is fine to incorporate in another state.
For many small businesses that usually opt for LLC structures, I've heard anecdotally that Nevada and Florida are good states with LLC-friendly laws - as opposed to Delaware and its C-Corp-friendly laws.
Disclaimer: I am not a lawyer, so take this with a grain of salt. I would recommend consulting a lawyer to get a more definitive answer.
I could be wrong, but I think many states require any "foreign" business to register, if they intend to do business in that state. Obviously for a dot com, the exact definition of "doing business" is a bit fuzzy (see Amazon.com and their battles over this issue). But it's something to look into and consider, at the least.
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As I understand it, the answer is the same for a C Corp as it is for an LLC: it depends on the nature of your business. If you do a lot of business in your home state, I believe most business attorneys advise incorporating in your home state. If not, like a typical dot com company, than it is fine to incorporate in another state.
For many small businesses that usually opt for LLC structures, I've heard anecdotally that Nevada and Florida are good states with LLC-friendly laws - as opposed to Delaware and its C-Corp-friendly laws.
Disclaimer: I am not a lawyer, so take this with a grain of salt. I would recommend consulting a lawyer to get a more definitive answer.
Note that sometimes you will also have to register in your home state as a "foreign LLC" if you have created the LLC in another state.
I could be wrong, but I think many states require any "foreign" business to register, if they intend to do business in that state. Obviously for a dot com, the exact definition of "doing business" is a bit fuzzy (see Amazon.com and their battles over this issue). But it's something to look into and consider, at the least.
Yup.
Also, doing business in your home state is automatic. Working there = doing business there.
Filing an LLC in another state without actually doing business there is useless.