CEO Blueprint/Choose your path
Know Which Moves Get You Blocked. Before You Make Them.
Your entity, your tax lane, and your verification sequence mapped before you commit to a structure.
Two versions. Choose the one that matches where your business is based.
Delivered as one written plan. Everyone works from the same document.
Foreign-Based
Foreign-Owned Brands
Your company is based outside the United States and you are expanding into U.S. marketplaces.
What this Blueprint maps
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Whether your home country and the IRS treat the same profits the same way
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Entity type and tax election, and what each path triggers on both sides
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W-8BEN-E versus W-9, and which entity can legally furnish which
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Transfer pricing between your foreign parent and the U.S. entity
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U.S. Business Representative role, scope, and selection criteria
U.S. based
U.S.-Owned Brands
Your company is based in the United States and you are expanding across marketplaces, DTC, and retail.
What this Blueprint maps
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Entity architecture: whether one entity should carry every revenue stream
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Sales tax: when registration is required, not just what the software collects
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Marketplace account architecture and verification across platforms
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Your documentation trail: entity name, EIN letter, address, and brand name alignment
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The gap between what your CPA files and what marketplace compliance requires
Your Expansion Architect
Scott Letourneau
CEO and Founder, Nevada Corporate Planners, Inc. (est. 1997). Founder, Verified Expansion™ by NCP.
Every Blueprint is written by Scott. He maps the architecture and matches you to the right specialists. Licensed specialists execute. Scott coordinates.
AI can tell you what the rules say. It cannot tell you what actually gets rejected. We know because we see the rejections.
29 years in business
7,000+ U.S. and foreign founders served
60+ countries
Amazon Agency Partner
Shopify Partner
Not sure which one you are?
A U.S. entity with a foreign parent sits in both columns. That overlap is the part worth a conversation before you choose.
This page is educational and is not legal or tax advice. Scott Letourneau holds the MSCTA® (MainStreet Certified Tax Advisor) credential and is not an attorney or CPA. Verified Expansion is not a law firm or an accounting firm and does not provide legal or tax advice. We coordinate with independent licensed professionals for legal and tax execution.
VERIFIED EXPANSION/by NCP | Since 1997