CEO Blueprint
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, delivered as one written plan that everyone works from. Choose the one that matches where your business is based.
Based outside the U.S.
Foreign-owned brands
Your company is based outside the United States, and you are expanding into U.S. marketplaces.
What this Blueprint maps
Whether your home country and the IRS treat the same profits the same way
Entity type and tax election, and what each path triggers on both sides
W-8BEN-E versus W-9, and which entity can legally furnish which
Transfer pricing between your foreign parent and the U.S. entity
The U.S. Business Representative role, scope, and selection criteria
Based in the U.S.
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
Entity architecture: whether one entity should carry every revenue stream
Sales tax: when registration is required, beyond what the software collects
Marketplace account architecture and verification across platforms
Your documentation trail: entity name, EIN letter, address, and brand name alignment
The gap between what your CPA files and what marketplace compliance requires
Both start with the CEO Decision Review at $1,250. The Expansion Blueprint ($2,500) and Strategic Blueprint (from $4,997) cover several platforms or existing problems.
Your expansion architect
Scott Letourneau
CEO and Founder, Nevada Corporate Planners, Inc. (est. 1997). Founder, Verified Expansion™ by NCP.
Scott writes every Blueprint. He maps the architecture and matches you to the right specialists, and licensed specialists execute.
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 · Registered TikTok Shop Partner · Amazon SPN Partner · Shopify Partner
Not sure which one you are?
A U.S. entity with a foreign parent sits in both columns. That overlap is worth a conversation before you choose.
VERIFIED EXPANSION/by NCP | Since 1997
This page is educational and is not legal or tax advice. TikTok Shop makes every approval decision. Scott Letourneau holds the MSCTA® (MainStreet Certified Tax Advisor) credential. We work with tax attorneys and CPAs for legal and tax execution.
