Sure, but that doesn't really justify the fees. I keep hearing from Americans that we in Scandinavia are so heavily taxed. Very strange from me to hear about a $800 minimum tax fee. Also, not every company is a high flying startup. It might be a small hairdresser salon. $800 isn't pocket change for a small biz. In my case I have a company that has pretty much been inactive for many years as it just exists to have stocks in my previous and current startup. Wouldn't be happy about spending $800/year to keep it alive.
This is for a specific type of corporate organization in a particular state. You can start a business without forming an LLC. If you really want to pretend you are for real, you would form a delaware corporation. Delaware is a tiny state that many years ago decided to create a very well defined and (permissive) legal framework for corporate law. Virtually any reasonably sized corporation is a Delaware corporation.
Delaware does benefit from this... they get all the filing and other miscellaneous fees out of the deal as well.
