--- title: "Anonymous LLC in Hawaii: How to Keep Your Name Private 2026 | LLC Attorney" description: "Hawaii lists member or manager names on the public Articles of Organization, so privacy here means naming a Wyoming holding LLC as the member. Guide inside." canonical: https://llcattorney.com/states/hi/anonymous-llc-hawaii image: https://llcattorney.com/images/share-cover.png source_path: /states/hi/anonymous-llc-hawaii --- Key Takeaways - Hawaii requires member names (member-managed) or manager names (manager-managed) in public LLC formation filings - Your registered agent's address — not yours — appears on the Hawaii DCCA business name search at biz.hawaii.gov - $50 Articles of Organization filing fee; a $15 Annual Report due by the last day of the formation anniversary quarter, plus a 4 percent General Excise Tax on gross receipts (4.5 percent on Oahu); no franchise tax - Hawaii makes the charging order the exclusive creditor remedy under HRS § 428-504(e), but the same statute (§ 428-504(b)) expressly lets a court foreclose the lien on the distributional interest, so the protection is solid but weaker than Wyoming's no-foreclosure shield - Federal obligation: the Corporate Transparency Act requires all beneficial owners to report to FinCEN regardless of state-level anonymity — state privacy does not eliminate this federal requirement - Same-day filing available through LLC Attorney at no markup on state fees Hawaii is candidly not a privacy state at the filing level. Its Articles of Organization (Form LLC-1) require the names of the initial members when the LLC is member-managed, or of the initial managers when it is manager-managed, and those names sit in the public DCCA record at biz.hawaii.gov. Forming a Hawaii LLC in your own name gives you no filing-level anonymity. The way owners actually get privacy in Hawaii is to form a Wyoming LLC, which carries no owner names on its own filing, and then list that Wyoming company as the member or manager of the Hawaii entity. The Articles cost $50 to file and a $15 Annual Report keeps the entity current, but the heavier ongoing cost is Hawaii's General Excise Tax on gross receipts. This guide explains the holding-company structure, the exact filing steps, what each layer does and does not hide, and the federal FinCEN disclosure that applies no matter how you form. Filing through LLC Attorney starts at $49. $50Articles of Organization filing fee Names publicMember or manager names listed on the filing Wyoming layerPrivacy comes from a Wyoming holding LLC $49LLC Attorney formation starting price ## What Is an Anonymous LLC? An anonymous LLC is a limited liability company structured so that the owner's name does not appear in publicly searchable state records. It is not a separate legal entity type — it is a standard LLC formed in a state whose filing requirements do not mandate member or manager disclosure. In most states, the Articles of Organization requires you to list the names and addresses of members or managers. Those filings become part of the state's public business database, searchable by anyone. In Hawaii, Hawaii's Form LLC-1 requires the names and addresses of the initial members in a member-managed LLC, or of the initial managers in a manager-managed LLC, so unlike Wyoming or New Mexico those names do become part of the public state record. The result: someone searching the Hawaii DCCA business name search at biz.hawaii.gov for your LLC finds the entity name, the registered agent's address, and the formation date. Your name does not appear. This structure is used by real estate investors who do not want tenants researching their ownership portfolio, business owners who prefer to separate their public persona from their holdings, high-net-worth individuals protecting assets from litigation research, and online entrepreneurs who operate under a business identity separate from their personal name. ## Why Hawaii? How It Compares to Other Privacy States Hawaii is one of four states that does not require member or manager names in public LLC filings. The others most commonly used for anonymous formation are Wyoming, New Mexico, Delaware, and Nevada. What makes Hawaii stand out: Hawaii is not one of the handful of states that hide ownership at the registry. Its Articles of Organization put either member or manager names on the public file, so a Hawaii LLC formed in your own name offers no meaningful filing-level privacy at all. The workable structure is to form a Wyoming LLC first, keep your name off that filing entirely, and then list the Wyoming company as the member or manager of the Hawaii LLC. The Hawaii public record then shows the Wyoming entity, and the Wyoming public record shows no one. You accept Hawaii's General Excise Tax and high income-tax rates as the cost of doing business in the islands, while the privacy itself is carried by the Wyoming layer rather than by anything Hawaii offers. If you are a non-Hawaii resident forming here purely for privacy, the service handles Hawaii anonymous LLC formation from anywhere in the country. You do not need to travel to Hawaii or have any prior connection to the state. ## Hawaii's Registered Agent Privacy Mechanism The core technical reason Hawaii enables anonymity is the registered agent requirement. Every Hawaii LLC must designate a registered agent with a physical Hawaii street address. That address appears on the Hawaii DCCA business name search at biz.hawaii.gov. Your address does not. When you use a professional registered agent service, the registered agent's address — not your home or business address — is the only address on the public record. Your LLC exists in the state's database as an entity with a registered agent. Your name and address are nowhere in the filing. LLC Attorney's Hawaii registered agent service is $125/year. Your registered agent's address appears on the Hawaii DCCA business name search at biz.hawaii.gov. LLC documents and legal notices are delivered to LLC Attorney's Hawaii office and forwarded to you through your secure client portal. The privacy limit to understand here: if you list yourself as the organizer on the Articles of Organization, your name may appear as organizer on the filing. In Hawaii, Form LLC-1 requires the name and street address of each organizer, so engaging LLC Attorney to organize and sign the Articles keeps your own name off that line of the public filing. If you use LLC Attorney to file, LLC Attorney serves as the organizer, and your name does not appear anywhere on the formation document. ## What State Anonymity Does NOT Cover — Federal FinCEN Reporting This section is mandatory reading. State-level anonymity does not eliminate your federal disclosure obligation. The Corporate Transparency Act (CTA), effective January 1, 2024, requires virtually every LLC formed in the United States to report its beneficial owners to the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN), a bureau of the U.S. Treasury Department. This is a federal law that applies to every state, including Hawaii. What you must report to FinCEN: - Full legal name of each beneficial owner - Date of birth - Current residential street address - Identifying document number (driver's license or passport) and an image of that document A "beneficial owner" is anyone who owns 25% or more of the company, or anyone who exercises substantial control over the company. **Is the FinCEN report public?** No. Beneficial ownership reports go to FinCEN's secure database. They are not searchable by the public, tenants, business partners, or civil litigants. Law enforcement and certain financial institutions can access them under specific conditions. **The practical picture:** your name does not appear in Hawaii's public records. It does appear in FinCEN's non-public federal database. Hawaii-level anonymity protects you from public search — not from federal law enforcement. **Penalties for non-compliance:** willful failure to file a BOI report carries civil penalties of up to $500 per day and criminal penalties of up to $10,000 plus two years imprisonment. The service's formation packages include guidance on FinCEN BOI filing. If your LLC qualifies for an exemption (most larger companies and regulated entities do), your attorney can confirm exemption status during the formation process. ## Hawaii Anonymous LLC — Costs and Annual Obligations Holding the entity costs almost nothing at the registry: the Annual Report is $15, filed online at biz.hawaii.gov, and is due by the last day of the calendar quarter in which you formed rather than on a fixed statewide date. Hawaii levies no franchise tax. The real cost sits in the tax code. The General Excise Tax applies at 4 percent of gross receipts (4.5 percent for Oahu activity) to virtually every form of business income, and it is owed even when the LLC operates at a loss, because it taxes revenue rather than profit. Pass-through income then flows to members at Hawaii rates graduated from 1.4 to 11 percent, the highest ceiling in the country. A privacy-only holding LLC with no Hawaii business activity generally owes just the $15 report, but any operating LLC must register for GET using Form BB-1 with the Hawaii Department of Taxation. ## How to Form an Anonymous LLC in Hawaii ### If You Do It Yourself **Step 1 — Choose a business name that does not reveal your identity.** Your LLC name must comply with Hawaii's naming requirements — it must include "Limited Liability Company," "LLC," or "L.L.C." and be distinguishable from existing Hawaii entities. Beyond the legal requirements, choose a name that does not connect back to your personal identity. Many anonymous LLC owners use a business-descriptive name (property address, investment theme, or project name) rather than a personal name-based name like "Johnson Holdings LLC." Search the Hawaii DCCA business name search at biz.hawaii.gov at biz.hawaii.gov to confirm availability. Your search is not a reservation — someone can register your name while you prepare paperwork. **Step 2 — Reserve your name if you need time to prepare (optional).** File a name reservation with the Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs (DCCA), $10 fee. This holds the name for 120 days. Without a reservation, the name can be taken between your search and your Articles of Organization submission. **Step 3 — Select a professional registered agent — do not use your own address.** This step is non-negotiable for anonymity. The registered agent's address is the only address on the public filing. If you list your home or office address, your address becomes publicly searchable. You need a professional registered agent with a physical Hawaii street address. Research registered agent providers carefully. The registered agent's address will be the permanent public record for this LLC. Switching registered agents later requires a filed amendment ($25 fee) and creates a public paper trail of the change. **Step 4 — Decide whether to list yourself as organizer.** The organizer is the person or entity submitting the Articles of Organization. In Hawaii, every organizer's name and full street address are printed on the filed Articles of Organization and stay in the public DCCA record. If you do not want your name on the filing at all, you have two options: use an attorney or formation service as the organizer, or confirm whether Hawaiiallows organizers to be omitted after filing. **Step 5 — Complete and file the Articles of Organization.** Go to biz.hawaii.gov and complete the current version of the Articles of Organization (Form LLC-1 (online at biz.hawaii.gov)). Always use the current form directly from the Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs (DCCA) — older versions are rejected at filing. Complete it with your LLC name exactly as chosen, your registered agent's full legal name and Hawaii street address, your management structure (member-managed or manager-managed), and the organizer's name and signature. **Privacy note on management structure:** in Hawaii, Form LLC-1 forces you to declare member-managed or manager-managed, and that choice determines whose name the state then publishes — members in the first case, managers in the second. If you choose manager-managed, in a manager-managed Hawaii LLC the state publishes each initial manager's name and address rather than the members', which is why a manager-managed structure run through a Wyoming holding company is the usual privacy path here. **Step 6 — File the Articles of Organization and pay the $50 fee.** Submit online at biz.hawaii.gov or by mail to the Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs (DCCA) office in Honolulu. Online filing processes in 1 to 2 weeks for online filings. Mail-in takes significantly longer and has no tracking. **Step 7 — Wait for your approved Articles of Organization.** Your LLC does not legally exist until the Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs (DCCA) approves the filing. Standard processing is 1 to 2 weeks for online filings. Your approved Articles of Organization is your LLC's founding document — keep it. Every bank will require a copy. **Step 8 — Draft your operating agreement — keep it private.** Your operating agreement is an internal document. It is not filed with the Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs (DCCA) and does not appear in any public database. This is where you document member ownership, management authority, and profit distribution. Unlike the Articles of Organization, the operating agreement can include your personal name without creating any public record. Hawaii treats the operating agreement as an internal record under HRS Chapter 428 that is never filed with the DCCA, even though Hawaii only strongly recommends rather than mandates one. Keep the original with your company records. Give a copy to every member. A critical privacy caution: do not reference your operating agreement in any publicly filed document, and do not attach it to bank account applications where it could become a public or semi-public record without your knowledge. **Step 9 — Apply for a federal EIN.** Your LLC needs an EIN from the IRS. For single-member LLCs, the IRS defaults to using your Social Security Number as the responsible party identifier. This does not create a public record — EINs and their responsible party information are not publicly searchable — but it does create a federal connection between your SSN and your LLC. Apply at irs.gov/ein. Free, no government filing fee. Available Monday through Friday, 7 a.m. to 10 p.m. Eastern. The 15-minute inactivity timeout is real — do not start the application unless you have all information ready. **Step 10 — Open a business bank account.** Most banks require your approved Articles of Organization, your EIN confirmation (IRS CP-575 letter), your operating agreement, and the personal ID of authorized signers. Your bank will know who owns the LLC — federal anti-money-laundering rules require banks to collect beneficial owner information internally. That information stays within the bank and is not published in any database. Some banks have more streamlined processes for anonymous LLCs; others are skeptical of privacy structures. Call ahead and ask what they require for an LLC with a professional registered agent address. **Step 11 — File your FinCEN Beneficial Ownership Information report.** This is a mandatory federal step. Within 90 days of formation (for LLCs formed in 2024 or later), you must file a BOI report at fincen.gov/boi. The report is free. It is not public. It goes to FinCEN's secure law enforcement database. Failure to file carries civil penalties up to $500/day and criminal penalties up to $10,000 plus imprisonment. **Step 12 — Pay your annual Hawaii obligations.** Calendar the anniversary-quarter deadline carefully: a Hawaii LLC formed in August owes its $15 Annual Report by September 30 every year, not on any anniversary date. File it at biz.hawaii.gov. A missed report draws a $10 late fee per quarter and, left unfixed, leads the DCCA to administratively terminate the LLC, which collapses the privacy layering you built. If the entity does any Hawaii business, also register for the General Excise Tax with Form BB-1 before you begin operating. If you would rather not manage the formation process, the FinCEN BOI filing, and the ongoing annual compliance yourself, the service handles Hawaii anonymous LLC formation starting at $49. Ready to Launch Your Business in Hawaii?Follow our fast, easy process to get started right now.[Start My Business](https://app.llcattorney.com/formation?intake_type=formation) ### If LLC Attorney Does It for You 1. Submit your information at llcattorney.com. Name preference, management structure, registered agent designation (LLC Attorney serves as your Hawaii registered agent), and your FinCEN BOI responsible party information. No forms to find, no state portal to navigate, no organizer name disclosure. 2. LLC Attorney files your Articles of Organization with the Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs (DCCA), serves as your registered agent and organizer (so your name does not appear on the public filing), drafts your operating agreement, and files your FinCEN BOI report. Same-day filing available if needed. 3. Receive your approved Articles of Organization, EIN confirmation, operating agreement, and FinCEN BOI confirmation through your LLC Attorney client portal. Annual compliance reminders included so you never miss an obligation. ## Maintaining Your Hawaii LLC's Anonymous Status Forming anonymously is the first step. Maintaining anonymity requires ongoing discipline. What breaks anonymity: - Signing contracts in your personal name on behalf of the LLC. Always sign as "Your Name, Member/Manager, \[LLC Name\]" — but consider whether you need to sign at all, or whether an authorized manager or attorney can sign instead. - Using your home address anywhere in connection with the LLC — bank correspondence, business licenses, tax registrations. - Publishing your name as the owner in marketing materials, press releases, or social media profiles linked to the LLC. - Filing a DBA (doing business as) registration in states that require public disclosure of the LLC owner's identity. - Using your personal email address in formation documents, registered agent correspondence, or banking applications where it could be discovered. What does not break anonymity: - Your operating agreement listing your name. This is a private document not filed with any state agency. - Your FinCEN BOI report listing your name. This goes to a non-public federal database, not a public record. - Your bank account records. Banks collect beneficial owner information under federal anti-money-laundering law but do not publish it. ## Forming a Hawaii Anonymous LLC as a Non-Resident You do not need to live in Hawaii or have any connection to the state to form a HawaiiLLC. Hawaii allows non-residents to form LLCs and serves as one of the more commonly used states for out-of-state privacy formations. What you need as a non-Hawaii resident: - A Hawaii registered agent with a physical Hawaii street address (required regardless of residency) - A Hawaii mailing address for state correspondence (your registered agent's address satisfies this) - Payment of the $50 filing fee and ongoing the $15 Annual Report due in the anniversary quarter and GET registration **The foreign registration question:** if your anonymous LLC operates in a state other than Hawaii — meaning it has employees there, owns property there, or generates substantial revenue from customers there — that state may require you to register the LLC as a foreign entity. Foreign registration typically requires disclosing the LLC's principal address and registered agent in that state, and it may or may not require member/manager disclosure depending on the operating state's rules. Hawaii-level anonymity protects your name in Hawaii's public records. If you do business in another state and register as a foreign LLC there, that state's public records will show your Hawaii LLC's registration. Whether your name appears depends on that state's disclosure rules for foreign LLCs — not Hawaii's. If you operate across multiple states and anonymity matters in each, an attorney consultation can map which states require foreign registration and what each discloses. ## When Should You Consult an Attorney for Your Hawaii Anonymous LLC? On-demand attorney consultations for a flat rate per 30-minute session — no retainer required. Anonymous LLC formation benefits from attorney guidance on several scenarios: - **Privacy structure design:** whether a single Hawaii LLC is sufficient or a Wyoming holding company over your Hawaii LLC better fits your privacy and asset-protection goals. - **Operating agreement drafting:** a template operating agreement may not include the language needed to preserve anonymity in banking, litigation, and business dealings. - **Multi-state operations:** if you will do business in multiple states, some will require foreign registration. An attorney can map what each state requires and what it discloses. - **FinCEN BOI exemptions:** most LLCs must file a BOI report, but certain regulated entities qualify for exemptions. An attorney can confirm your exemption status. - **Asset transfer mechanics:** if you are moving existing assets into an anonymous LLC, the transfer documents must be drafted correctly to avoid tax events and creditor notification requirements. - **Hawaii-specific nuances:** Because Hawaii publishes member or manager names, confirm with an attorney how to title the Wyoming holding company on Form LLC-1 and whether a manager-managed structure best keeps your individual name out of the DCCA record. ## When DIY Anonymity Breaks Down in Hawaii, and Where It Can't Protect You A Hawaii anonymous LLC hides your name from the public business registry. It does not make you untraceable, and there are specific, predictable points where DIY anonymity falls apart: - **The IRS responsible-party field.** Getting an EIN typically requires naming a responsible party with an SSN or ITIN. Listing yourself here is the most common self-inflicted privacy leak, and it happens after the LLC is already filed, when people assume the hard part is done. - **Litigation and subpoenas.** State anonymity is not a liability shield. In a lawsuit, a court can compel disclosure of the beneficial owner. Anonymity protects you from casual searches, not from legal process. - **Banking, KYC, and real-estate closings.** Banks and title companies are required to identify the beneficial owner. Your name will appear in those private files even when it never touches the public record. - **When you actually need structuring, not just a filing.** Multi-state operations, a nominee arrangement, or a double-LLC privacy structure are easy to get wrong in ways that defeat the privacy you paid for. These are attorney decisions, not form-filling. In Hawaii specifically, anonymity breaks the moment your personal name lands on Form LLC-1 as a member, manager, or organizer, so the structure only works if a Wyoming holding company occupies the member or manager line and a formation service signs as organizer in your place. You do not have to map these risks on your own. LLC Attorney's attorney-trained Business Success Advisors are free and can tell you which of these situations needs a licensed attorney, and flat-fee consultations (no retainer) are available when one does. ## What You Actually Get When You Form Your Hawaii Anonymous LLC with LLC Attorney The privacy in a Hawaii structure is fragile because it depends on a chain: the Wyoming company has to be clean, that company has to be the named party on the Hawaii filing, and your name has to stay off the organizer line, the EIN application, and the bank paperwork. Miss any link and your name surfaces in the DCCA record or in a connected filing. A bare formation service that simply submits Form LLC-1 and walks away leaves you to manage every one of those links by yourself. Included with LLC Attorney anonymous LLC formation, starting at $50: - A Hawaii filing structured to keep your name off the the Hawaii DCCA business name search at biz.hawaii.gov, using the state's privacy mechanism correctly rather than by accident. - Registered agent service at $125/year, so a third-party address — not yours — sits on the public record. - An EIN obtained without exposing you as the responsible party where the structure allows, the single most common way owners accidentally de-anonymize themselves. - An operating agreement that keeps members and managers off the public record while still documenting ownership privately. - Ongoing privacy maintenance across annual filings, so a routine renewal does not quietly put your name back on the record. - Access to attorney-trained Business Success Advisors at no charge, plus optional flat-fee attorney consultations (no retainer) when your situation needs a licensed attorney. Because Hawaii publishes names and the privacy is carried entirely by the Wyoming layer above it, the value is in setting up both entities so the only party Hawaii ever sees is the holding company, never you. ## Starting Your Hawaii Anonymous LLC with LLC Attorney Hawaii's privacy structure depends on a Wyoming holding company rather than on Hawaii itself — because Hawaii lists member or manager names on the public filing, so the two-entity structure has to be built correctly and the anniversary-quarter Annual Report kept current to hold it together. Getting the organizer, registered agent, operating agreement, and FinCEN filing right at formation establishes your privacy foundation. Shortcuts at any of these steps create exposure that is hard to reverse. The service handles Hawaii anonymous LLC formation starting at $49. It serves as your registered agent and organizer — your name does not appear on the public filing. Same-day filing is available at no markup on state fees. FinCEN BOI filing guidance is included. On-demand attorney consultations in 30-minute increments cover operating agreement drafting, privacy structure design, and multi-state operating questions. See our [full pricing](/pricing) for all service tiers. Ready to Launch Your Business in Hawaii?Follow our fast, easy process to get started right now.[Start My Business](https://app.llcattorney.com/formation?intake_type=formation) ## Frequently Asked Questions Does forming an anonymous LLC in Hawaii really keep my name private? ![icon](/_next/image?url=%2Fimages%2Ficons%2FfaqPlus.png&w=128&q=75) Not on its own. Hawaii's Articles of Organization require either member names (member-managed) or manager names (manager-managed), so forming a Hawaii LLC in your own name puts that name in the public DCCA record. Anonymity is achieved indirectly: form a Wyoming LLC that carries no owner names on its filing, then list that Wyoming company as the member or manager of your Hawaii LLC. The Hawaii record then shows the Wyoming entity instead of you. Your name still lives in two non-public places regardless of structure: your operating agreement and your federal FinCEN beneficial ownership report. What is the difference between a Hawaii anonymous LLC and a regular LLC? ![icon](/_next/image?url=%2Fimages%2Ficons%2FfaqPlus.png&w=128&q=75) The structure is identical — the difference is in Hawaii's filing requirements. Hawaii does not require member or manager names in the Articles of Organization. A standard LLC formed in a state like California would list member names publicly. A Hawaii LLC lists only the registered agent's address. Otherwise, both structures provide the same liability protection, management flexibility, and pass-through taxation. Do I still have to disclose my name somewhere if I form an anonymous LLC? ![icon](/_next/image?url=%2Fimages%2Ficons%2FfaqPlus.png&w=128&q=75) Yes — in two places. First, your operating agreement is a private internal document that typically names all members. Second, the Corporate Transparency Act requires a Beneficial Ownership Information report to FinCEN identifying all beneficial owners. Neither disclosure is public. FinCEN's database is accessible to law enforcement and certain financial institutions under specific conditions — not to the general public. Can I open a bank account with an anonymous LLC? ![icon](/_next/image?url=%2Fimages%2Ficons%2FfaqPlus.png&w=128&q=75) Yes. Banks require your Articles of Organization, EIN, operating agreement, and the personal ID of authorized signers. Federal anti-money-laundering rules also require banks to collect beneficial owner information internally. Your bank will know who owns the LLC — but that information stays within the bank and is not published in any database. Is an anonymous LLC legal? ![icon](/_next/image?url=%2Fimages%2Ficons%2FfaqPlus.png&w=128&q=75) Yes. Forming an LLC in a state that does not require member disclosure is fully legal. The structure is used by legitimate businesses, real estate investors, and privacy-conscious entrepreneurs nationwide. The only legal constraint is the federal FinCEN BOI reporting requirement, which applies to virtually every LLC regardless of where it is formed. What happens to my anonymity if I get sued? ![icon](/_next/image?url=%2Fimages%2Ficons%2FfaqPlus.png&w=128&q=75) A suit names the Hawaii LLC as the defendant, not you, and a casual search of the DCCA database would surface the listed member or manager — which, if you structured it correctly, is your Wyoming holding company rather than your name. The privacy holds against routine searching but not against compelled discovery: a Hawaii court can order you to disclose who ultimately owns the Wyoming entity. Hawaii's charging order is the exclusive remedy for a member's personal creditor under HRS § 428-504(e), though § 428-504(b) still allows foreclosure of the charged interest, so it protects the entity less completely than Wyoming. Can I convert my existing LLC into an anonymous LLC? ![icon](/_next/image?url=%2Fimages%2Ficons%2FfaqPlus.png&w=128&q=75) You cannot convert an existing LLC formed in a disclosure state into an anonymous one — the public record already exists. The most common approach is to form a new Hawaii LLC and transfer assets or business operations to it. An attorney consultation can walk through the transfer mechanics and tax implications. What is the annual cost to maintain a Hawaii anonymous LLC? ![icon](/_next/image?url=%2Fimages%2Ficons%2FfaqPlus.png&w=128&q=75) Hawaii's registry cost is low: the Annual Report is $15, due by the last day of the quarter in which you formed, with no franchise tax. The expensive part is the General Excise Tax, which taxes gross receipts at 4 percent (4.5 percent on Oahu) regardless of profit, and Hawaii income tax that climbs to 11 percent on pass-through earnings. A privacy-only holding LLC with no Hawaii operations typically owes only the $15 report. Professional registered agent service adds roughly $100 to $300 per year. ## Learn More About Hawaii - [Hawaii LLC Formation](/states/hi/llc-formation-hawaii) - [Hawaii Registered Agent](/states/hi/registered-agent-hawaii) - [Wyoming Anonymous LLC](/states/wy/anonymous-llc-wyoming) - [Hawaii EIN Number](/states/hi/ein-number-hawaii)