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EPISODE · Mar 9, 2026 · 17 MIN

Texas redomestication: over 300 companies move headquarters to Texas in 9 years

from #LegalBytes: The Official Podcast of Cummings & Cummings Law · host Cummings & Cummings Law

More than 300 companies have relocated their headquarters to Texas in less than a decade, including major corporations such as Tesla, Caterpillar, and Chevron, all drawn by a combination of zero state personal income tax, favorable treatment for many business entities, expanded property tax exemptions, and aggressive economic development incentives. In this presentation, I explain why Texas continues to attract large employers and entrepreneurs from high-tax jurisdictions and addresses the practical question many business owners face after relocating operations: how to legally move the company to Texas. The presentation walks through the four common legal paths often discussed when a company relocates, dissolution, merger, foreign registration, and redomestication, and explains why most advisors recommend the wrong option. You will learn why statutory conversion, commonly known as redomestication, is usually the correct solution for companies that permanently relocate to Texas, allowing the business to change its legal home state while preserving its existing name, federal employer identification number, contracts, credit history, and tax attributes, while avoiding the costly compliance problems and tax consequences that frequently arise when the process is handled incorrectly. Learn more: https://www.cummings.law/redomestication/

More than 300 companies have relocated their headquarters to Texas in less than a decade, including major corporations such as Tesla, Caterpillar, and Chevron, all drawn by a combination of zero state personal income tax, favorable treatment for many business entities, expanded property tax exemptions, and aggressive economic development incentives. In this presentation, I explain why Texas continues to attract large employers and entrepreneurs from high-tax jurisdictions and addresses the practical question many business owners face after relocating operations: how to legally move the company to Texas. The presentation walks through the four common legal paths often discussed when a company relocates, dissolution, merger, foreign registration, and redomestication, and explains why most advisors recommend the wrong option. You will learn why statutory conversion, commonly known as redomestication, is usually the correct solution for companies that permanently relocate to Texas, allowing the business to change its legal home state while preserving its existing name, federal employer identification number, contracts, credit history, and tax attributes, while avoiding the costly compliance problems and tax consequences that frequently arise when the process is handled incorrectly. Learn more: https://www.cummings.law/redomestication/

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