Where do I find my Stripe Atlas invoices?

They live at dashboard.stripe.com/atlas/billing, which is a different page from the main Stripe billing history at Settings then Billing then Invoice history. If you land on the main Stripe billing page and see nothing related to incorporation or registered agent fees, that is expected. Atlas maintains its own billing stream even though you sign in through the same dashboard and the same account. Bookmark the direct URL to save yourself the hunt every quarter.

What is the difference between the $500 Atlas fee and the annual registered agent fee?

The historical $500 incorporation fee is a one-time charge at company formation that covers the filing of your certificate of formation with Delaware, the EIN application, and the initial setup. Some newer Atlas cohorts pay this as a subscription instead of a one-time charge. The registered agent fee is a separate annual charge, required because Delaware law mandates every C-corp maintain a registered agent in the state to receive legal notices. Atlas includes the first year of registered agent service and then bills you annually after that. These are two distinct invoices with two distinct purposes.

Why is there a Delaware franchise tax charge from Atlas when I also owe franchise tax to the state?

Delaware assesses franchise tax on every C-corp incorporated in the state, regardless of revenue or operations. Atlas pays the franchise tax on your behalf to simplify the process for non-US founders, then bills the amount back to you as a pass-through expense. The Atlas invoice is the bill for that pass-through. The franchise tax return is the filing the state of Delaware expects. They are related but not interchangeable. For bookkeeping, the invoice is a business expense. For compliance, the return is a separate deliverable due annually in March.

Can my co-founder or bookkeeper access Atlas invoices without me forwarding each PDF?

Yes. Open Atlas then Team and invite them as an admin. Admins see the full billing history, the filing documents, and the company details. This is the cleanest way to give a bookkeeper standing access without making them a Stripe payments admin on the main business side. Keep in mind that Atlas team permissions are separate from Stripe payments permissions, so inviting someone to Atlas does not give them access to your main Stripe account and vice versa.

Where is my EIN letter and certificate of formation? They are not on the billing page.

Those are filing documents, not invoices, so they live under Atlas then Documents rather than Atlas then Billing. The EIN confirmation letter comes from the IRS and is issued after Atlas files your SS-4. The certificate of formation comes from Delaware after the secretary of state stamps your incorporation filing. Both are PDFs your accountant and your bank will ask for when opening accounts. Download them once and store them alongside your invoices but in a separate folder labeled filings.

I incorporated more than one company through Atlas. How do the invoices stay organized?

Each company has its own Atlas dashboard, its own EIN, its own registered agent contract, and its own billing trail. Use the company switcher at the top of the Atlas interface to move between them. Invoices do not cross over, so the $500 incorporation fee for Company A appears only in Company A billing, and the annual registered agent fee for Company B appears only in Company B billing. Keep separate accounting folders per entity to avoid mixing the two streams when you file taxes in each jurisdiction.

Does Stripe Atlas issue a VAT invoice for non-US founders?

Atlas invoices are issued by Stripe Atlas Inc., a US entity, so they follow US invoicing conventions rather than EU VAT rules. There is typically no VAT line on an Atlas invoice because the service is provided from the US to a newly formed US entity. If your own country of residence taxes imported professional services, consult a local advisor about how to treat the expense. For most non-US founders, the Atlas invoice goes into the US company books as a normal business expense, not into your personal home-country VAT return.

Can I bulk download all my Stripe Atlas invoices at once?

Not from the Atlas UI. Each invoice is a separate PDF download, one click at a time. There is no CSV export or bulk zip like the main Stripe billing page offers. If you have multiple years of history across one-time fees, annual registered agent renewals, and franchise tax pass-throughs, that is a manual clickthrough every quarter. Most founders eventually connect the account to Inbox Ledger so new invoices are captured automatically rather than forgotten until tax season.

What happens to my Atlas invoices if I dissolve the company?

Historical invoices remain accessible in the Atlas dashboard as long as the Stripe account itself stays open, even after company dissolution. Cancel the registered agent service explicitly through Atlas before dissolving, because it does not stop automatically and you will continue to be billed otherwise. Export every PDF you might need for final tax filings or record retention before you close the Stripe account entirely. Once the account is closed, there is no self-serve way to retrieve those documents.

Why does my Atlas invoice show Stripe Atlas Inc. and not Stripe?

Stripe Atlas is operated by Stripe Atlas Inc., a separate legal entity within the Stripe group. Invoices from Atlas list Stripe Atlas Inc. as the seller because that is the entity providing the incorporation and compliance services. Your main Stripe payments account, by contrast, issues invoices under Stripe Inc. For bookkeeping this is a real distinction, because the two entities are billing you for different services, and some accountants set them up as two different vendors in the chart of accounts.

My Atlas subscription bills monthly but I expected a single yearly charge. Is that right?

Atlas has moved some plans from one-time or annual billing to monthly subscription billing, depending on the cohort and the plan you signed up for. If you see monthly charges, that is the subscription model, and each monthly charge generates its own invoice. If you prefer annual billing to cut down on paperwork, check the plan options inside Atlas then Billing, because some plans still offer an annual option. Either way, every charge has its own PDF and needs to be captured for bookkeeping.

Is the Atlas registered agent the same as the Delaware franchise tax?

No. The registered agent is a service that receives legal notices on behalf of the company, required by Delaware law. The franchise tax is a state-level tax assessed annually on every Delaware C-corp. You need both. The registered agent fee is a service invoice from Atlas. The franchise tax pass-through is a tax invoice from Atlas covering the state charge. Skipping either one has consequences, because the state can administratively dissolve a company that loses its registered agent or defaults on franchise tax.

How to get Stripe Atlas invoices

Step-by-step guide to downloading your Stripe Atlas billing documents.

Last verified: 2026-04-24

Step-by-step: download invoices from Stripe Atlas

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Sign in and open the Atlas billing page directly
Go to dashboard.stripe.com and sign in with 2FA. Do not try to find Atlas invoices by clicking into Settings then Billing then Invoice history, because that lives on the main Stripe side and will not show you anything Atlas-related. The Atlas billing section has its own URL at dashboard.stripe.com/atlas/billing. Bookmark it. Most founders lose ten minutes every quarter re-finding this page because the left navigation does not expose it clearly.
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Pick the right Atlas company if you have more than one
Atlas lets a single Stripe user incorporate more than one company, and each company has its own billing trail. Use the company switcher at the top of the Atlas dashboard to select the entity you are reconciling. Every company has a separate EIN, a separate registered agent contract, and its own Delaware franchise tax obligations, so invoices do not cross over. Picking the wrong company is how you end up paying a registered agent fee twice or missing a franchise tax filing reminder.
3
Download the incorporation fee, registered agent, and franchise tax invoices
The Atlas billing page lists three kinds of documents. The one-time incorporation fee (historically $500, now sometimes bundled into a subscription) appears once near account creation. The registered agent fee is annual and recurs on the anniversary of incorporation. Delaware franchise tax pass-throughs appear once a year, usually in February or March when the state bills Atlas and Atlas passes the charge on. Click each row to open the PDF. Every document has its own invoice number.
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Save the PDFs alongside your EIN letter and certificate of formation
Atlas billing documents are not the same as your US filing documents. The EIN confirmation letter from the IRS and the certificate of formation from Delaware live under Atlas then Documents, not under Atlas then Billing. Your accountant wants the invoices for expense bookkeeping and the filing documents for the company file. Keep them in separate folders, because mixing a franchise tax invoice with a state filing is a common reason non-US founders get confused at tax time.

About Stripe Atlas billing

Stripe Atlas is how thousands of international founders incorporate a Delaware C-corp without flying to the US. It is also a billing stream that lives in its own corner of the Stripe Dashboard, separate from the main Stripe account you use to charge customers.

That separation is the first thing founders miss. You sign in at dashboard.stripe.com with the same email, you pass the same 2FA, and then you click Billing expecting to find the $500 incorporation fee receipt. It is not there. Atlas invoices live at dashboard.stripe.com/atlas/billing, a URL you have to know about or bookmark, because the sidebar does not surface it clearly.

The single most common Atlas billing confusion: founders search the main Stripe billing history for their incorporation receipt and come back empty-handed. Atlas has its own billing page at a separate URL inside the same dashboard. If you cannot find an Atlas invoice in the main Settings then Billing area, you are not in the wrong account, you are on the wrong page of the right account.

About Stripe Atlas

Stripe Atlas is an incorporation and compliance service operated by Stripe Atlas Inc., a US entity within the Stripe group. It was launched in 2016 to help founders outside the United States form a Delaware C-corporation, obtain an EIN from the IRS, open a US business bank account, and handle ongoing compliance obligations. Pricing historically centered on a $500 one-time incorporation fee, and Atlas has since expanded to include subscription tiers that bundle registered agent service, tax filings, and ongoing compliance support. Invoices for Atlas services are billed under Stripe Atlas Inc. and are separate from any Stripe Payments or Stripe Billing activity on the same account.

Manual vs automated

Manual

Sign in to Stripe with 2FA
Navigate directly to dashboard.stripe.com/atlas/billing (not the main billing page)
Switch to the right Atlas company if you have more than one
Download each invoice type separately (incorporation, registered agent, franchise tax)
Rename and file alongside EIN letter and certificate of formation
Forward to your accountant

Automated with Inbox Ledger

Connect Stripe Atlas once in Inbox Ledger
Incorporation, registered agent, and franchise tax invoices land in your dashboard
Export to Drive, Sheets, or your accounting system

Why people stop doing this by hand

A solo founder with one Atlas company and a one-time incorporation fee can live with the manual flow for a while. The pain shows up later, on the second and third year.

Year one you pay the incorporation fee and maybe a first registered agent charge. Year two the registered agent renews, the Delaware franchise tax pass-through hits, and if you are on a subscription plan, monthly charges begin to accumulate. Year three you are looking at a folder with a dozen PDFs spread across three categories, none of which were auto-saved anywhere because Atlas does not push invoices to your main billing inbox the way most SaaS vendors do.

Founders with two or three Atlas companies multiply this by the number of entities. Each company has its own registered agent renewal, its own franchise tax pass-through, its own cadence. Missing one is how you end up administratively dissolved by Delaware, because the state takes a dim view of C-corps that let the registered agent lapse or skip a franchise tax filing.

The Atlas UI does not offer bulk export. Each PDF is one click, and the documents you need for company filings (EIN letter, certificate of formation) live under a different menu than the invoices, which creates two separate manual trails to walk through every time your accountant asks for paperwork.

Stripe (including Atlas) is one of the portals our Chrome Extension auto-detects. Install it, open the Atlas billing page, and the extension captures new invoices in the background. No OAuth setup, no forwarding address, no clicking through each cycle. It works alongside the main Inbox Ledger sync for founders who want Atlas invoices captured the moment they are issued.

Next step

If you incorporated one company, paid one fee, and never plan to see another Atlas invoice, the dashboard is enough. If you have an annual registered agent renewal coming up, a Delaware franchise tax pass-through to reconcile, or more than one company through Atlas, connect Stripe Atlas to Inbox Ledger once and stop hunting for PDFs at a different URL from where you expected them.

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Where to look in the dashboard

dashboard.stripe.com/atlas/billing is the direct URL for all Atlas invoices (do not look for them in Settings then Billing)
Atlas then Documents holds the EIN confirmation letter and Delaware certificate of formation, separate from billing PDFs
Atlas then Company lets you switch between multiple incorporated entities if you have more than one
Atlas then Team manages co-founder and bookkeeper access to the dashboard
Atlas then Taxes (if present) shows the Delaware franchise tax filing status separately from the pass-through invoice

Before you start — quick checklist

Incorporation fee invoice (one-time or first subscription charge) is saved with the company name as Bill to, not the founder personal name
Registered agent annual invoice is downloaded for every year the company has been active, not just the current year
Delaware franchise tax pass-through invoice is filed separately from the actual franchise tax return, because the invoice is Atlas billing you, while the tax return is the state filing
EIN confirmation letter and certificate of formation are stored alongside (not inside) the billing folder so your accountant can see both
All Atlas invoices list Stripe Atlas Inc. as the seller and reference your Delaware C-corp as the buyer
If the Atlas plan is a subscription, each recurring charge has its own PDF rather than one annual roll-up

Pro tips

Atlas invoices are not visible on the main Stripe billing page at Settings then Billing then Invoice history. They live only at dashboard.stripe.com/atlas/billing. If you hand a founder the generic Stripe billing URL and ask them to find the incorporation receipt, they will come back empty-handed and certain that Atlas never billed them. This single confusion accounts for most of the support tickets we see around Atlas paperwork.
The $500 historical one-time incorporation fee has been partly replaced by a subscription model for newer cohorts. Check which plan your Atlas account is on. A subscription generates recurring invoices you need to capture every month or year, while the one-time fee only generates one PDF at setup.
Registered agent fees are annual and non-negotiable. The agent is required by Delaware law to receive legal notices on behalf of the company. Atlas includes this for the first year and then bills it annually. If you dissolve the company, cancel the registered agent service explicitly, because it does not stop automatically when the company is closed.
Delaware franchise tax is a state obligation on every Delaware C-corp, regardless of revenue. Atlas pays it on your behalf for convenience and then bills you back. The invoice Atlas issues is separate from the franchise tax return the state wants from you. Treat the invoice as an expense and the return as a filing. They are two different documents that reference the same payment.
Multi-founder teams should invite a second admin to the Atlas dashboard. The person who signed up for Atlas with their personal email sees everything by default. A co-founder or the bookkeeper needs to be invited explicitly. Do this early, because onboarding a bookkeeper retroactively after a tax deadline is always painful.
If you closed or dissolved the company through Atlas, historical invoices remain accessible as long as the Stripe account is open, but only to the Atlas admin users. Export all of them before you close the Stripe account entirely, because there is no self-serve recovery path after that.

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How to get Stripe Atlas invoices

Step-by-step: download invoices from Stripe Atlas

Sign in and open the Atlas billing page directly

Pick the right Atlas company if you have more than one

Download the incorporation fee, registered agent, and franchise tax invoices

Save the PDFs alongside your EIN letter and certificate of formation

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