How to pass Shopify Payments verification with an Indiana LLC

Shopify Payments (powered by Stripe) requires identity and business verification before activating payouts for your store. For an Indiana LLC, Shopify collects the IRS-registered business name, the EIN, a physical US address, and personal information for the account representative and any 25%+ beneficial owners. Single-member and multi-member Indiana LLCs follow the same base checklist, with multi-member LLCs needing details on all qualifying owners.

In Indiana the entity behind that check is an LLC created by filing Articles of Organization, which costs $95. Indiana does not publish a processing time for LLC filings, so treat state approval as the open-ended step in your timeline rather than the Shopify Payments review. Because Indiana names a member or manager on a routine public filing, the owner name Shopify Payments asks you to confirm is already a matter of public record.

What Shopify Payments requires, and how an Indiana LLC meets each

Indiana-specific things to watch

• Indiana names a member or manager on a routine public filing, so Shopify Payments's beneficial-owner check will line up with public state records, and you still upload a government ID for each owner. (Indiana's Articles of Organization require no member or manager name, but the biennial Business Entity Report does: the Secretary of State's INBiz filing requirements call for at least one officer or governing person, and a governing person expressly includes managers (if manager-managed) and members (if member-managed). Those names are public, the Indiana business search exposes an "Incorporator or Governing Person Name" field. Separately, an Indiana law effective 2026-01-01 requires every health care entity, LLCs included, to report on the biennial report the name, address and ownership stake of each holder of 5% or more.)

Indiana sales tax & nexus rules for Shopify Payments sellers

Indiana charges a 7% state sales-tax rate. Payments through Shopify Payments are not covered by marketplace-facilitator laws, so you collect and remit yourself. Registration is required before your first taxable sale if you have physical presence in Indiana (an in-state location, inventory, or employees), or once you cross Indiana's remote-seller economic-nexus threshold of $100,000 in sales in the previous or current calendar year (no transaction-count threshold).

Indiana has a flat 7% state sales tax with no local add-ons, making it one of the simplest states for compliance. There are no local sales taxes in Indiana. Register through INtime, Indiana's online tax portal. Note: Indiana has no transaction-count trigger; only the $100,000 sales threshold applies.

Register for Indiana sales tax directly with the state: intime.dor.in.gov.

How to verify your Indiana LLC on Shopify Payments

1. IRS-registered business name. Use the exact LLC name as Indiana recorded it on your Articles of Organization; it must match your bank account holder name.
2. Employer Identification Number (EIN). Provide your federal EIN (free from the IRS; non-US founders without an SSN must apply via Form SS-4 by fax or phone rather than the online tool), independent of Indiana.
3. Physical US business address. Use a US street address registered to the LLC in Indiana (your Indiana registered-agent or virtual business address), since a PO box is usually rejected.
4. Owner / representative identity. Provide a government ID for each beneficial owner named in your Indiana filings. Indiana names a member or manager on a routine public filing, so at least one name already matches state records.
5. ACH-eligible checking account. Link a US business bank account opened with your EIN and your Indiana Articles of Organization.
6. Active business phone number. Provide a reachable phone number for the verification code. Indiana does not put a phone number on the LLC filing, so this one is a platform check with no state record behind it.

Non-US founders with Indiana LLCs

Shopify Payments requires personal identity information for the account representative, whichever state the LLC was formed in. For non-US representatives, Shopify's documentation indicates a passport photograph may be accepted in lieu of an SSN or ITIN for LLC entity types, so confirm that option during onboarding. If a government photo ID is not accepted, the alternatives are designating a US-resident representative who can provide a US SSN, or applying for an ITIN via Form W-7 if the founder has US tax-filing obligations. The entity itself must be US-registered, and an Indiana LLC qualifies on that count.