The plan should identify the actual proposed role and relevant authorization.
Separate household resources from eligibility
A staffing assumption does not create permission. For a new office, actual financial ability to pay the transferee and begin business remains part of the applicable assessment.
On the government side there is no difference between L-1A and L-1B: the petition fee, the fraud fee, the asylum program fee where the employer's size makes it applicable, and premium processing if chosen, all on USCIS Form G-1055 and all payable by the employer. The petitioning employer files and pays the charges published in the USCIS fee schedule, Form G-1055, including any applicable surcharges and optional premium processing. Confirm the actual scope and payer arrangements rather than assuming a transaction budget includes immigration preparation. Keep private preparation or technical-report costs separate from the current official charges, and evaluate the proposed service against the real gap in the record. Keep official charges, professional review and any training in three separate lines, since blending them hides which part of the budget actually buys evidence.