Find it yourself
What you'll owe is a list, not a number.
There's no single "cost of an LLC" — there are five separate obligations on five separate schedules. Here's the whole map.
anyone who quotes you one number is leaving four outThe five things, in order.
- 01
Formation — one time, and we can tell you the number
This is the one price we state plainly, because it's ours. A Wyoming LLC is all-in at one price, a Delaware C-Corp at another — both cover our fee plus the state's filing fee.
- 02
Registered agent — annual
Every company needs a registered agent for the life of the business. It's a yearly service, usually bundled with your first year's formation and renewed after.
- 03
State annual report or franchise tax — annual
Your state wants a filing and a fee every year. The name and amount vary by state — look it up rather than trusting a quote.
- 04
Federal and state taxes — depends on profit and activity
What you owe the IRS and the state depends on what your company earns and where it sells. This is the biggest, and least predictable, line.
- 05
Form 5472 — if you're foreign-owned
A US company with a foreign owner may need to file Form 5472, and missing it carries its own penalty. We don't file it; a tax professional does.
The numbers we'll state — and the ones we won't.
Formation is ours to price: $449 — $349 Corppy + $100 Wyoming filing fee, or $508 — $399 Corppy + $109 Delaware filing fee. That's the number we'll stand behind, because it's the one we control.
Everything after day one — your state's annual fee, your tax bill, the 5472 penalty you're avoiding — is set by someone else and changes on their schedule. For those we don't guess; we point you to the source. Start with the state annual fee and, if you're foreign-owned, the Form 5472 penalty.
The first number is easy. We'll help with the rest.
Formation at a price you can see now, and a dashboard that keeps every future obligation where you can find it.
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