FORMATION ✓ Every figure sourced

California Corporation
fees and filing deadlines

A separate legal entity owned through shares. 'C corp' and 'S corp' are not entity types - they are federal tax elections made after formation, on the same underlying corporation.

To start

Form a Corporation in California
Articles of Incorporation (providing for shares)
$100
a Corporations  Articles of Incorporation (providing for shares) $100.00  Articles of Incorporation (providing for shares and containing a statement of conversion): California stock corporation converted from a California limited lia bil

Every year after that

FilingFeeWhen it is due
Statement of Information (Form SI-200)$25Due by the anniversary day in the calendar month the business was formed, every year.

About $25 a year to stay in good standing at today’s fees, counting only recurring filings and spreading anything filed less often across the years between. One-time filings and taxes are excluded.

Where each figure comes from

Statement of Information (Form SI-200)
$25

Due by the anniversary day in the calendar month the business was formed, every year.

or annual statement: $20.00 filing fee and a $5.00 disclosure fee $ 25.00 – Amended statement (Form SI-350): Submission of a statement between applicable filing periods to report a change of information NO FEE  Corporat

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The deadlines above are the rules. Your actual dates depend on when you form, so the calendar is built from your formation date — free, no account.

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Other structures in California

Limited Liability CompanyNonprofit CorporationLimited PartnershipLimited Liability Partnership

The same structure elsewhere

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