FORMATION ✓ Every figure sourced

Louisiana 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 Louisiana
Articles of Incorporation
$75
Louisiana Secretary of State, Forms & fee schedule, "Domestic corporations": "Articles of Incorporation Louisiana Business | #399 | $75".

Every year after that

FilingFeeWhen it is due
Annual Report$30Due by the anniversary day in the calendar month the business was formed, every year.

About $30 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

Annual Report
$30

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

Louisiana Secretary of State, Forms & fee schedule, domestic corporations: "Annual Report | $30".

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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 Louisiana

Limited Liability CompanyNonprofit CorporationLimited PartnershipLimited Liability Partnership

The same structure elsewhere

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