FORMATION ✓ Every figure sourced

Maryland 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 Maryland
Articles of Incorporation
$120

Every year after that

FilingFeeWhen it is due
Annual Report and Business Personal Property Tax Return (Form 1)$300Due by April 15 every year.

About $300 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 and Business Personal Property Tax Return (Form 1)
$300

Due by April 15 every year.

ept a charitable or benevolent institution, nonstock corporation, savings and loan corporation, credit union, family farm, and banking institution……………………………………………………………$300 Annual report of a foreign corporation subject to the jurisdiction of this State, except a national banking association, savings and loan association, credit…

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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 Maryland

Limited Liability CompanyNonprofit CorporationLimited PartnershipLimited Liability Partnership

The same structure elsewhere

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