FORMATION ✓ Every figure sourced

Missouri 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 Missouri
Articles of Incorporation
$58

$58 floor, increasing by share tier

Every year after that

FilingFeeWhen it is due
Annual Registration Report (corporation)$20Due by the last day of the calendar month the business was formed, every year.

About $20 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 Registration Report (corporation)
$20

Due by the last day of the calendar month the business was formed, every year.

iled Timely (on-line) 20.00 Biennial Registration Report Filed Timely (paper)

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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 Missouri

Limited Liability CompanyNonprofit Corporation

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