CA · read September 28, 2026

California LLC cost

What California's official pages state about the cost of a standard domestic LLC: the filing fee, the biennial report and any annual tax, each with the page it was read on and the date.

Formation document: Articles of Organization
Formation fee: $70 source, read 2026-09-28 note
Periodic report: Statement of Information, every 2 years
Report fee: $20 source, read 2026-09-28 note
Report due: within 90 days of initial registration, and every two years after that source, read 2026-09-28
Annual tax: $800, Annual Tax source, read 2026-09-28 note
Tax due: first year: by the 15th day of the 4th month from the date the LLC files with the Secretary of State; after that, by the 15th day of the 4th month of each taxable year source, read 2026-09-28
Publication: not read

Scope: a standard domestic LLC at standard processing speed, filed online where the online and paper fees differ. The figure shown is the one the cited page states; an add-on or a paper fee that the page also states is in the note under the figure, and nothing is computed from a note.

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California LLC filing fee

$70 to file the Articles of Organization

Note from the reading Form LLC-1. The table row reads: 'Formation - Articles of Organization', 'Form LLC-1 (PDF)', '$70.00'.

“Formation - Articles of Organization Form LLC-1 (PDF) $70.00”

Read 2026-09-28 (UTC) at www.sos.ca.gov/business-programs/business-entities/forms/…

California LLC biennial report and due date

$20 to file the Statement of Information, every 2 years

Note from the reading Form LLC-12, $20.00 in the same table.

Report: Statement of Information
Required: Yes
How often: Every 2 years
Fee: $20
Fee per year: $10 (computed: $20 every 2 years)
Due: within 90 days of initial registration, and every two years after that
Calendar date: None: the date depends on when the LLC was formed
Read: 2026-09-28 (UTC)

“Statement of Information : Due within 90 days of initial registration and every two years thereafter.”

Read 2026-09-28 (UTC) at www.sos.ca.gov/business-programs/business-entities/forms/…

California LLC annual tax or franchise tax

$800 Annual Tax

Note from the reading Paid to the Franchise Tax Board with voucher FTB 3522. Separately, an LLC that will make more than $250,000 pays an 'LLC fee', estimated and paid by the 15th day of the 6th month of the tax year. due_month_day is null because the date follows the LLC's own taxable year. The page's first-year exemption covers only tax years beginning on or after January 1, 2021 and before January 1, 2024.

Due: first year: by the 15th day of the 4th month from the date the LLC files with the Secretary of State; after that, by the 15th day of the 4th month of each taxable year
Read: 2026-09-28 (UTC)

“Every LLC that is doing business or organized in California must pay an annual tax of $800.”

Read 2026-09-28 (UTC) at www.ftb.ca.gov/file/business/types/limited-liability-comp…

Publication requirement

not read

Not read. No official page read today states whether a newspaper publication is required of a new LLC; the formation pages read list no publication step.

Filing office and the state's own forms

California Secretary of State, Business Programs Division

Domestic LLC forms and fees www.sos.ca.gov
File online (bizfile) bizfileonline.sos.ca.gov
Franchise Tax Board: limited liability company www.ftb.ca.gov

Looked for and not read

Whether newspaper publication is required.
The amounts of the income-based 'LLC fee' above $250,000.

The researcher's notes

Written by the researcher who read the pages, unedited. Field names such as due_kind are the names in this site's data file.

Both the $800 annual tax and the $20 biennial Statement of Information apply; they are separate payments to separate offices (Franchise Tax Board and Secretary of State).

Fees change. The state's own page is the authority: open the source link beside a figure before you file or pay. This desk is a reading of public pages. It is not legal advice and it is not tax advice.