Massachusetts · Limited liability company
What an LLC costs in Massachusetts
$1,000 in your first year. That's $500 to file with Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Corporations Division, and about $500 a year to keep it in good standing after that.
First-year breakdown
- State filing fee $500 One-time, paid when you form the LLC
- Annual Report $500 Due annually on or before the anniversary date of the filing of the original Certificate of Organization.
- Total, first year $1,000
Don't file on this alone. We're still verifying figures state by state. Open the source link below and confirm before you pay anything or rely on a deadline.
Keeping it alive
Your annual report
| Filing | Annual Report |
|---|---|
| How often | annual |
| Fee | $500 |
| When it's due | Due annually on or before the anniversary date of the filing of the original Certificate of Organization. |
| If you're late | No specific dollar late fee stated; continued non-filing exposes the LLC to administrative dissolution. |
| If you keep ignoring it | Can be administratively dissolved for failure to file annual reports; reinstatement costs $100 and requires all delinquent annual reports to be filed. |
State tax: No LLC-specific franchise/excise tax; a default pass-through LLC is not subject to the Massachusetts corporate excise tax unless it elects corporate treatment. Not verified against a DOR page.
What we're less sure about
Caveats on this page
- MOST EXPENSIVE STATE IN THE DATASET SO FAR: $500 + $500 = $1,000 first year. Strong content hook.
- First annual report is due on the 1-year anniversary, landing right at the year-one boundary.
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You can file directly with Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Corporations Division yourself — that's always the cheapest route, and we link to the form above. If you'd rather someone handle the paperwork and act as your registered agent, we compare the services that do it.
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