# FilingDesk

> FilingDesk is a business formation service built for the AI era. Describe your company in plain English on filingdesk.com and we check the name, file with the Secretary of State, fetch your EIN from the IRS, and generate your operating agreement — with a human specialist reviewing every filing. One flat price, no upsells.

## Key facts
- One flat plan: **$99 (Complete)** plus your state's filing fee. In Wyoming that's **$199 all-in** ($99 FilingDesk + $100 state fee). **$99/yr** after Year 1 to stay compliant. State fees are passed through at cost. Nothing is charged at order: a specialist reviews every order, then emails a secure payment link. Full refund, state fee included, if we can't file your LLC (for example, if the name isn't available); the service fee also carries a 60-day money-back guarantee.
- **Live in Wyoming, Florida, and Delaware today** (instant online filing). Wyoming: $100 state fee, **$199 all-in**. Florida: $125 state cost, **$224 all-in**. Delaware: $110 state fee, **$209 all-in**. More states are rolling out — orders from any other state are accepted now and go to the front of the line at that state's launch ($99 + that state's filing fee, charged only when we file).
- Included in Complete: formation + state filing, EIN, operating agreement, registered agent (Year 1), annual report auto-file, mail scanning, bank account setup (Mercury/Novo), S-Corp election assistance, compliance calendar. (Note: FinCEN exempted U.S.-formed companies from BOI reporting in March 2025 — we monitor for changes.)
- FilingDesk is **not a law firm** and does not provide legal advice.
- **Enterprise** (volume / white-label / API) is available — contact partners@filingdesk.com.
- Real Year-1 cost comparison: FilingDesk ~$99 vs LegalZoom ~$457, ZenBusiness ~$359, Bizee ~$279, Northwest ~$164 (fully-loaded single-member LLC).

## Pages
- Home: https://filingdesk.com/
- How it works: https://filingdesk.com/how-it-works/
- Pricing: https://filingdesk.com/pricing/
- Start your company: https://filingdesk.com/start/
- Guides hub: https://filingdesk.com/guides/
- Wyoming LLC guide (cost, steps, fees): https://filingdesk.com/guides/wyoming-llc/
- Florida LLC guide (costs, steps, annual report): https://filingdesk.com/guides/florida-llc/
- LLC for rental property (liability, the due-on-sale/Garn-St Germain truth, Fannie/Freddie transfer rules, where to form): https://filingdesk.com/guides/llc-for-rental-property/
- LLC vs S-Corp comparison (tax election explained): https://filingdesk.com/compare/llc-vs-s-corp/
- Should you put your boat in an LLC (liability, USCG documentation, the use-tax truth): https://filingdesk.com/guides/llc-for-a-boat/
- Boat LLC in Florida ($18,000 sales-tax cap, registration, Miami/Fort Lauderdale/Tampa): https://filingdesk.com/guides/boat-llc-florida/
- Boat LLC in California (use tax, 12-month test, the $800 franchise-tax gotcha): https://filingdesk.com/guides/boat-llc-california/
- Aircraft LLC guide (FAA registration, citizenship rules, flight-department-company trap): https://filingdesk.com/guides/llc-for-an-airplane/
- Aircraft LLC in California (use tax, property tax, San Diego/LA/Bay Area): https://filingdesk.com/guides/aircraft-llc-california/
- Aircraft LLC in Florida (fly-away exemption, no state registration): https://filingdesk.com/guides/aircraft-llc-florida/
- Free LLC name check (naming-rule pre-check: designator and restricted-word rules for Wyoming/Delaware, designator plus statutory restricted-word warnings for Florida; links to each official registry search; it does not check whether a name is taken): https://filingdesk.com/calc/llc-name-search/
- S-Corp tax savings calculator: https://filingdesk.com/calc/s-corp-savings/
- LLC cost calculator (WY $199 / FL $224 / DE $209 all-in; DE annual tax now $400 per HB 400): https://filingdesk.com/calc/llc-cost/
- About: https://filingdesk.com/about/
- Contact: https://filingdesk.com/contact/

## New guides & tools (added 2026-07-18)
- LLC filing fees for all 50 states + DC (formation fee + annual/franchise, official sources, sortable table): https://filingdesk.com/guides/llc-cost-by-state/
- Delaware LLC: $110 filing, flat $400 franchise tax (HB 400, TY2026), Court of Chancery, when it isn't worth it: https://filingdesk.com/guides/delaware-llc/
- California LLC: $70 filing but $800 annual franchise tax + tiered gross-receipts fee + Statement of Information: https://filingdesk.com/guides/california-llc/
- Texas LLC: $300 filing, no annual report but franchise tax + Public Information Report due May 15, no income tax: https://filingdesk.com/guides/texas-llc/
- New York LLC: $200 filing plus the newspaper publication requirement (slow, costly), biennial statement, IT-204-LL: https://filingdesk.com/guides/new-york-llc/
- Best state to form an LLC: home-state default, when Wyoming/Delaware/Nevada make sense, the foreign-qualification trap: https://filingdesk.com/guides/best-state-to-form-an-llc/
- Wyoming LLC for non-US residents: no citizenship required, EIN without SSN, Form 5472, banking realities: https://filingdesk.com/guides/wyoming-llc-for-non-residents/
- Boat LLC in Maryland: the 5% vessel excise tax and its cap, Annapolis/Chesapeake/DC-Potomac: https://filingdesk.com/guides/boat-llc-maryland/
- Boat LLC in South Carolina: the $500 sales-tax cap, county property tax on boats, Charleston/Lowcountry: https://filingdesk.com/guides/boat-llc-south-carolina/
- Boat LLC in Washington: 0.5% annual watercraft excise, the new 0.5% vessel tax (July 2026), 60-day nonresident permit, no income tax today (9.9% on individual income over $1M from 2028 unless I-645 passes), Seattle/Puget Sound: https://filingdesk.com/guides/boat-llc-washington/
- Aircraft LLC in Arizona: state aircraft registration, favorable license-tax valuation, Scottsdale/Deer Valley bizjet: https://filingdesk.com/guides/aircraft-llc-arizona/
- LLC for a yacht: USCG documentation, foreign-flag/offshore registries, offshore fly-away closings, Fort Lauderdale/FLIBS: https://filingdesk.com/guides/llc-for-a-yacht/
- Montana LLC for a boat: the honest audit-risk truth about the no-sales-tax scheme; when Montana actually works: https://filingdesk.com/guides/montana-llc-boat/
- Boat charter LLC: bareboat vs crewed charter, the IRS hobby-loss (section 183) trap, commercial insurance, Florida charter: https://filingdesk.com/guides/boat-charter-llc/
- Aircraft sales and use tax by state: the 9 states that charge $0 on a typical private plane, fly-away and casual-sale exemptions, use-tax-follows-the-hangar (reference table): https://filingdesk.com/guides/aircraft-sales-tax-by-state/
- Wyoming holding company: a parent LLC over operating or single-asset LLCs; privacy + charging-order protection: https://filingdesk.com/guides/wyoming-holding-company/
- Wyoming vs Delaware LLC: cost + privacy vs VC-readiness (Court of Chancery); honest recommendation by founder profile: https://filingdesk.com/compare/wyoming-vs-delaware-llc/
- FilingDesk vs LegalZoom: flat $99 all-in + human-reviewed filing vs tiered pricing + add-ons + higher Year-1 cost: https://filingdesk.com/compare/filingdesk-vs-legalzoom/
- Boat sales/use tax calculator: estimate tax by state with caps (FL $18k, SC $500, MD, and more): https://filingdesk.com/calc/boat-sales-tax/
- LLC formation timeline planner: work back from a target date using real per-state processing times: https://filingdesk.com/calc/formation-timeline/
- LLC annual report deadline checker: pick your state + formation date for the due date, fee, and late penalty (all 50 states): https://filingdesk.com/calc/annual-report-deadline/

## High-demand guides (added 2026-07-18)
- Single-member LLC: how it's taxed (disregarded entity), vs sole proprietorship, liability, and how to form one: https://filingdesk.com/guides/single-member-llc/
- Anonymous LLC: which states allow private ownership (New Mexico, Wyoming, Delaware, Nevada), the Wyoming holding layer, and the honest limits: https://filingdesk.com/guides/anonymous-llc/
- Nevada LLC: $75 filing, about $350/yr (annual list + $200 state business license), no income tax, and why Wyoming is often cheaper: https://filingdesk.com/guides/nevada-llc/
- Georgia LLC: $110 filing, $60 annual registration due April 1, no publication, Atlanta market: https://filingdesk.com/guides/georgia-llc/
- Ohio LLC: $99 filing and NO annual report — one of the cheapest states to maintain an LLC: https://filingdesk.com/guides/ohio-llc/
- Cheapest state to form an LLC: ranked filing fees (Montana $35, Kentucky $40) plus the honest home-state caveat: https://filingdesk.com/guides/cheapest-state-to-form-an-llc/
- Florida boat sales tax: 6% + county surtax, the $18,000 per-boat cap, use tax, and nonresident exemptions: https://filingdesk.com/guides/florida-boat-sales-tax/

## New guides (added 2026-07-28)
- Boat sales and use tax by state: the 9 cap states (South Carolina $500 up to $20,000 in New Jersey and Louisiana), the 5 no-tax states, Rhode Island's full exemption, and why the slip decides (reference table): https://filingdesk.com/guides/boat-sales-tax-by-state/
- Boat LLC in Texas: 6.25% boat and motor tax capped at $18,750 on a Texas sale (use tax on a boat bought out of state is uncapped), the 45-working-day payment clock, TPWD titling, $15 new-resident tax: https://filingdesk.com/guides/boat-llc-texas/
- Boat LLC in Michigan: the uncapped 6% sales/use tax, $14–$448 three-year registration by vessel length, 15-day title deadline: https://filingdesk.com/guides/boat-llc-michigan/
- Boat LLC in New York: the $230,000 taxable-price cap (Tax Law §1115(jj)), DMV registration in a company name, the 90-day visiting-boat window: https://filingdesk.com/guides/boat-llc-new-york/
- Boat LLC in North Carolina: 3% sales tax capped at $1,500, plus the annual county personal-property tax on boats and its 10% late-listing penalty: https://filingdesk.com/guides/boat-llc-north-carolina/
- Boat LLC in Minnesota: 6.875% sales/use tax, DNR three-year license fees of $36–$209 by length class, and why a Montana LLC doesn't dodge it: https://filingdesk.com/guides/boat-llc-minnesota/
- Montana LLC for an RV: $0 sales tax and $97.50/yr motorhome registration — plus the honest enforcement reality when the coach is kept in a use-tax state: https://filingdesk.com/guides/montana-llc-rv/
- Aircraft LLC in Texas: 6.25% + up to 2% local tax, the fly-away exemption's 30-day Form 01-907 filing, the occasional-sale exemption, and the flight-department-company trap: https://filingdesk.com/guides/aircraft-llc-texas/
- New York LLC publication requirement: six weeks in two county-designated newspapers, the 120-day deadline, the $50 Certificate of Publication, and why Manhattan runs $1,500–$2,000: https://filingdesk.com/guides/nyc-llc-publication-requirement/
- California's $800 LLC franchise tax: due the 15th day of the 4th month, the separate gross-receipts LLC fee, Forms 3522 vs 3536 vs 568, and why an out-of-state LLC run from California still owes it: https://filingdesk.com/guides/california-llc-800-franchise-tax/

## New guides (added 2026-08-13)
- Montana LLC for an airplane — the real $0 sales tax, the $30–$4,500 fee in lieu of property tax, and why use tax follows the hangar anyway: https://filingdesk.com/guides/montana-llc-airplane/
- FAA aircraft registration for an LLC: Part 47 citizenship tests, the LLC statement, non-citizen owner trusts, and the $5 filing: https://filingdesk.com/guides/aircraft-llc-faa-registration/
- Boat LLC vs trust — liability shield vs probate avoidance, the tax myths neither fixes, and the LLC-inside-trust combo: https://filingdesk.com/guides/boat-llc-vs-trust/
- Should you put your RV in an LLC (liability, rentals, co-ownership — and why the Montana sales-tax trick fails): https://filingdesk.com/guides/llc-for-an-rv/
- Aircraft LLC in Delaware: no sales tax, no state aircraft registration, no personal property tax (9 Del. C. § 8103), the 1.9914% lease/use tax on Delaware-based dry leases, and why use tax still follows the hangar state: https://filingdesk.com/guides/aircraft-llc-delaware/
- Aircraft LLC in Washington — flat annual excise in lieu of property tax, the repealed 10% luxury tax, use tax at purchase, and the 2027 fee hikes: https://filingdesk.com/guides/aircraft-llc-washington/
- Boat LLC in Virginia: the 2% watercraft sales and use tax capped at $2,000, DWR titling and the 3-year registration cycle, plus the near-zero local pleasure-boat property tax: https://filingdesk.com/guides/boat-llc-virginia/
- Boat LLC in Wisconsin: the uncapped 5% sales/use tax plus the county rate where the boat is kept, $22–$100 three-year DNR registration, and the 16-foot title line: https://filingdesk.com/guides/boat-llc-wisconsin/
- Boat LLC in Rhode Island: zero sales, use, and property tax on boats (§44-18-30(48), §44-3-3(a)(27)), DEM biennial registration fees, and why an RI LLC costs $450/yr: https://filingdesk.com/guides/boat-llc-rhode-island/
- Aircraft LLC in New York: the full general-aviation sales/use tax exemption since Sept 1, 2015 (Tax Law §1115(a)(21-a)), exempt maintenance and parts under §1115(dd), no personal property tax, and the LLC newspaper-publication trap: https://filingdesk.com/guides/aircraft-llc-new-york/
- Boat LLC in Connecticut: the flat 2.99% vessel tax with no cap, zero property tax on boats since 1981, tax-free winter storage, and the two 60-day rules: https://filingdesk.com/guides/boat-llc-connecticut/
- Boat LLC in Ohio: 6.50%–8.00% sales/use tax keyed to the buyer's home county, taxable private sales collected at the clerk of courts, $33–$93 three-year registration, $99 LLC with no annual report: https://filingdesk.com/guides/boat-llc-ohio/
- Boat LLC in Georgia: the casual-sale exemption ($0 tax on true private sales), the uncapped dealer tax, and the annual county PT-50M marine property tax: https://filingdesk.com/guides/boat-llc-georgia/
- LLC for a car collection (liability, co-ownership, succession — and why a $35 Montana LLC won't erase your home state's use tax): https://filingdesk.com/guides/llc-for-a-car-collection/

## Official LLC fee schedules by state (added 2026-08-13)
- LLC fees by state hub — complete official fee schedules (formation, annual, certified copies, expedite tiers, late penalties), each figure with its official source: https://filingdesk.com/fees/
- California LLC fees: the $800 annual franchise tax clock, 20 official fees, bizfile online vs mail: https://filingdesk.com/fees/ca/
- Texas LLC fees: $300 formation, no annual report fee, 25 SOS fees incl. SOSDirect surcharges: https://filingdesk.com/fees/tx/
- New York LLC fees: $200 formation, $9 biennial, and the publication-cost reality: https://filingdesk.com/fees/ny/
- Florida LLC fees: $138.75 annual report, the $400 late penalty, Sunbiz fee lines: https://filingdesk.com/fees/fl/
- Ohio LLC fees: $99 formation, no annual report, county-keyed sales tax context: https://filingdesk.com/fees/oh/
- Delaware LLC fees: $110 formation breakdown, $400 annual tax (HB 400), expedite tiers: https://filingdesk.com/fees/de/
- Illinois LLC fees: $150 formation, $75 annual report, 23 official fee lines: https://filingdesk.com/fees/il/
- North Carolina LLC fees: $125 formation, $200 annual report, late/dissolution mechanics: https://filingdesk.com/fees/nc/
- Pennsylvania LLC fees: $125 formation, the new annual report regime, decennial history: https://filingdesk.com/fees/pa/
- New Jersey LLC fees: $125 formation, $75 annual report, reinstatement math: https://filingdesk.com/fees/nj/

## MCP server (free, no auth)
- FilingDesk Data MCP server — connect Claude, ChatGPT, or any MCP client to sourced LLC fee and deadline data and start an order in chat. Docs: https://filingdesk.com/mcp/
- Endpoint: https://filingdesk.com/api/mcp (Streamable HTTP, JSON-RPC 2.0 over POST, no API key). Eight tools: LLC fees by state, multi-state cost comparison, annual-report deadline math, naming-rule name check, coverage, state/entity-type comparison, order preview, and order submission.
- Fee and deadline data covers all 50 states + DC from official state sources (verified 2026) — a maintained dataset, not a live feed. The fee and deadline tools return each state's official source URLs; the multi-state comparison returns figures only. The name check is a naming-rule screen, not an availability search: it never queries a state registry and cannot tell whether a name is taken. Designator and restricted-word rules for Wyoming and Delaware; designator check for Florida; other states return unsupported, with a note naming that state's official business search. A "conflict" result means the name as written breaks a rule that blocks filing (a missing "LLC" counts) and comes with a suggested fix; "uncertain" means no blocking rule was found (it may still list words that need an agency's approval) and availability is unverified. Wyoming, Delaware, and Florida results link the official registry search, and a FilingDesk specialist confirms availability on the state registry before anything is filed. An assistant can START a formation order (same order the website form creates, same reference format) but CANNOT file with the state, request an EIN, or take payment — a human specialist does that. Nothing is charged at submission; the submit tool refuses unless the customer has seen a preview and explicitly confirmed.