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Setup: Online filings return an email filing acknowledgement within minutes, per the Department of State; paper filings have no stated time. Expedited handling is 24 hours ($25), same day ($75) or 2 hours ($150).Remote setup possibleOfficial site

New York Department of State registers LLCs for $200 and corporations for $125; every new LLC must also publish a notice in two newspapers and file a $50 certificate of publication.

State filing fees

Fees as published by the state. A formation service and a registered agent cost extra.

LLC · Articles of OrganizationIncludes: State filing fee for the Articles of Organization, online, by mail or in person.Not included: Certificate of Publication filing fee, $50 (required state fee, listed under extra fees). Newspaper charges for publishing a notice for six weeks in two county-designated newspapers (set by the newspapers; no figure found). Annual filing fee to the Tax Department, from $25, with Form IT-204-LL. Optional expedite: 24-hour $25, same-day $75, 2-hour $150. No registered agent is required.
200 USDOfficial
Corporation · Certificate of Incorporation (business corporation)Includes: State filing fee for the Certificate of Incorporation of a domestic business corporation.Not included: First biennial statement ($9, state fee) is due two years after filing. Franchise tax to the Tax Department applies from the first year. Optional expedite: 24-hour $25, same-day $75, 2-hour $150. No registered agent is required.
125 USDOfficial

Other state fees

Certificate of Publication filing (LLC, due within 120 days of formation)
50 USDOfficial

Each year

LLCAnnual LLC filing fee to the NY Tax Department on Form IT-204-LL: $25 for a disregarded LLC with New York income or an LLC with no New York source income, rising to $4,500 by New York source gross income. Due the 15th day of the 3rd month after the tax year ends. A separate $9 Biennial Statement is filed with the Department of State every two years.
25 USD a yearOfficial
CorporationFranchise tax is the highest of the business income, capital and fixed dollar minimum bases; the fixed dollar minimum is $25 for New York receipts up to $100,000 and rises with receipts to $200,000. A separate $9 Biennial Statement is filed every two years.
25 USD a yearOfficial

The company

Registered agent. No. A New York LLC or corporation designates the Secretary of State as its agent for service of process and gives a mailing address for it; a registered agent is optional.

Owner privacy. The LLC Articles of Organization ask for the name, county, the Secretary of State as agent with a process address, and the organizer's signature, not member or manager names.

State taxes and fees. Corporations pay franchise tax on the highest of business income (6.5%, or 7.25% above $5,000,000), capital, or a fixed dollar minimum of $25 to $200,000 by New York receipts. LLCs pay an annual filing fee of $25 to $4,500 by New York source gross income.

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  • New York LLCs must publish a notice once a week for six weeks in two county-designated newspapers within 120 days or their authority to do business is suspended; the newspaper charges are not on any state fee schedule and were not found.
  • The Department of State fee schedule is marked 'Rev. 3/16' on the page; $200 and $125 are also stated on the current Department of State filing pages.
  • The $25 LLC annual filing fee is the minimum; it depends on New York source gross income and applies to LLCs with no New York income too.
  • New York has a personal income tax and corporate franchise tax, so no-state-income-tax does not apply.

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Read on 2 Oct 2026.