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Business formation rules are set by individual states and change regularly. Filing fees, processing times, annual report obligations and franchise taxes differ by state, by entity type, and sometimes by the month you happen to file. We link to the state filing office or the IRS page for the numbers we cite so you can confirm them yourself, and you should, because the authoritative source is always the agency rather than us.

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