How much does an LLC cost in Arkansas?
$45.00 to file, paid to the Arkansas Secretary of State, Business and Commercial Services. Then $150.00 every year to stay in good standing.
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What you pay, and when
| To form it | $45.00, once. $45.00 online, $50.00 on paper. The saving reverses on the yearly report below, where online costs $5.00 more — so it is worth checking which way round you are each time. |
| Every year after | $150.00. Arkansas calls it the Annual LLC Franchise Tax Report and it is $150 flat, due on or before May 1 for the year that ended the December before. Filing online adds a $5.00 processing fee, so paper is the cheaper route on this one. There are no extensions — the state removed them in 1991 and says so on the form. |
| If you miss it | $25 added the day after May 1, plus interest at 0.0274% a day on the tax and the penalty together. Keep not paying and the state can revoke your authority to do business — and until the tax is paid, Business and Commercial Services will not accept any other filing from you. |
| Registered agent | Required. You can be your own if you have a street address in Arkansas and do not mind it being public. |
Do it yourself
You file this directly with the state. There is nobody in the middle who has to be paid to do it, and nothing on this page is a Base888 charge — the fees above are paid to Arkansas.
File with Arkansas Secretary of State, Business and Commercial Services
Check the name is free first: www.sos.arkansas.gov