The short answer, the exact fee, and the steps to file in New Hampshire.
Forming an LLC in New Hampshire costs $100 up front for the Articles of Organization, a fairly ordinary, middle-of-the-road filing fee. New Hampshire charges a moderate recurring fee that is easy to plan around, and the rest of the process is the same paperwork every state requires: a registered agent, an operating agreement, and a free EIN. New Hampshire has no broad sales tax and does not tax wage income, though it has historically taxed interest and dividend income separately from an LLC's own state filings.
The New Hampshire Secretary of State collects $100 when you file the Articles of Organization. Budget a registered-agent service on top of that if you want a local address on file without using your own; that typically runs a few hundred dollars a year nationally, separate from anything New Hampshire itself charges. On the recurring side, New Hampshire charges a moderate recurring fee that is easy to plan around ($100). Use the LLC cost calculator to see what forming an LLC actually costs you for a New Hampshire LLC.
| Filing document | Articles of Organization |
| State filing fee | $100 |
| Recurring report fee | $100 |
These are the figures New Hampshire itself publishes for LLC formation; confirm the current amount on the New Hampshire Secretary of State site before you file, since state fees change.
By default, New Hampshire taxes an LLC the same way it would tax a sole proprietorship or partnership: profit passes through to your personal return and there is no separate LLC-level tax just for choosing the structure. Some New Hampshire LLC owners later elect S-corp tax treatment once profit is consistently high enough to make the extra payroll paperwork worth it. Run your New Hampshire numbers through the LLC tax calculator and the LLC vs sole proprietor calculator before you estimate your LLC tax bill.
New Hampshire charges $100 to file the Articles of Organization, which is a fairly ordinary, middle-of-the-road filing fee. After that, New Hampshire charges a moderate recurring fee that is easy to plan around; use the LLC cost calculator for your full first-year number.
No. Most people file the Articles of Organization themselves directly with New Hampshire's Secretary of State. A lawyer can help with a custom operating agreement for a New Hampshire LLC or a more complex ownership setup, but New Hampshire does not require one to form the LLC itself.
New Hampshire charges a moderate recurring fee that is easy to plan around, currently $100 on the recurring schedule the state sets, on top of the original filing fee.
Usually not, unless you have a specific reason like New Hampshire's legal system or tax treatment. If your business actually operates somewhere other than New Hampshire, you will likely need to register as a foreign LLC there too, which means paying New Hampshire and that other state instead of just one.
No. By default, a New Hampshire LLC is taxed the same way a sole proprietorship or partnership would be. Any tax savings for a New Hampshire LLC come from electing S-corp status once profit is high enough, which you can check with the LLC tax calculator.
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