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Federal sources
Internal Revenue Service · Official agency · Reviewed March 31, 2026
Used for: Additional Medicare thresholds and filing-instruction context · Reviewed tax years: 2026, 2025 · Source language: en
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Social Security Administration · Official agency · Reviewed March 31, 2026
Used for: Self-employment tax rates, thresholds, and wage-base parameters · Reviewed tax years: 2026 · Source language: en
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Social Security Administration · Official agency · Reviewed March 29, 2026
Used for: Self-employment tax rates, thresholds, and wage-base parameters · Reviewed tax years: 2025 · Source language: en
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Internal Revenue Service · Official instructions · Reviewed March 31, 2026
Used for: Schedule SE threshold and filing-instruction context · Reviewed tax years: 2026 · Source language: en
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Internal Revenue Service · Official instructions · Reviewed March 29, 2026
Used for: Schedule SE threshold and filing-instruction context · Reviewed tax years: 2025 · Source language: en
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Internal Revenue Service · Official agency · Reviewed March 31, 2026
Used for: Estimated-tax safe-harbor and withholding guidance · Reviewed tax years: 2026, 2025 · Source language: en
Internal Revenue Service · Official instructions · Reviewed March 31, 2026
Used for: Quarterly due dates and installment timing · Reviewed tax years: 2026 · Source language: en
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Internal Revenue Service · Official instructions · Reviewed March 29, 2026
Used for: Quarterly due dates and installment timing · Reviewed tax years: 2025 · Source language: en
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Internal Revenue Service · Official agency · Reviewed March 31, 2026
Used for: S-Corp election context and related federal treatment reference · Reviewed tax years: 2026, 2025 · Source language: en
Internal Revenue Service · Official agency · Reviewed March 31, 2026
Used for: Federal payroll and self-employment comparison inputs · Reviewed tax years: 2026 · Source language: en
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Internal Revenue Service · Official agency · Reviewed March 31, 2026
Used for: Additional Medicare thresholds and filing-instruction context · Reviewed tax years: 2026, 2025 · Source language: en
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Social Security Administration · Official agency · Reviewed March 31, 2026
Used for: Self-employment tax rates, thresholds, and wage-base parameters · Reviewed tax years: 2026 · Source language: en
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Internal Revenue Service · Official agency · Reviewed March 29, 2026
Used for: Federal payroll and self-employment comparison inputs · Reviewed tax years: 2025 · Source language: en
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Social Security Administration · Official agency · Reviewed March 29, 2026
Used for: Self-employment tax rates, thresholds, and wage-base parameters · Reviewed tax years: 2025 · Source language: en
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Internal Revenue Service · Official instructions · Reviewed March 31, 2026
Used for: Schedule SE threshold and filing-instruction context · Reviewed tax years: 2026 · Source language: en
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Internal Revenue Service · Official instructions · Reviewed March 29, 2026
Used for: Schedule SE threshold and filing-instruction context · Reviewed tax years: 2025 · Source language: en
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Internal Revenue Service · Official agency · Reviewed March 31, 2026
Used for: Federal payroll and self-employment comparison inputs · Reviewed tax years: 2026 · Source language: en
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Social Security Administration · Official agency · Reviewed March 31, 2026
Used for: Self-employment tax rates, thresholds, and wage-base parameters · Reviewed tax years: 2026 · Source language: en
Internal Revenue Service · Official agency · Reviewed March 29, 2026
Used for: Federal payroll and self-employment comparison inputs · Reviewed tax years: 2025 · Source language: en
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Internal Revenue Service · Official instructions · Reviewed March 31, 2026
Used for: Quarterly due dates and installment timing · Reviewed tax years: 2026 · Source language: en
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Internal Revenue Service · Official instructions · Reviewed March 29, 2026
Used for: Quarterly due dates and installment timing · Reviewed tax years: 2025 · Source language: en
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Internal Revenue Service · Official instructions · Reviewed March 29, 2026
Used for: Schedule SE threshold and filing-instruction context · Reviewed tax years: 2025 · Source language: en
State sources
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California Franchise Tax Board · Official agency · Reviewed March 29, 2026
Used for: State formation fees and fixed first-year filing rules · Reviewed tax years: 2026 · Source language: en
California Franchise Tax Board guidance is used to confirm ongoing LLC tax and fee boundaries that stay outside the fixed first-year total.
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California Secretary of State · Official agency · Reviewed March 29, 2026
Used for: State cadence, annual report, and maintenance rules · Reviewed tax years: 2026 · Source language: en
The California welcome letter is used to verify Statement of Information timing after formation.
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California Secretary of State · Official agency · Reviewed March 29, 2026
Used for: State formation fees and fixed first-year filing rules · Reviewed tax years: 2026 · Source language: en
California Secretary of State forms are used to confirm formation filing requirements and filing-fee handling.
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Delaware Division of Corporations · Official agency · Reviewed March 29, 2026
Used for: State formation fees and fixed first-year filing rules · Reviewed tax years: 2026 · Source language: en
Delaware fee schedules are used to confirm the state filing fee and current filing table.
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Delaware Division of Corporations · Official agency · Reviewed March 29, 2026
Used for: State formation fees and fixed first-year filing rules · Reviewed tax years: 2026 · Source language: en
Delaware formation guidance is used to confirm certificate filing requirements.
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Delaware Division of Revenue · Official agency · Reviewed March 29, 2026
Used for: State cadence, annual report, and maintenance rules · Reviewed tax years: 2026 · Source language: en
Delaware franchise-tax guidance is used to keep the annual tax outside the fixed first-year total while preserving the rule in notes.
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Florida Department of Revenue · Official agency · Reviewed March 29, 2026
Used for: State formation fees and fixed first-year filing rules · Reviewed tax years: 2026 · Source language: en
Florida tax guidance is used only for scope notes, not to add corporate-income tax to the fixed LLC total.
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Florida Department of State · Official agency · Reviewed March 29, 2026
Used for: State cadence, annual report, and maintenance rules · Reviewed tax years: 2026 · Source language: en
Florida annual-report guidance is used to confirm the yearly report cycle and related fee timing.
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Florida Department of State · Official agency · Reviewed March 29, 2026
Used for: State formation fees and fixed first-year filing rules · Reviewed tax years: 2026 · Source language: en
Florida formation guidance is used to confirm the LLC filing requirement and filing path.
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Florida Department of State · Official agency · Reviewed March 29, 2026
Used for: State formation fees and fixed first-year filing rules · Reviewed tax years: 2026 · Source language: en
Florida fee schedules are used to confirm filing and annual report fee amounts.
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New York Department of State · Official agency · Reviewed March 29, 2026
Used for: State formation fees and fixed first-year filing rules · Reviewed tax years: 2026 · Source language: en
New York fee schedules are used to confirm filing-fee amounts.
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New York Department of State · Official agency · Reviewed March 29, 2026
Used for: State formation fees and fixed first-year filing rules · Reviewed tax years: 2026 · Source language: en
New York formation guidance is used to confirm filing requirements and publication handling context.
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New York Department of State · Official agency · Reviewed March 29, 2026
Used for: State cadence, annual report, and maintenance rules · Reviewed tax years: 2026 · Source language: en
New York publication guidance is used to keep county-dependent publication costs outside the fixed total while preserving the requirement in notes.
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New York State Department of Taxation and Finance · Official agency · Reviewed March 29, 2026
Used for: State formation fees and fixed first-year filing rules · Reviewed tax years: 2026 · Source language: en
New York annual-fee guidance is used to keep the later annual fee outside the fixed first-year total while preserving the rule in notes.
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Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts · Official agency · Reviewed March 29, 2026
Used for: State cadence, annual report, and maintenance rules · Reviewed tax years: 2026 · Source language: en
Texas Public Information Report guidance is used to confirm cadence and maintenance timing.
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Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts · Official agency · Reviewed March 29, 2026
Used for: State formation fees and fixed first-year filing rules · Reviewed tax years: 2026 · Source language: en
Texas franchise-tax guidance is used to keep revenue-based tax rules outside the fixed first-year total while preserving the rule in notes.
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Texas Secretary of State · Official agency · Reviewed March 29, 2026
Used for: State formation fees and fixed first-year filing rules · Reviewed tax years: 2026 · Source language: en
Texas Form 205 is used to confirm certificate-of-formation filing requirements.
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Texas Secretary of State · Official agency · Reviewed March 29, 2026
Used for: State formation fees and fixed first-year filing rules · Reviewed tax years: 2026 · Source language: en
Texas Form 205 instructions are used to confirm filing steps and related formation guidance.
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California Franchise Tax Board · Official agency · Reviewed March 29, 2026
Used for: State formation fees and fixed first-year filing rules · Reviewed tax years: 2026 · Source language: en
California Franchise Tax Board guidance is used to confirm ongoing LLC tax and fee boundaries that stay outside the fixed first-year total.
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California Secretary of State · Official agency · Reviewed March 29, 2026
Used for: State cadence, annual report, and maintenance rules · Reviewed tax years: 2026 · Source language: en
The California welcome letter is used to verify Statement of Information timing after formation.
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California Secretary of State · Official agency · Reviewed March 29, 2026
Used for: State formation fees and fixed first-year filing rules · Reviewed tax years: 2026 · Source language: en
California Secretary of State forms are used to confirm formation filing requirements and filing-fee handling.
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Florida Department of Revenue · Official agency · Reviewed March 29, 2026
Used for: State formation fees and fixed first-year filing rules · Reviewed tax years: 2026 · Source language: en
Florida tax guidance is used only for scope notes, not to add corporate-income tax to the fixed LLC total.
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Florida Department of State · Official agency · Reviewed March 29, 2026
Used for: State cadence, annual report, and maintenance rules · Reviewed tax years: 2026 · Source language: en
Florida annual-report guidance is used to confirm the yearly report cycle and related fee timing.
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Florida Department of State · Official agency · Reviewed March 29, 2026
Used for: State formation fees and fixed first-year filing rules · Reviewed tax years: 2026 · Source language: en
Florida formation guidance is used to confirm the LLC filing requirement and filing path.
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Florida Department of State · Official agency · Reviewed March 29, 2026
Used for: State formation fees and fixed first-year filing rules · Reviewed tax years: 2026 · Source language: en
Florida fee schedules are used to confirm filing and annual report fee amounts.
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Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts · Official agency · Reviewed March 29, 2026
Used for: State cadence, annual report, and maintenance rules · Reviewed tax years: 2026 · Source language: en
Texas Public Information Report guidance is used to confirm cadence and maintenance timing.
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Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts · Official agency · Reviewed March 29, 2026
Used for: State formation fees and fixed first-year filing rules · Reviewed tax years: 2026 · Source language: en
Texas franchise-tax guidance is used to keep revenue-based tax rules outside the fixed first-year total while preserving the rule in notes.
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Texas Secretary of State · Official agency · Reviewed March 29, 2026
Used for: State formation fees and fixed first-year filing rules · Reviewed tax years: 2026 · Source language: en
Texas Form 205 is used to confirm certificate-of-formation filing requirements.
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Texas Secretary of State · Official agency · Reviewed March 29, 2026
Used for: State formation fees and fixed first-year filing rules · Reviewed tax years: 2026 · Source language: en
Texas Form 205 instructions are used to confirm filing steps and related formation guidance.
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New York Department of State · Official agency · Reviewed March 29, 2026
Used for: State formation fees and fixed first-year filing rules · Reviewed tax years: 2026 · Source language: en
New York fee schedules are used to confirm filing-fee amounts.
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New York Department of State · Official agency · Reviewed March 29, 2026
Used for: State formation fees and fixed first-year filing rules · Reviewed tax years: 2026 · Source language: en
New York formation guidance is used to confirm filing requirements and publication handling context.
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New York Department of State · Official agency · Reviewed March 29, 2026
Used for: State cadence, annual report, and maintenance rules · Reviewed tax years: 2026 · Source language: en
New York publication guidance is used to keep county-dependent publication costs outside the fixed total while preserving the requirement in notes.
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New York State Department of Taxation and Finance · Official agency · Reviewed March 29, 2026
Used for: State formation fees and fixed first-year filing rules · Reviewed tax years: 2026 · Source language: en
New York annual-fee guidance is used to keep the later annual fee outside the fixed first-year total while preserving the rule in notes.
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Delaware Division of Corporations · Official agency · Reviewed March 29, 2026
Used for: State formation fees and fixed first-year filing rules · Reviewed tax years: 2026 · Source language: en
Delaware fee schedules are used to confirm the state filing fee and current filing table.
Also used on
Delaware Division of Corporations · Official agency · Reviewed March 29, 2026
Used for: State formation fees and fixed first-year filing rules · Reviewed tax years: 2026 · Source language: en
Delaware formation guidance is used to confirm certificate filing requirements.
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Delaware Division of Revenue · Official agency · Reviewed March 29, 2026
Used for: State cadence, annual report, and maintenance rules · Reviewed tax years: 2026 · Source language: en
Delaware franchise-tax guidance is used to keep the annual tax outside the fixed first-year total while preserving the rule in notes.
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