How to dissolve an LLC in Florida

What does it cost to dissolve an LLC in Florida?

Florida is one of the cheapest and simplest states in which to close an LLC. The Florida Division of Corporations charges a flat $25 to file Articles of Dissolution through the Sunbiz portal, and that is the entire state cost. There is no tax-clearance fee, no franchise tax on the LLC, and no state income tax on the members' pass-through income, Florida simply does not levy the charges that make other states expensive to leave.

Because there is no recurring franchise or minimum tax on a Florida LLC, the pressure to dissolve quickly is lower than in California or Delaware. The main annual obligation is Florida's annual report, and if that lapses the state will administratively dissolve the LLC, but a voluntary dissolution on your own timing is cleaner and keeps your record tidy.

Fees change; we confirm the current figure on Sunbiz before filing. Compare states on the main dissolution guide.

How do you dissolve an LLC in Florida, step by step?

With no tax-clearance gate, a Florida dissolution is close to the textbook sequence. The step people most often forget is closing a Department of Revenue account when the LLC collected sales tax.

1. Vote to dissolve and record it. Approve dissolution as your operating agreement requires and keep a written record of the decision.
2. Wind up the business. Notify known creditors, settle or set aside money for debts, collect receivables, and distribute anything left to members. Handle debts before distributions.
3. File Articles of Dissolution on Sunbiz. Submit to the Florida Division of Corporations and pay the $25 fee. This ends the entity, see the Florida Articles of Dissolution page for the field-by-field walkthrough.
4. Close Department of Revenue accounts. If the LLC held a sales-and-use-tax certificate or reemployment-tax account, file the final returns and close them with the Florida Department of Revenue.
5. Close the IRS account. File final federal returns and close the IRS business account behind your EIN.
6. Cancel everything else. Local business tax receipts (occupational licenses), fictitious-name (DBA) registrations, and any out-of-state registrations.

Which form do you file in Florida?

For an LLC, the state document is Articles of Dissolutionfiled with the Florida Department of State, Division of Corporations through the Sunbiz online portal. It is a short filing that identifies the LLC by name and document number, states that the LLC is dissolved, and sets an effective date.

• LLC: Articles of Dissolution, the single, complete state filing to close the company.
• Profit corporation: Articles of Dissolution for a corporation, same name, but a different statutory form, and a C-corporation also files a final Florida corporate income tax return (Form F-1120).

Florida uses the same familiar term other states use, so if you have read the general articles of dissolution explainer, the Florida version is the concrete, $25 Sunbiz application of it.

Does Florida require tax clearance first?

No, and this is Florida's biggest advantage for anyone closing a company. There is no tax-clearance certificate required to dissolve a Florida LLC. Florida has no personal income tax, so there is no state return on the LLC's pass-through income to reconcile and no clearance letter to wait on before filing.

That does not mean there is zero tax housekeeping. A C-corporation files a final F-1120, and any entity that collected Florida sales tax or paid reemployment tax closes those Department of Revenue accounts separately. But none of that gates the dissolution filing itself, you can file the Articles of Dissolution on Sunbiz independently of the Department of Revenue.

How long does it take in Florida?

Florida is quick. Preparing the Articles of Dissolution takes a day or two, and Sunbiz online filings are generally processed within a few business days. Florida does not run a formal paid-expedite tier for standard online dissolutions the way some states do, largely because the base turnaround is already short. The Department of Revenue side (closing a sales-tax account) runs on its own schedule.

Confirm the current Sunbiz processing time before relying on a date, volumes shift through the year.

What about your EIN and final taxes?

The Sunbiz filing closes the Florida entity and nothing more. The IRS does not cancel an EIN, the number is permanent and never reassigned, so the federal step is to close the IRS business account behind it. The IRS will not close that account while final returns are outstanding, and Florida gives the IRS no notice of the dissolution.

Because Florida imposes no income tax on the LLC, the “final returns” that matter most are federal, plus closing any Department of Revenue sales-tax account. Getting those marked final and closed is what fully ends the filing cycle.

What if you never used the Florida LLC?

A Florida LLC that was formed and never traded still needs Articles of Dissolution filed to close it cleanly, but Florida makes this painless. With no franchise or income tax on the LLC, there is no accrued tax to clear, so the whole job is often just the $25 filing and, if applicable, closing an unused sales-tax account.

If the LLC never obtained an EIN, a state-only dissolution is usually the complete job. If it did get an EIN, that IRS account still has to be closed even though the business never ran. A specialist can confirm which applies before you pay for anything you don't need.

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