Dissolving a company in Louisiana
The state-level facts for closing an LLC or corporation in Louisiana: the dissolution filing, its fee, whether tax clearance comes first, and the tax obligations that keep accruing until the filing is accepted. Every fact links to the official government source it was read from.
Louisiana LLC
- Dissolution filing
- Affidavit to Dissolve (limited liability company) (SS368 (Form 368)) — filed with the Louisiana Secretary of State, Commercial Division. (official source)
- Filing fee
- $100 (official source)
- Tax clearance before filing
- Not required before the dissolution filing. (official source)
- Annual report (the corporation franchise tax is repealed for periods beginning on or after January 1, 2026)
- Keep the $30 Secretary of State annual report current until the dissolution is filed. (official source)
- Final state return
- File any required final Louisiana returns with the Department of Revenue; LDR instructs closed businesses to notify it promptly, file final tax returns, and request closure of applicable tax accounts (fastest through LaTAP). (official source)
Worth knowing
- Filing fees increase on October 1, 2026 under Act 921 of the 2026 Regular Session: the LLC Affidavit to Dissolve goes from $100 to $125 and a foreign LLC withdrawal from $150 to $185.
- The affidavit dissolution route is only available when the LLC is no longer doing business, owes no debts, and owns no immovable property; it must be notarized, and the Secretary of State returns a Certificate of Dissolution.
- Business owners in 14 parishes (including East Baton Rouge, Jefferson, Orleans, and St. Tammany) are required to file all available business documents online through geauxBIZ.
- Expedited handling is a flat add-on for any filing: $30 for 24-hour processing or $50 for 2-4 hour priority processing; credit-card payments carry a $5 statutory convenience fee.
- The same withdrawal form (SS338) covers foreign corporations and foreign LLCs but the fee differs: $125 for a corporation, $150 for an LLC.
Louisiana corporation
- Dissolution filing
- Simplified Articles of Termination (business corporation) (SS1441 (Form 1441)) — filed with the Louisiana Secretary of State, Commercial Division. (official source)
- Filing fee
- $75 (official source)
- Tax clearance before filing
- Not required before the dissolution filing. (official source)
- Corporation franchise tax (repealed) and annual report
- The Louisiana corporation franchise tax is repealed for franchise tax periods beginning on or after January 1, 2026; file any outstanding prior-period corporation income and franchise tax returns with LDR, and keep the $30 Secretary of State annual report current until termination. (official source)
- Final state return
- File the final Louisiana corporation income tax return (and any prior-period franchise tax returns) with the Department of Revenue; LDR instructs closed businesses to notify it promptly, file final returns, and request closure of applicable tax accounts (fastest through LaTAP). (official source)
Worth knowing
- The simplified termination is only available when no corporate debt remains unpaid and the corporation owns no immovable property — either before shares were issued (majority of directors authorize) or after winding up with net assets distributed and unanimous written shareholder consent; corporations that do not qualify use the long-form dissolution-and-termination path (each such filing is $75, rising to $95 on October 1, 2026).
- The Secretary of State's online fee-schedule page lists Form 1441 at $25, but the current official form (rev. 01/24) instructs enclosing a $75 filing fee; the form's figure is used here and matches the scheduled increase to $95.
- Filing fees increase on October 1, 2026 under Act 921 of the 2026 Regular Session: Simplified Articles of Termination go from $75 to $95 and a foreign corporation withdrawal from $125 to $155.
- The corporation franchise tax is repealed only for periods beginning on or after January 1, 2026 — corporations can still owe returns and tax for earlier periods.
- Business owners in 14 parishes (including East Baton Rouge, Jefferson, Orleans, and St. Tammany) are required to file all available business documents online through geauxBIZ; the filing must be notarized, and the Secretary of State returns a Certificate of Termination.
Closing a company is more than the state filing — payroll accounts, sales-tax permits, franchise-tax finals, federal returns, and creditor notices all have their own order and deadlines. A Winddown runbook sequences all of it for your specific company, with drafted consents and creditor notices included.
Sourced from the official pages linked above; facts we could not verify against an official source are shown as links rather than numbers. Requirements and fees change — the linked pages are authoritative. General information, not legal or tax advice.