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What is the Delaware annual LLC tax?
The flat $400 tax every Delaware LLC pays by 1 June each year, raised from $300 in 2026; Delaware LLCs file no annual report.
Checked against the IRS's instructions and the states' own rules. Reviewed by Saais Patel, compliance reviewer.
Term 25 of 105 in the glossary, filed under D.Delaware Division of Corporations: LLC annual tax instructions
Delaware annual LLC tax, for a founder abroad.
Delaware charges LLCs a flat yearly tax instead of an annual report fee. House Bill 400, signed in May 2026, raised it from $300 to $400, backdated to 1 January 2026. It's due by 1 June for the year before, and Delaware doesn't prorate it: an LLC on the record for any part of a year owes the full amount.
Paying late adds a $200 penalty and 1.5% interest a month on the tax and penalty. After three years unpaid, Delaware cancels the company. Delaware corporations file an annual report and pay franchise tax by 1 March instead. Delaware's annual LLC tax guide covers your first payment and how to pay it.
Sources: Delaware Division of Corporations: LLC annual tax instructions.
Read next · guide · 3 minThe tax and filing calendar for a foreign-owned US companyWhat founders ask next.
- How much is the Delaware LLC tax in 2026?
- $400, raised from $300 by House Bill 400. It's due by 1 June.
- When is my first Delaware LLC tax due?
- By 1 June of the year after you form. An LLC formed in 2026 pays its first tax by 1 June 2027.
- If I form a Delaware LLC in December, do I owe a full year?
- Yes. Delaware doesn't prorate the tax, so any part of a year counts as the whole year.
03 · See also
- Keeping the company in good standingAnnual reportThe yearly filing a state requires to keep a company in good standing: $60 in Wyoming; a Delaware LLC files none and pays a yearly tax instead.Read the term
- Keeping the company in good standingFranchise taxA state's yearly tax on a company for existing or doing business there, nothing to do with franchises; Delaware corporations and Texas companies owe one.Read the term
- Keeping the company in good standingWyoming annual report licence taxWyoming's yearly charge on an LLC: $60, or $0.0002 per dollar of Wyoming assets if more, due on the first day of the month it was formed in.Read the term
- Keeping the company in good standingGood standingThe status of a company that has filed and paid everything its state requires; lost by missing a report or tax, and proved by a certificate.Read the term
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