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How to Form an LLC in Connecticut
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This Quick Start Guide is a brief overview of how to form an LLC in Connecticut.
Detailed Lessons:
5. EIN Number
6. Annual Report
7. Business Licenses and Permits
8. Taxes
Connecticut LLC costs:
Connecticut state fee: $120 (one-time fee)
Annual report: $20 (every year)
Need help?
Hire a company to form your Connecticut LLC:
Northwest ($39 + state fee) or LegalZoom ($149 + state fee)
(check out Northwest vs LegalZoom)
Connecticut LLC formation
A Connecticut Limited Liability Company (LLC) is a legal structure used to protect your personal assets (home, car, bank account) in the event your business is sued.
An LLC can be used to operate a business, or an LLC can be used to hold assets (such as real estate, vehicles, boats, or aircraft).
How to form an LLC in Connecticut:
- Search your Connecticut LLC name in the state’s database
- Choose who will be your LLC’s Connecticut Registered Agent
- File your LLC Certificate of Organization and pay the state’s $120 LLC filing fee
- if you file online, LLC approval takes 2-3 days
- if you file by mail, LLC approval takes 1-4 weeks
After your Connecticut LLC is approved:
- Complete and sign your LLC’s Operating Agreement
- Get a Federal Tax ID Number (also known as an EIN) from the IRS
- Make sure to file your LLC’s Annual Report every year to keep your LLC in good standing with the Connecticut Secretary of State
We’ve created a free DIY course that will walk you through forming your Connecticut LLC, step-by-step.
You can find the detailed lessons linked at the top of this page.
Northwest ($39 + state fee) or LegalZoom ($149 + state fee)
(check out Northwest vs LegalZoom)
6 Comments
HI MATT
YESTERDAY I WENT THROUGH THE PROCESS OF SETTING UP A PLLC USING YOUR GUIDANCE. IT SEEMED TO GO THROUGH, ATLEAST I GOT AN EMAIL INDICATING SUCH. TODAY I TRIED TO FIND MY INFO ON LINE AND IT APPEARS TO HAVE VANISHED. I’M GOING TO START OVER, FRUSTRATED.
Hi Deb, if the filing went through and you got an email confirmation, then the LLC went into existence. I would not file again.
Hello Matt,
Thanks for the great job explaining the LLC instructions and formation.
My question is are you do the same with Non Profit Organization, or if you know any link you can direct or send to me please.
Best Regards,
Gilbert
Thanks Gilbert! We don’t have instructions/informations on Non-Profit Corporations, but reach out to Harbor Compliance. They should be able to help.
i’m looking at getting into LLC’s for rental property. i would like to use the street address as the name of the LLC, but i can’t form the name before i purchase property which i don’t know if i would even be able to without forming a LLC first and applying for loans through the LLC. any thoughts?
Hi John, if the contract is assignable, you, as buyer, can be “John Doe and/or assigns”. Once you find the property and have an agreement of sale in place, you’d form the LLC (since you have the address now). Then you’d assign the contract to your LLC. Ask the lender if they can work with something like that. Title company, too. Hope that helps.