Every Vermont fee for a foreign LLC, itemized

Vermont takes $155 from a foreign LLC for the application and $170 for each yearly report that follows. Our own charge, $199, is shown as a separate line at checkout.

Vermont's fee by entity type

Entity	To apply	Each year
Limited liability company	$155	$170 annual report
Business corporation	$155	$250 annual report
Nonprofit corporation	$175	Biennial report: $35 when someone was paid
Limited partnership	$155	Quoted when you order

The LLC fee is flat: members, revenue and home state do not move it.

Other Vermont filings and what they cost

Filing	State fee
Application for certificate of authority, foreign LLC	$155
Amended certificate of authority, LLC	$35
Statement of change (agent or designated office), LLC	$35
Statement of resignation of agent	No fee
Reserved name, LLC	$25
Certificate of cancellation, LLC	$25
Reinstatement, LLC	$35
Amended certificate, corporation	$50
Certificate of withdrawal, corporation	$25
Certificate of withdrawal, nonprofit	$10

An agent's resignation is filed at no charge.

Worked totals for a foreign LLC

Scenario	Total	Sum
Apply, with a Delaware certificate	$205	$155 + $50
Apply, with a Wyoming certificate	$155	$155 + $0
Delaware LLC through its first Vermont report	$375	$155 + $50 + $170
Wyoming LLC through its first Vermont report	$325	$155 + $0 + $170
Delaware LLC: the same, plus Delaware's tax	$775	$375 + $400
Wyoming LLC: the same, plus Wyoming's minimum	$385	$325 + $60
Apply, then change the agent	$190	$155 + $35
Apply, then cancel	$180	$155 + $25
Corporation through its first Vermont report, before its home paper	$405	$155 + $250

The LLC totals include the home certificate. Our own fee is a separate line at checkout.

The certificate is bought from your home state

Vermont does not sell the home paper. Delaware prices a certificate at $50 and Wyoming at $0. Vermont turns away a certificate older than 90 days when the application goes in, and replacing one costs the home state's price again.

The yearly report outweighs the application

The report costs $170, more than the $155 application, and it recurs. It falls due within 3 months after the fiscal year ends. A company that plans a Vermont presence of several years should budget for it from the start.

What waiting adds

A company that works in Vermont before it registers owes $50 for each day: $1,500 for thirty days and $3,000 for sixty. The $10,000 yearly ceiling is reached at 200 days. Fees due for the period come on top, so waiting does not save the application fee.

Name filings

Reserving a name costs $25. If the company's own name is unavailable in Vermont, the application names an alternate one and no separate filing is needed.

Online filing carries no surcharge

The Secretary of State charges nothing extra for registering online, the route it prefers. A mailed application costs the same $155.

What our fee covers

Our charge, $199, pays for gathering the company details, timing the home certificate, drafting the application and filing it. The do-it-yourself page shows the route for owners who would rather file alone.

A five-year view

Over five years an LLC pays Vermont $1,005: $155 to apply and $170 for each of five reports, before any home certificate. A corporation pays $1,405 on the same plan, because its report is $250. The five reports alone come to $850 for an LLC.

What operating first adds to the budget

A company that registers after working in Vermont adds the penalty to the application. After thirty days that is $1,655 to the state in all, after sixty days $3,155, and once the yearly ceiling is reached $10,155. Fees due for the period are extra in each case.

Costs we do not control

Three items come from elsewhere: the home certificate (set by the home state), the annual report (set by Vermont) and any agent charge if you hire an outside agent. We list each next to our own fee so the total is plain before you pay.

Registered agent: first year included, then $149 a year

$199 plus the state fee, including your first year of registered agent service; after that the agent service renews at $149 a year.

Fee questions

Does Vermont price an LLC by its members?

No. Every foreign LLC pays $155.

What recurs every year?

The annual report, $170.

What does a corporation pay?

$155 to apply and $250 for each annual report.

What does working in Vermont first cost?

$50 a day, to $10,000 a year.

How does checkout present Vermont's fee?

As a line of its own, separate from ours.

What you pay

Register in Vermont

Your Vermont application, drafted from a short questionnaire
Your home certificate, ordered so its date is still good on filing day
A Vermont agent for service of process, from us or of your own choosing
The certificate of authority Vermont issues, sent on to you
Renewal: after the first year, the agent service renews at $149 a year

Vermont

$199

+ $155 Vermont fee

$155 is Vermont's fee for an LLC. Other entity types pay different amounts; the cost page lists them. $199 plus the state fee, including your first year of registered agent service; after that the agent service renews at $149 a year.

Sources

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