Rhode Island Foreign Registration / Cost

What a Rhode Island foreign LLC pays, from registration to cancellation

A foreign LLC pays Rhode Island $150 to register, $50 for each annual report, a minimum tax of $400 each year, and $75 to cancel. Preparing and filing Form 450 through us is $199, billed on its own line away from Rhode Island's charges.

The Rhode Island price list for a registered foreign LLC

Filing or duty	Amount
Application for registration, Form 450	$150
Annual report, each year	$50
Annual report with the late penalty imposed	$75
Minimum tax, each year	$400
Amendment to the application, Form 451	$50
Change of resident agent, Form 642	$20
Change of resident office only	no fee
Certificate of correction, filed on paper	$50
Certificate of cancellation, Form 452	$75
Rhode Island certificate of good standing	$20
Name reservation, held for 120 days	$50

The late annual report figure is the $50 report plus the $25 penalty that applies from June 1.

What other entity types pay first

Type	State fee	Form no.
Business corporation (under 75,000,000 shares)	$310	Form 150
Nonprofit corporation	$50	Form 250
Limited partnership	$100	Form 350
Limited liability partnership	$150	Form 550

Withdrawal costs a corporation $50, a nonprofit $10 and either kind of partnership $50.

How the fees are set

Rhode Island publishes one fee schedule for all business filings. It lists the application for a foreign LLC at $150, the amendment at $50 and the cancellation at $75, and marks several of them as available online. The annual report penalty is fixed by statute at $25 a year for a report more than thirty days late, and the annual report page shows it applied on June 1.

Worked totals

Situation	Rhode Island fees	How it adds up
Register only	$150	$150
Register and file the first annual report	$200	$150 + $50
Register and change the agent	$170	$150 + $20
Register and amend the application	$200	$150 + $50
Register and cancel in the first year	$225	$150 + $75
Register, file one report, cancel	$275	$150 + $50 + $75
Register and file the first report late	$225	$150 + $75
Report and minimum tax in a later year	$450	$400 + $50
Delaware LLC, registration and Delaware tax	$550	$150 + $400
Delaware LLC with its certificate	$200	$150 + $50
Wyoming LLC, registration and Wyoming minimum	$210	$150 + $60

The tax that follows registration

Registering carries a price beyond the Department of State's own fees. Every registered business, whatever its profit status, owes the Division of Taxation a minimum tax of $400 a year, described as $400 or 7 percent of business income, whichever is higher. The tax is not prorated, so a company that registers in December owes the full amount for that year, and the Department says it is owed even when no business was done. Add the annual report and the floor is $450.

Corporations and nonprofits

A foreign corporation pays $310 to register and $50 for each annual report, which is due within 120 days of its fiscal year end. A nonprofit pays $50 and $20 a year. A change of resident agent costs a corporation $20. The Form 150 page covers a corporation's filing.

Cancelling

Cancelling costs $75 for the LLC and is only available to a business that is current with the Department of State. Closing the Division of Taxation accounts and filing the final return are separate steps with no Department of State charge.

What the schedule leaves to you

The Department of State schedule covers only its own filings. The home state charges separately for the certificate, a commercial resident agent charges its own fee, and the Division of Taxation collects the minimum tax of $400 on its own timetable.

What our fee covers

Our charge, $199, pays for turning your answers into Form 450, testing the certificate date against the limit, checking the agent entry and sending the filing. The page on filing alone shows what the same work looks like without us.

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.

Rhode Island cost questions

Is the Rhode Island minimum tax part of registration?

It is separate from the $150 fee and is owed to the Division of Taxation every year.

What does an annual report cost?

$50, or $75 when the penalty has been imposed.

Does a corporation pay the same fee as an LLC?

No. A corporation pays $310.

Can I reserve a name first?

Yes, for $50, held for 120 days.

Fees

Register in Rhode Island

Rhode Island

$199

+ $150 Rhode Island fee

Form 450 for an LLC, drafted from your answers
Your home certificate's date tested before anything is filed
A Rhode Island resident agent, ours or the one you name
The accepted registration sent back to you
Renewal: after the first year, the agent service renews at $149 a year

$150 is Rhode Island's fee for an LLC and shows apart from our charge; other entity types are on their own pages. $199 plus the state fee, including your first year of registered agent service; after that the agent service renews at $149 a year.

Official sources

Starting work in Rhode Island?

Place the order and we plan the certificate date before anything is filed.