Closing Down

Articles of dissolution, winding up in the right order, final federal and state returns, closing an EIN, and how long the records have to live.

Closing Down August 30, 2026 Final Tax Return for LLC After Dissolution The state accepted your dissolution. The IRS has not heard. Which return boxes to check, why the EIN letter has two addresses, and how long the files stay. 10 min read
Closing Down August 19, 2026 Closing an LLC: Winding Up, Then Dissolution Articles of dissolution are the last form you file, not the first thing you do. Winding up in the wrong order can cost more than the filing fee. 10 min read

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For eight years Alden Deel ran the back office of a five-person design studio: annual reports in four states, registered agent renewals, city license bills, and — twice — the reinstatement paperwork after a filing slipped past its deadline. He is not an attorney and not an accountant. Each guide here describes the mechanism a filing follows and then sends you to your own state's agency page for the form, the fee, and the date, because those three change and the mechanism mostly does not.

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