Maintaining a California Business

So you’ve formed your California business. Now what? Besides getting down to actual business, you’ll need to do a few things to maintain your good standing with the California Secretary of State and other agencies.

In California, business maintenance starts almost immediately. Within 90 days of forming a corporation or LLC, you must file an Initial Statement of Information with the California Secretary of State. After that, you have to file a Statement of Information every year (for California corporations) or every other year (for California LLCs). It costs $20 to the file the California Statement of Information.

When you hire us to serve as your California registered agent or form your California business, we send compliance reminders as part of our service to help keep you on track. Plus, when the time comes, we’ll submit your annual or biennial Statement of Information for ZERO upfront fees. You should focus on running your business, not filing paperwork. If you’d rather file yourself, you can easily cancel compliance service inside your client account.

While maintaining your California business, there are other issues that are bound to come up. Here are some of our free guides to keeping your California business compliant and in good standing.

 

California Business Entity Conversion
California Business Statement of Information
California Shares of Stock
California LLC Tax