Every official charge for forming an LLC in Rhode Island in 2026: the filing fee, the other mandatory state costs, the documents you need, and the filing office's own contact details — taken from the state's published sources, not from a filing service.
| Charge | Amount |
|---|---|
| Filing fee — Articles of Organization | $150 |
| Minimum annual tax (RI Division of Taxation) | $400 |
| First-year minimum total | $550 |
The total is the cheapest filing channel plus the fixed mandatory charges that fall due in year one. Variable charges are listed at “No fixed fee” and are not folded into the total.
| Standard filing | $150 |
Official RI Department of State Business Basics chart states the LLC Articles of Organization filing fee is $150. The SOS foreign-entity register page likewise lists a $150 initial filing fee for a foreign LLC, so domestic and foreign LLC formation/registration are both $150. No distinct online/paper statutory amounts are published.
File through the official portal above — third-party filing services charge extra for the same filing.
Articles of Organization: Form 400, filed with the RI Department of State, Business Services Division, under R.I. Gen. Laws Chapter 7-16. Official SOS Business Basics chart: 'Complete an initial application for Articles of Organization, a filing fee of $150'.
Once the LLC is formed, these pages work out what it keeps: Rhode Island Tax Brackets · Rhode Island Income Tax Calculator · Rhode Island Paycheck Calculator.
Rhode Island requires a annual report — fee $50.
File between February 1 and May 1 each year, beginning in the calendar year following the year of formation/registration; reports filed after May 31 incur a late fee
Official SOS reminder (Feb 2026): 'Limited Liability Companies... are required to file an annual report starting the calendar year after they register... The fee to file an annual report directly with the RI Department of State is $50 for a business entity... The annual report filing period is February 1 – May 1. After May 31, entities filing their annual reports late will incur a late fee.' Business Basics chart confirms: 'one year after the initial filing you will need to submit an annual report yearly for $50 per year'. Annual report is Form 632 per RI Gen. Laws § 7-16-66 (statute reference from secondary summaries; fee/window verified on sos.ri.gov).
Rhode Island's first-year minimum of $550 sits in the full ranking of all 51 jurisdictions — the cheapest first year is Montana at $35 and the most expensive is California at $870.
Official sources — fees verified 3 November 2026:
https://www.sos.ri.gov/divisions/business-services/business-basics/your-structure/
https://www.sos.ri.gov/divisions/business-services/foreign-business/business-basics/costs-and-fees
Forming an LLC in Rhode Island? This page lists every official state charge for 2026 — filing fee, mandatory extras, the annual report and the documents — with the filing office's own phone, website and portal.
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Every official charge for forming and keeping an LLC in Rhode Island in 2026: a $150 filing fee for the Articles of Organization, a first-year minimum of $550, the documents the state asks for, and the filing office's own phone, website and portal — read from the state's published sources, not a filing service's price list.
Forming an LLC in Rhode Island: you pay $150 to file the Articles of Organization with the Rhode Island Department of State. With the mandatory year-one charges counted, your first-year minimum is $550; after that the recurring state cost is $50 annual report.
Every figure comes from the state's own published fee schedule or statute (the page lists its official sources) and was checked on 3 November 2026. The first-year minimum is the cheapest filing channel plus the fixed mandatory charges that fall due in year one; annual report fees fall due after year one, and variable charges such as newspaper publication have no fixed amount, so both are shown separately rather than folded into the total.
Filing the Articles of Organization costs $150 at the cheapest channel. Counting the mandatory state charges that fall due in year one, the first-year minimum is $550. Registered-agent services and local licences are extra and are not state charges.
Rhode Island requires a annual report costing $50. File between February 1 and May 1 each year, beginning in the calendar year following the year of formation/registration; reports filed after May 31 incur a late fee
Articles of Organization (Form 400); Operating Agreement (governing document, not filed); Annual Report (Form 632). You will also need a free EIN from the IRS — a federal step that is the same in every state.
You file with the Rhode Island Department of State, Business Services Division. No email address is published — the office takes enquiries through the contact form on its website. File online at https://www.sos.ri.gov/divisions/business-services.
Beyond the filing fee, Rhode Island charges: Minimum annual tax (RI Division of Taxation) ($400). Each is itemised on this page with its rule.
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