Maine Corporation Forms

Dissolve the Legal Entity (LLC or Corporation) with the State. An LLC or Corporation needs to be officially dissolved. Pay Any Outstanding Bills. You need to satisfy any company debts before closing the business. Cancel Any Business Licenses or Permits. File Your Final Federal and State Tax Returns.

File dissolution documents with your state or local government to deregister a business's legal name. When you legally close your business, you also cancel its legal name. The process for dissolving a business differs by state, and some states do not require sole proprietors and partners to file dissolution documents.

After a company is dissolved, it must liquidate its assets. Liquidation refers to the process of sale or auction of the company's non-cash assets.Assets used as security for loans must be given to the bank or creditor that extended the loan, or you must pay off the loan before selling such assets.

Just as you filed paperwork with the state to form your LLC, you must file articles of dissolution or a similar document to dissolve the LLC. These papers are filed with the same state agency that handed your original LLC formationusually the secretary of state.

Maine requires business owners to submit their Certificate of Cancellation by mail or in person. You can also have a professional service provider file your Articles of Dissolution for you. Incfile prepares the Articles of Dissolution for you, and files them to the state for $149 + State Fees.

There is a no fee to file the certificate of cancellation by mail. However, if you deliver the certificate in person there is a $15 special handling fee.

When a corporation is dissolved, it no longer legally exists and, in most cases, its debts disappear as well. State laws usually give additional time beyond the dissolution for creditors to file suits for failure to pay any corporate debts or for the wrongful distribution of corporate assets.

Failing to dissolve the corporation allows third parties to continue to sue the corporation as if it is still in operation. A judgment might mean that shareholders use the money received from distributed assets when the corporation closed down to satisfy judgments against the corporation.

To close an LLC completely, you need to file a final tax return with the state and the IRS. Make sure you check the box to show this is the final return for the LLC. Fill out Schedule K-1 and give a copy to each member so that they know what to report on their own personal taxes in terms of losses and gains.