Every form, every step, for your state.

Everything included

A printed reference sheet with an amber index tab on a dark green desk

The fifty-one sheetsfee, document, agency, processing, recurring filing — one page per state, datedincluded

A form page with a gold pen resting on it

The filing, field by fieldwhat each field asks — including the one choice that is hard to undoincluded

A printed government form on a clipboard

The SS-4 walkthroughyour EIN, free and direct from the IRS — line by lineincluded

Two operating agreementssingle-member and multi-member — editable Word, plain Englishincluded

These are the actual pages

9 of the 130, exactly as they open on your phone. What you see here is what you download.

Cover page of The Formation Kit — The cover

Chapter page: what you are actually forming — What you are forming

Chapter page: which state to form in — Which state

Chapter page: filing the formation document, field by field — The filing, field by field

The summary table of all fifty-one jurisdictions with fees — All 51 at a glance

Alabama's state reference sheet — One state, one page

Chapter page: the operating agreement — The operating agreement

Chapter page: the first thirty days — The first thirty days

Chapter page: staying in good standing — Staying in good standing

One order. Start to finish.

Twelve chapters, in the order the state expects them — these are the four moves in the middle of it.

Step 1

The name + the agent

Three checks in order — your state's entity search, a free knockout search on uspto.gov, and whether you can use it. Then the registered agent decision, honestly weighed.

Step 2

The filing, field by field

What each field of the formation document asks — including member-managed versus manager-managed, which banks read, and which is a nuisance to change later.

Step 3

The EIN — free, from the IRS

One session, direct at irs.gov. The SS-4 walked line by line, the hours nobody tells you about, and what to do without an SSN.

Step 4

The bank + the first thirty days

Exactly what to bring to the bank, not commingling business and personal funds, the four layers of licensing, and where beneficial ownership reporting stands today.

One sheet per state — yours fits on one screen

Fifty-one sheets, every figure dated with its .gov link. This is Texas's — yours looks the same.

Chapter 6 · Example sheet — Texas

To file$300

DocumentCertificate of Formation (Form 205)

Files withTexas Secretary of State

RecurringFranchise Tax Report — Texas Comptroller

DueMay 15 each year

Why Texas is the example: no annual report at the Secretary of State — the recurring filing lives at a different agency, usually with no tax owed, and still mandatory. That gap is why this chapter exists. Fees verified Aug 6, 2026.

40 blog posts, or 1 kit

The forty-articles way

✕The article that ranks was written about Delaware — not your state
✕A fee with no date on it, true in 2019
✕The filing done — and the recurring report nobody mentioned
✕$199–$299 to a service, for forms the state publishes

The Statesheet way

✓Your state's sheet: fee, form, portal — one screen, dated
✓Every figure read from an official source, with the .gov link
✓47 of 51 have something recurring — the calendar catches it
✓You file directly with your state — $17, plus the state's own fee

What getting this handled usually costs

A formation service

$199–299plus the state fee

The state fee itself

$35–500goes to the state either way

The Formation Kit

from $17once · yours to keep

The state's fee goes to the state either way — the kit replaces the middleman, not the filing. You file directly, and the official portal for your state is on your sheet.

30 days, no questions asked

Open it, find your state, read the chapter you're dreading. If it isn't for you, just email us within 30 days and we'll refund you in full — and you keep the files. We'd rather have a clean list of happy customers than an argument about a $17 download.

Before you ask

Do you file the LLC for me?

No, and that's by design. You file it yourself, directly with your state, and the state's fee goes to the state. There is no service in the middle taking a cut.

What the kit does is show you exactly what to do, in what order, with the official link for your state on its own page. If you want somebody to file it for you, a formation service is a reasonable thing to buy — it is just not what this is.

Is this legal advice?

No. It is organizational templates and educational material. It explains what each form asks and what each field means; it does not tell you what to answer in your situation, and it has not been reviewed for your state. Where a question genuinely depends on your circumstances, the kit says so and tells you to take it to an attorney — and it means it.

Where do the fees come from, and how current are they?

Every figure was read from an official state source — a .gov page, an official form, a published fee schedule or the statute itself — on the verification date printed at the top of chapter 6. Nothing was filled in from memory and nothing came from a competitor's blog.

They still change. That is why every sheet carries the official link, why the kit tells you to confirm the amount before you pay, and why a handful of sheets say plainly that a figure could not be confirmed against the agency's own current page rather than printing a number and hoping.

Which states are covered?

All fifty, plus the District of Columbia — fifty-one sheets. The kit is US-only, because an LLC is created under state law.

Should I form in Wyoming or Delaware?

Chapter 2 is about exactly this, and the honest answer for most one-person businesses is your home state. Forming somewhere else usually does not remove your home state registration — it adds a second one, with a second annual filing and a second registered agent, every year. The chapter lays out what the second state costs you and which situations genuinely call for one. Whether yours is one of them is a question for an attorney.

What does the First Year Pack add?

The other half of the job: what comes back around, and when. Its 34-page PDF sorts all fifty-one jurisdictions into fixed-date states, anniversary states and the four with nothing — plus the registered agent decision sheet, the bank document list, the four layers of licensing, and a month-by-month first year.

What exactly do I download?

A 130-page PDF formatted for reading on a phone, and a zip with two editable Word operating agreements — both immediately after payment. The Kit + First Year Pack adds its 34-page PDF. The links arrive by email too, and they keep working. The files are yours.

Do the Word templates work in Pages or Google Docs?

Yes. They are plain .docx files with no macros and no add-ons. Word, Pages, Google Docs and LibreOffice all open them, and every field you need to complete is marked in ALL CAPS inside brackets so a half-finished document is obvious at a glance.

Is there a subscription?

No. This is a one-time purchase and the files are yours. The add-ons at checkout are one-time as well — including lifetime updates, a single $2.95 — and after you buy there is one optional add-on offered once, a separate pack of internal company records. You can ignore it and nothing changes about what you bought.

What if it is not for me?

Just email us within 30 days and we'll refund you in full — no questions asked, and you keep the files. Contact is in the footer of every page and in the delivery email.

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Every figure dated with its .gov link — edition verified August 2026. The paperwork isn't hard once it's in front of you in order.

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Organizational templates and educational materials, not legal advice. Consult an attorney for your situation.

Every form,every step.For your state.