How the fee schedules are ranked

Inputs

The state's own documents supply the fees and rules; each source is linked beside the number. Service lines use the prices each company publishes, retrieved on the date shown.

How totals are added

After N years the running charge is the year-one price plus (N minus 1) renewals. The three-year total is year one plus two renewals. The state total adds the filing fee, the year-two and year-three reports and any minimum tax. Publication costs sit outside it. Equal cost means the first year one running total overtakes another, within ten years.

The order

1. Charges over three years (39%). The opening charge plus two renewals as each company publishes them. Government fees are the same for every service, so they are listed separately and not weighed.
2. Duties inside the charge (31%). Which recurring duties the charge already includes: acting as agent, filing the state report, applying for the EIN, and working in other states.
3. Charge at renewal (12%). How far the yearly charge moves from year one to year two. Steadier schedules rank higher.
4. Point of equal cost (9%). The first year in which one service's running charges pass another's.
5. Fee disclosure (9%). Whether the opening charge, renewal charge and state fee are all stated up front.

When two schedules sit close together, the page points to the line that separated them and what the lower schedule still includes.

The order reflects Agent Fee Tables' own editorial reading of these lines and is not a customer rating.

Which services get a schedule

Every schedule is short: Mainstay Filing and the state-focused agent services, priced from their own pages.

Limits

There are no customer ratings, quotes or legal advice here.