State Information

While selecting a name for your new Louisiana corporation or LLC, it should be remembered that the name will and will identify you as a separate entity transacting business in the state. The name of a corporation must end with “Incorporated,” “Corporation,” “Corp” or “Inc.”. When developing a name for a limited liability company it must end with “Limited Liability Company” or “LLC”.
It should be remembered that the name will be identifying your corporation or LLC as a unique entity, and the name will not be accepted if it is likely to mislead the public or if it too closely resembles the name of another corporation or LLC formed in Louisiana.
Based on Louisiana guidelines, it is required that you do not use any type of punctuation such as underscores, dashes, periods or commas in name selection. It is advantageous to try to name your corporation or LLC so that it identifies with the goods or services you provide, but this is not required.

A corporation can have several members as director but is only required to have one if there is only one shareholder. If there is more than one shareholder, there must be a corresponding director for each shareholder up to a minimum of three. Since the board is responsible for managing the corporation, it is suggested that the board be comprised of individuals that are officers or shareholders who have some type of daily involvement with the corporation. Louisiana has no minimum age requirements for a director.

Louisiana corporations are expected to file the Louisiana Corporation Income/Franchise Tax return, Form CIFT-620SD annually, whether a “C” or “S” corporation. The amount of tax is dependent on a number of factors and there is no. Louisiana requires all corporations to file an annual franchise tax return with a minimum tax of $10.00.

An LLC within Louisiana is required to file as either a corporation or a partnership dependent on the election made on the SS-4. Louisiana maintains an individual income tax so employers are expected to withhold state income tax. Louisiana maintains a sales and use tax of 4%.

The registered agent must have a physical street address within Louisiana state. PO boxes are not acceptable, within Louisiana.