A Louisiana LLC costs $397 all-in through Anonymousllc.co in year one: a $297 service fee plus the $100 state filing fee, covering filing, registered agent, operating agreement, EIN, and bank applications. From year two the recurring cost is the $35 annual report plus $100/year registered agent, about $135/year. Louisiana personal income tax reaches up to 4.25%.
The Louisiana Secretary of State charges a $100 filing fee for the Articles of Organization, paid once at formation. This is the only mandatory state fee at filing time. The fee is the same whether the owner files directly through the geauxBIZ portal or has Anonymousllc.co file on their behalf. Louisiana adds no publication requirement and no separate initial franchise tax for an LLC, so $100 is the full state cost to bring the entity into existence. A 120-day name reservation is a separate optional fee for founders who want to hold a name before filing, and it is not required for standard formation because the name locks the moment the Articles are accepted.
Anonymousllc.co forms a Louisiana LLC for $397 total all-in: a $297 service fee plus the $100 state fee. That price covers the state filing, registered agent for year one, a Louisiana-specific operating agreement, the EIN, and four to five US bank applications. There are no hidden upsells behind the number. Add-on services are priced separately: EIN standalone $99, ITIN $299, and BOI $150 per report where a foreign reporting company remains obligated. Founders whose priority is privacy pay $397 all-in for a Wyoming anonymous LLC instead and add a Louisiana foreign qualification when local operations require registration. The single price is the same for US residents and non-residents, because the fax-based EIN and remote bank applications are built into the standard package.
The total first-year cost of a Louisiana LLC through Anonymousllc.co is $397: the $297 service fee and the $100 state filing fee, with registered agent, operating agreement, EIN, and bank applications all included. Nothing else is due in year one. A founder filing alone pays the $100 state fee plus whatever they spend piecing together a name check, operating agreement template, EIN application, and bank onboarding. The $397 package folds all of that into one number and one 5-10 business day timeline. The first recurring charges, the $35 annual report and the $100 registered agent renewal, do not arrive until the formation anniversary in year two.
The recurring cost of a Louisiana LLC is about $135/year from year two: the $35 annual report plus $100/year registered agent renewal. Year one registered agent is free inside the $397 formation package. The $35 annual report is due on the anniversary of the LLC's formation date and keeps the entity in good standing. Income tax obligations sit on top of these fixed fees and depend on state-sourced income and any entity-level election. Louisiana charges no annual franchise tax on a standard LLC, so the fixed maintenance stays at the $35 report plus the agent renewal, which is lower ongoing overhead than Delaware's $300 franchise tax or Nevada's roughly $350/year annual list and license.
Filing directly costs the $100 state fee alone, but the owner then handles the name check, Articles, Initial Report, operating agreement, EIN, and bank applications without help. The $297 service fee buys the whole sequence done in 5-10 business days. DIY saves the service fee in cash and spends it in time and missed steps. A non-resident founder filing alone faces the hardest part, the EIN without an SSN and the multi-bank application process, without a third-party designee. Anonymousllc.co files the SS-4 by fax and submits bank applications to four or five partners in parallel, which raises approval odds to about 90%. A single rejected bank application or a missed Initial Report field can cost a DIY filer more days than the service fee is worth.
New Mexico is the cheapest anonymous option at $347 all-in with Anonymousllc.co and no annual report or annual fee. Wyoming is $397 all-in with strong anonymity and a $60 annual report from year two. Louisiana costs $397 in year one and about $135/year afterward, but it does not deliver anonymity: members or managers appear on public records. A founder who wants both low ongoing cost and ownership privacy forms a New Mexico or Wyoming anonymous LLC and foreign-qualifies into Louisiana only when a physical nexus requires it. Delaware is $407 all-in with a $300 flat annual franchise tax, and Nevada is $722 all-in with a roughly $350/year annual list and business license. On pure ongoing cost, New Mexico wins because it has no annual report at all.
Add-on services priced beyond the $397 formation package are EIN standalone $99, ITIN $299, BOI $150 per report, a custom operating agreement $199, and registered agent renewal $100/year from year two. Each is optional and quoted upfront. Most Louisiana LLC owners need none of them in year one, because the EIN and a Louisiana-specific operating agreement are already inside the $397 package. An ITIN is relevant only when a non-resident owner needs to file a personal US tax return, and BOI filing applies only to foreign reporting companies still obligated after the March 21, 2025 FinCEN interim final rule. The custom operating agreement suits complex multi-member ownership splits the free template does not cover.
A founder who forms a Wyoming or New Mexico anonymous LLC and later needs to operate physically in Louisiana pays a foreign qualification fee to register the out-of-state LLC with the Louisiana Secretary of State. Anonymousllc.co handles the foreign qualification alongside the Wyoming formation. This two-part structure keeps ownership off the Louisiana public record while still authorizing the business to operate in the state. The founder pays $397 all-in for the Wyoming anonymous LLC plus the Louisiana foreign qualification when local operations require it. The path suits an online business or holding company that wants privacy first and only registers a Louisiana nexus once it actually has one, rather than forming directly in Louisiana and exposing ownership from day one.
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