Forms to File with the California

STATE OF CALIFORNIA Secretary of State (SOS)

FRANCHISE TAX BOARD
Domestic Stock Corporations – File one or more of the
following forms:
• Certificate of Election to Wind Up and Dissolve
(Form ELEC STK).
FTB Publication 1038 • Certificate of Dissolution (Form DISS STK).
• Short Form Certificate of Dissolution (Form DSF
STK). You must meet specific requirements to file this
form. Go to sos.ca.gov or call 916.657.5448 for more
Guide to ­Dissolve, information.
Qualified Foreign and Qualified Foreign Tax-Exempt
­Surrender, or Corporations – File a Certificate of Surrender of Right to
Transact Intrastate Business.
­Cancel a Domestic Limited Liability Companies Organized in
  California California – File one or more of the following forms:
• Certificate of Dissolution (LLC-3).
 ­ Business Entity • Certificate of Cancellation (LLC-4/7).
• Short Form Certificate of Cancellation (LLC- 4/8). You
must meet specific requirements to file this form. Go to
sos.ca.gov or call 916.657.5448 for more information.
Foreign Limited Liability Companies – File a Limited
Liability Company Certificate of Cancellation (LLC – 4/7).
A foreign limited liability company is not eligible to file the
General Information Short Form Certificate of Cancellation.
Effective September 29, 2006, a tax clearance certificate Domestic and Foreign Limited Liability Partnerships –
is no longer required for the following entity types who File a Limited Liability Partnership Notice of Change of
intend to dissolve, surrender, or cancel their California Status (LLP-4).
business entity: Domestic and Foreign Registered Limited Liability
• Corporations Partnerships – File a Limited Liability Partnership Notice
of Change of Status (LLP-4).
• Limited liability companies (LLCs)
Domestic Taxable Nonprofit Corporations and
• Limited liability partnerships (LLPs)
Domestic Tax-Exempt Corporations – File one or more
• Limited partnerships (LPs) of the following forms:
• Certain exempt organizations • Certificate of Election to Wind Up and Dissolve
• Nonprofit corporations (Form ELEC NP).
Your entity may avoid the minimum franchise or annual • Certificate of Dissolution (Form DISS NP).
tax for current and subsequent taxable years if you meet • A Dissolution Waiver obtained from the California
all of the following requirements: Office of the Attorney General. For information
• Timely file your final franchise or annual tax return, regarding the letter/approval, call 916.445.2021.
including extension, for the preceding taxable year. Nonqualified Tax-Exempt Organizations – If your
• Conduct no business after the last day of the tax‑exempt organization is not incorporated or qualified in
preceding taxable year. California, SOS does not require any action to dissolve or
• File the appropriate documents with the California surrender. However, the organization must file a final tax
Secretary of State (SOS) within 12 months of the filing return with FTB.
date of your final tax return.
All tax returns remain subject to audit until expiration
of the normal statute of limitations. For suspended or
forfeited corporations, see SIDE 2.

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Suspended or Forfeited Corporations Forms and Publications
SOS cannot accept termination documents if the Franchise Get FTB forms and publications at ftb.ca.gov or SOS
Tax Board (FTB) suspended or forfeited the corporation. forms at sos.ca.gov. To get California Office of the
Entities must complete all of the following requirements Attorney General forms, call 916.445.2021.
before they submit their termination documents to SOS:
• Pay all outstanding balances due. Internet and Telephone Assistance
• File any delinquent tax returns.
Website: ftb.ca.gov
• File FTB 3557 BC, Application for Certificate of Revivor,
(Banks and Corporations) or FTB 3557 LLC, Application Telephone: 800.852.5711 from within the United States
for Certificate of Revivor, (LLCs). 916.845.6500 from outside the United States
For more information regarding the revivor walk-through TTY/TDD: 800.822.6268 for persons with hearing or
process, go to ftb.ca.gov or call 800.852.5711. speech impairments

Domestic Public Benefit, Religious, Asistencia Por Internet y Teléfono

and Mutual Benefit Corporations Sitio web: ftb.ca.gov
All domestic public benefit, religious, and mutual benefit Teléfono: 800.852.5711 dentro de los Estados Unidos
corporations holding charitable assets in a trust must 916.845.6500 fuera de los Estados Unidos
obtain a Dissolution Waiver from the California Office of TTY/TDD: 800.822.6268 para personas con
the Attorney General in order to complete their dissolution. discapacidades auditivas y del habla
Refer to the California Office of the Attorney General’s
publication, General Guide for Dissolving a California
Nonprofit Corporation at ag.ca.gov for more information.
The Dissolution Waiver must be filed with SOS along with
the other required documents.

Domestic or Foreign Nonprofit

Tax‑Exempt Corporations Final Tax
Return Filing Requirements
Tax-exempt corporations are required to file a final tax
return if one of the following applies:
• Its gross receipts 3-year average exceeds $25,000.
• It qualifies as a private foundation.
• It has nonmember or unrelated business income.
If one of the above applies, timely file a Form 199, Exempt
Organization Annual Information Return, or Form 109,
Exempt Organization Business Income Tax Return,
whichever is appropriate. File the appropriate dissolution,
surrender, or cancellation documents with SOS within 12
months of the filing date of your final tax return.
Exceptions to the final tax return filing requirements
include churches and corporations with tax-exempt status
and with a 3-year gross receipts average of less than
$25,000.
We offer telephone assistance for tax-exempt corporations.
Call FTB’s Exempt Organizations unit at 916.845.4171,
8 a.m. to 5 p.m. weekdays, except state holidays.

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