How to Dissolve an LLC in Indiana: INBiz, Fees, Tax Forms

Three agencies close an Indiana business

Indiana makes the Secretary of State filing easy and the tax side deliberate. You start by filing on INBiz, but the state is explicit that closing your business in INBiz will only end your obligations to the Secretary of State's office; closing with every other agency where the business is registered is your job (IN.gov).

The Department of Revenue picks up after the Secretary of State approves the articles, and the Department of Workforce Development (DWD) wants notice early. For the general LLC sequence and federal returns, see how to dissolve an LLC.

Steps to dissolve an LLC in Indiana

An order that fits how Indiana agencies hand off to each other:

• Record the members' decision to dissolve and the date it was adopted.
• Within 30 days of deciding to cease operations, notify DWD on State Form 46800 if the LLC has an unemployment account (DWD).
• File Articles of Dissolution on INBiz ($20 online, $30 on paper) and keep the Certificate of Dissolution the state issues.
• Send the Department of Revenue Form IT-966 and Form BC-100 with final returns (Indiana Department of Revenue).
• Confirm every tax account shows closed in INTIME (Indiana Department of Revenue).
• File final federal returns and close the EIN account.

Filing Indiana Articles of Dissolution

Indiana's fee is set in its Code: $20 for articles of dissolution of a domestic LLC filed electronically, $30 when filed any other way (Indiana Code 23-0.5-9-22). The same $20 and $30 apply to a corporation's articles of dissolution (Indiana Code 23-0.5-9-4). The paper form for an LLC is State Form 49465, which shows the $30 fee. Online filing happens on INBiz, the state's business portal; we found no posted processing time for dissolutions.

This guide is general information, not legal or tax advice. Fees and forms change: confirm them with the agency before you file, and ask an attorney or accountant about your situation.

Source: Indiana Code 23-0.5-9-22: LLC articles of dissolution fee

Indiana Department of Revenue: IT-966, BC-100 and INTIME

The Department of Revenue's dissolution page lays out the order: file Articles of Dissolution with the Secretary of State first, and once you receive the Certificate of Dissolution, send Form IT-966, a notice of dissolution required of all organizations, and Form BC-100, which lets DOR close business tax accounts such as sales and withholding (Indiana Department of Revenue). Final returns for all Indiana tax types can go in with them, mailed to the Enforcement Division, Corporate Dissolutions. A power of attorney is needed if someone other than an officer requests a clearance on the dissolution.

• Businesses with an INTIME login can close tax accounts there instead of on paper. If accounts are not closed in INTIME or by BC-100, DOR may keep sending bills for estimated taxes (Indiana Department of Revenue).
• Send the BC-100 by fax or mail, not both; duplicates slow processing.
• File the final federal return for the year of closing (IRS).

Unemployment insurance: the 30-day notice

Indiana's unemployment law covers LLCs as well as corporations. Within 30 days after adopting a resolution or plan to dissolve, the company must notify DWD, and DWD may accept a copy of IRS Form 966 instead of its own form (Indiana Code 22-4-32-23). Unless DWD issues a clearance, officers and directors of a corporation, or the chief executive of an LLC, stay personally liable for a year after the notice for distributions that shortchange the state.

In practice, DWD asks closing employers to file State Form 46800, the SUTA account termination or transfer request, within 30 days of the final decision to cease business, through the Uplink Employer Self Service portal or by mail (DWD).

Administrative dissolution and reinstatement in Indiana

The Secretary of State can dissolve an entity that is more than 60 days late paying a fee or delivering its biennial report, or that goes 60 days without a registered agent (Indiana Code 23-0.5-6-1). Reinstatement is available within 5 years, and the application must include a certificate of clearance from the Department of Revenue showing the entity's taxes are paid (Indiana Code 23-0.5-6-3).

Since January 1, 2026, an entity dissolved for more than 5 years can also reinstate if it provides an additional notarized affidavit stating why (Indiana Secretary of State). There is no state form for that affidavit. For most owners, filing the $20 articles is far simpler than letting a missed biennial report end the company.

Why the Indiana order matters

The sequence is built into the forms. The Department of Revenue wants the Certificate of Dissolution before it processes IT-966 and BC-100, while DWD counts its 30 days from the decision to close, not from the INBiz filing. An owner who waits for the Secretary of State to approve the articles before writing to DWD can miss the DWD window, so send State Form 46800 as soon as the members decide.

Keep copies of every confirmation in one place. If the entity ever needs reinstating, the Department of Revenue clearance it will ask for is easier to obtain when final returns and account closures are documented.

Foreign LLCs registered in Indiana

An LLC formed in Delaware or another state that registered in Indiana files a statement of withdrawal: $20 electronically or $30 otherwise (Indiana Code 23-0.5-9-28). Close Indiana tax and unemployment accounts the same way a domestic company would, and handle the home-state closing separately, such as the Delaware cancellation.

Indiana records to keep and export

Keep the Certificate of Dissolution, the IT-966 and BC-100 copies, DWD's account closure, and payroll records for at least 4 years (IRS). Indiana manufacturers and logistics firms often keep quality records, maintenance logs and dispatch history in hosted systems; take complete exports before the licenses lapse. See export company records before closing and business records after closing.

Before the files are deleted

Production logs, inspection results and service tickets describe how work is actually done, and AI developers license records like these when they are de-identified and the company holds the rights. selling company data after closing explains how a closing company can check.

Closing the company? Before you cancel software or delete files, find out whether its records are worth licensing: years of tickets, work orders, email and code can be. Get a free estimate of what your records could be worth.