Updated August 12, 2026. Quick answer. To dissolve an LLC in the District of Columbia you file the Statement of Dissolution for Domestic Limited Liability Company, and it can be filed online or on paper. Fee: $220.00. the District of Columbia requires no tax-clearance certificate to accept the filing. Until that filing is accepted the LLC still legally exists — and whatever the District of Columbia charges an LLC each year keeps accruing against it.
What you file in the District of Columbia, and what it costs
| Item | Detail |
|---|---|
| Filing | Statement of Dissolution for Domestic Limited Liability Company, Form DLC-8 (Ver. 5, October 2022), filed with the DC Department of Licensing and Consumer Protection (DLCP), Corporations Division |
| Fee | $220.00 |
| How you can file | both — Online via CorpOnline (paid by credit card) or by mail with payment, per the DLC-8 form instructions. |
| Tax clearance | not required |
| Statute | D.C. Code 29-807.02 (statement of dissolution); 29-807.03 (statement of termination); 29-106.01 and 29-106.02 (administrative dissolution) |
Filed online via CorpOnline (corponline.dlcp.dc.gov, sign in with Access DC) or by mail to DLCP Corporations Division, PO Box 92300, Washington, DC 20090. DC also provides an OPTIONAL second filing: under D.C. Code 29-807.03 a wound-up LLC ‘may’ deliver a statement of termination; the mandatory wind-down filing is the statement of dissolution under 29-807.02. Form text: ‘Use this form to dissolve a domestic limited liability company… This dissolution has no effect on an entity’s licensing and/or tax obligations.’
On the fee. DLCP ‘Corporations Division Fees – Limited Liability Company’ schedule lists Statement of Dissolution: $220.00 (https://dlcp.dc.gov/node/1621921). A separate fee for a Statement of Termination is not listed on that LLC fee table.
If you would rather have it filed for you
Bizee will prepare and file the dissolution paperwork described above in the District of Columbia on your behalf. The state filing fee is separate and you pay it either way. Filing it yourself, by the official route above, stays the cheapest way to close an LLC.
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Tax clearance in the District of Columbia
No tax-clearance certificate is required to file in the District of Columbia. That is not the same as owing nothing — it means the state will accept the filing without a revenue-agency sign-off first.
No pre-clearance from the Office of Tax and Revenue is required to file Form DLC-8. Negative verified from the form itself, which instead warns: ‘This dissolution has no effect on an entity’s licensing and/or tax obligations. It is the organization’s responsibility to ensure compliance in those areas.’ D.C. Code 29-807.02 requires only a statement of the company name and that it is dissolved.
Do not just walk away
Closing the business is not closing the entity. Administrative dissolution after biennial report or fees are 5+ months delinquent, following notice and a 60-day cure window
Biennial report (2-year cycle, $300 fee) is required; under D.C. Code 29-106.01 grounds for administrative dissolution exist if the entity ‘does not pay any fee or penalty… not later than 5 months after it is due’ or fails to deliver a biennial report not later than 5 months after due, or is without a registered agent for 60 consecutive days. Under 29-106.02 the Mayor serves notice; if not cured ‘not later than 60 days after service,’ the Mayor dissolves the entity by signing a statement of dissolution.
Closing the tax accounts
File final DC tax return via MyTax.DC.gov; cancel Basic Business License
DLCP’s ‘Closing Your Business in the District’ page (dlcp.dc.gov/closeyourbusinessinthedistrict) lists: cancel Basic Business License, dissolve the entity via CorpOnline, file final DC tax return at mytax.dc.gov, and file final federal return. Single-member/pass-through LLCs doing business in DC generally wind down their unincorporated business franchise tax (D-30) or D-20 account and cancel tax registrations through MyTax.DC.gov.
Before you file
- The order the steps go in — internal decision, creditors and distributions, the state filing, the final returns, then the registrations you are still paying for.
- What an LLC costs to keep alive in the District of Columbia — the bill that keeps running until this filing lands.
- What dissolution costs in all 51 jurisdictions — the fee, the filing route and the tax-clearance flag, side by side.
- What happens if you simply stop filing — administrative dissolution is the walk-away trap happening to you rather than by you.
We do not form or dissolve LLCs and we do not sell filing services. The only ask on this page is a sponsored link, marked as one, and we may be paid if you use it. Nothing above changes based on that.
Sources and limits
D.C. Code 29-807.02 (statement of dissolution); 29-807.03 (statement of termination); 29-106.01 and 29-106.02 (administrative dissolution). Fee, form and procedure read 2026-08-10 from the official source. The fee and the tax-clearance position were re-checked against the DLCP LLC fee schedule, re-read 2026-08-12 (‘Domestic Limited Liability Company Statement of dissolution $220.00’).
Research note. Fee corroborated at https://dlcp.dc.gov/node/1621921 (LLC fee schedule); statutes at https://code.dccouncil.gov/us/dc/council/code/sections/29-807.02. DLC-8 PDF text extracted directly from the official PDF.
Honest gap. This page covers the state filing that ends the entity, its fee and its tax-clearance condition. It does not cover creditor claims against a dissolved LLC, disputes between members, the tax treatment of a final distribution, reinstatement after an administrative dissolution, or withdrawal from any other state you registered in — each of those has its own rules. General information, not legal or tax advice. See methodology and corrections.
If District of Columbia already ended it for you, this is the other direction. Administrative dissolution is not the filing you make on purpose, and in District of Columbia no deadline, and nothing caps what accrues — each missed biennial cycle adds its own report fee and late fee on top of the $300 reinstatement. The statute is quoted on reinstating a District of Columbia LLC.
Not ready to dissolve? If the LLC still has work to do, just under a different state’s law, see moving an LLC out of District of Columbia instead of closing it.
Closing a for-profit corporation, not an LLC? See dissolving a corporation in District of Columbia for the statute-specific filing, tax-clearance rule and fee.
Closing this LLC instead of moving it? If you are deciding between the two, see moving an LLC to District of Columbia for the same-entity alternative to dissolving.
Related: District of Columbia’s registered agent requirements, including who can serve and what happens if you don’t have one.
Related: District of Columbia’s LLC Certificate of Good Standing cost, including who issues it and how fast you can get one.
See LLC Cost by State: The Five-Year Number, Not the Filing Fee for more on this.