Updated August 12, 2026. Quick answer. To dissolve an LLC in Indiana you file the Articles of Dissolution of a Limited Liability Company, and it can be filed online or on paper. Fee: $30 by mail/in person (fee stated on State Form 49465); online INBiz filing widely reported at $20 but not confirmed on an official fee page. Indiana requires no tax-clearance certificate to accept the filing. Until that filing is accepted the LLC still legally exists — and whatever Indiana charges an LLC each year keeps accruing against it.
The same question in other states: How to Dissolve an LLC in Nebraska, How to Dissolve an LLC in Nevada and How to Dissolve an LLC in New Hampshire.
What you file in Indiana, and what it costs
| Item | Detail |
|---|---|
| Filing | Articles of Dissolution of a Limited Liability Company, State Form 49465 — filed with the Indiana Secretary of State, Business Services Division (online via INBiz or paper) |
| Fee | $30 by mail/in person (fee stated on State Form 49465); online INBiz filing widely reported at $20 but not confirmed on an official fee page |
| How you can file | both — Online through INBiz (inbiz.in.gov, ‘Close Business’ → File Dissolution) or paper Form 49465 by mail/in person. |
| Tax clearance | not required |
| Statute | Ind. Code ch. 23-18-9 (voluntary dissolution), esp. § 23-18-9-7 (articles of dissolution, cited on Form 49465); Ind. Code §§ 23-0.5-6-1 to -3 (administrative dissolution) |
Filed pursuant to Ind. Code 23-18-9-7 (current form revision R7 / 05-24). Single-step for LLCs (no separate termination filing). INBiz warns that ‘closing your business in INBiz will only end your obligations to the Secretary of State’s office’ — tax accounts are closed separately with DOR. Paper filings: one original and one copy to 302 West Washington Street, Room E-018, Indianapolis, IN 46204.
On the fee. The $30 figure appears on the official Form 49465 itself. Multiple secondary sources report a reduced ~$20 fee for filing online through INBiz, but INBiz’s close-business page displays no fee and no official Indiana fee schedule page confirming the online figure was reachable, so the figure we publish is the officially-verified $30 paper fee. Expect the INBiz checkout to show the authoritative online price.
If you would rather have it filed for you
Bizee will prepare and file the dissolution paperwork described above in Indiana 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 Indiana
No tax-clearance certificate is required to file in Indiana. That is not the same as owing nothing — it means the state will accept the filing without a revenue-agency sign-off first.
No tax clearance certificate is required before filing domestic LLC Articles of Dissolution: neither Form 49465/IC 23-18-9-7 nor the INBiz dissolution flow asks for one. Indiana instead requires the reverse sequencing — DOR’s closure process (Form BC-100) wants proof the business is closed, and ‘supporting documentation … may include minutes from board meetings or articles of dissolution.’ INBiz: ‘To formally dissolve, businesses must file with the Indiana Secretary of State first.’
Do not just walk away
Closing the business is not closing the entity. Miss the biennial Business Entity Report (or any SOS fee) by 60 days and the SOS issues a pending-administrative-dissolution notice; 60 more days to cure, then a certificate of administrative dissolution; the LLC continues only to wind up; reinstatement available on curing and paying arrears
Ind. Code 23-0.5-6-1 (grounds: fee/tax/penalty unpaid 60 days after due; biennial report not delivered within 60 days after due; no registered agent for 60 days) and 23-0.5-6-2 (notice; if the entity ‘not later than sixty (60) days after receiving the notice … does not cure … the secretary of state shall administratively dissolve the entity’). An administratively dissolved entity ‘continues to exist’ but may carry on only winding-up activities. Reinstatement under IC 23-0.5-6-3.
Closing the tax accounts
Close all Indiana DOR tax accounts via INTIME, or file Form BC-100 (Indiana Business Tax Closure Request, State Form 52038) with documentation of closure; file final returns; notify the county assessor
DOR ‘Closing a Business Account’ (in.gov/dor/business-tax/closing-a-business-account/): BC-100 needed only if the business has no INTIME account; DOR ‘will neither accept, nor process a BC-100 without proper documentation’ (e.g. the filed articles of dissolution). Fax 317-232-1021 or mail PO Box 6197, Indianapolis IN 46206-6197. INBiz also directs owners to notify the local county assessor of the closure.
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 Indiana — 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.
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Sources and limits
Ind. Code ch. 23-18-9 (voluntary dissolution), esp. § 23-18-9-7 (articles of dissolution, cited on Form 49465); Ind. Code §§ 23-0.5-6-1 to -3 (administrative dissolution). Fee, form and procedure read 2026-08-10 from the official source.
Research note. The forms.in.gov download endpoint (Form 49465, id=5550) returned a blank page to the fetcher, so form details (R7 / 05-24, $30 fee, IC 23-18-9-7 citation) rest on the form text as reproduced in search results plus the statute mirrors; the online-vs-paper fee split is the one soft spot in this fee figure. DOR closure: https://www.in.gov/dor/business-tax/closing-a-business-account/.
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 Indiana already ended it for you, this is the other direction. Administrative dissolution is not the filing you make on purpose, and in Indiana five years to reinstate, but only 120 days of name protection — the two clocks are not close to each other. The statute is quoted on reinstating an Indiana 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 Indiana instead of closing it.
Closing a for-profit corporation, not an LLC? See dissolving a corporation in Indiana for the statute-specific filing, tax-clearance rule and fee.
Related: Indiana’s registered agent requirements, including who can serve and what happens if you don’t have one.
Related: Indiana’s LLC Certificate of Good Standing cost, including who issues it and how fast you can get one.