Updated August 12, 2026. Quick answer. To dissolve an LLC in Wisconsin you file the Statement of Dissolution or Termination, and it can be filed online or on paper. Fee: $35 per filing. Wisconsin requires no tax-clearance certificate to accept the filing. Until that filing is accepted the LLC still legally exists — and whatever Wisconsin charges an LLC each year keeps accruing against it.
What you file in Wisconsin, and what it costs
| Item | Detail |
|---|---|
| Filing | Statement of Dissolution or Termination, Form 510 (Limited Liability Company), filed with the WI Department of Financial Institutions, Division of Corporate & Consumer Services |
| Fee | $35 per filing |
| How you can file | both — DFI offers ‘Online Form 510’ through its One Stop filing system (apps.dfi.wi.gov/apps/gofr/Form/Index/48) and accepts paper filings by mail (State of WI – Dept. of Financial Institutions, Box 93348, Milwaukee WI 53293-0348) or courier to 4822 Madison Yards Way, Madison. |
| Tax clearance | not required |
| Statute | Wis. Stat. s. 183.0702 (statement of dissolution/termination); s. 183.0701 (events causing dissolution); s. 183.0708 (administrative dissolution) |
Verified from official instruction sheet Form Corp510I (Revised May 2026) on dfi.wi.gov. Under the revised LLC law (2021 Wis. Act 258, current ch. 183), the same Form 510 covers BOTH filings — you ‘select whether the entity is being dissolved or terminated.’ A statement of dissolution starts winding up; a statement of termination ends the LLC’s existence after winding up (both under s. 183.0702, Wis. Stats.). Use of the form is optional if the filing supplies all information s. 183.0702 requires. So Wisconsin is effectively a two-step regime (dissolution, then termination) using one form filed twice, though the statute does not force an LLC to file both.
On the fee. Corp510I (Rev. May 2026): ‘NONREFUNDABLE FILING FEE: Make $35.00 remittance payable to the Department of Financial Institutions. Optional expedited service… $100.00 in addition.’ CAUTION: older copies of the instructions and most secondary guides still say $20 (with $25 expedited) — the currently posted May 2026 official instructions state $35/$100. Fee applies per document; filing both a statement of dissolution and later a statement of termination means two fees.
Tax clearance in Wisconsin
No tax-clearance certificate is required to file in Wisconsin. That is not the same as owing nothing — it means the state will accept the filing without a revenue-agency sign-off first.
Neither the DFI dissolution page nor the Form 510/Corp510I instructions require any Department of Revenue clearance or certificate before filing; s. 183.0702 lists no tax-clearance prerequisite. Negative verified from the DFI’s own dissolution instructions.
Do not just walk away
Closing the business is not closing the entity. Administrative dissolution under s. 183.0708 after the LLC is one year delinquent (annual report not on file within 1 year after due, or fees/penalties unpaid within 1 year), following a 60-day cure notice; back fees continue to be owed and must be paid on any later dissolution or reinstatement
Wis. Stat. s. 183.0708 (official docs.legis.wisconsin.gov text): grounds include the company ‘does not have on file with the department its annual report within one year after it is due’ and nonpayment of fees/penalties within one year; DFI must give written notice and the LLC has 60 days to cure before dissolution. After administrative dissolution the LLC may only wind up or seek reinstatement (s. 183.0708(4)). DFI separately states delinquent entities must pay ‘any and all back fees due the department’ before a voluntary dissolution is accepted. No member personal-liability consequence stated in state sources.
Closing the tax accounts
Close all WI DOR business tax accounts via My Tax Account or written notice: final sales/use tax return due within 30 days of closing; request withholding account inactivation and file the WT-7 annual reconciliation plus W-2s/1099s within 30 days of closure; file final income/franchise returns
Per WI DOR ‘Closing a Business’ guidance (revenue.wi.gov, ise-closebus FAQ): sales-tax ‘return and payment are due within 30 days of closing your business or cancelling your permit’; employers ceasing to pay taxable wages ‘should request to have its Wisconsin withholding account inactivated’ and file the WT-7 and supporting information returns within 30 days.
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 Wisconsin — 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
Wis. Stat. s. 183.0702 (statement of dissolution/termination); s. 183.0701 (events causing dissolution); s. 183.0708 (administrative dissolution). Fee, form and procedure read 2026-08-10 from the official source.
Research note. Primary source is DFI’s own Form 510-I instruction sheet (Rev. May 2026, full PDF read) plus the DFI Dissolution/Withdrawal page; administrative-dissolution statute read on the legislature’s official site. The fee shown ($35) supersedes the widely-cited $20 figure — flag for anyone cross-checking against older secondary sources.
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.