Corrections

Every fact on llcformationcost.com is sourced from a primary government website — Secretary of State, Department of Revenue, IRS, FinCEN, or comparable authority. Despite that, errors happen. State fee schedules change between our 90-day verification cycles, our reviewers can miss an inflation-indexed update, and rendering bugs occasionally display correct dataset values incorrectly on a page. The corrections page exists because transparency about what we got wrong is part of the EEAT trust contract — Google’s E-E-A-T framework explicitly rewards sites that maintain a public correction log, and our YMYL audience (founders making real financial decisions on the basis of our numbers) deserves the option to flag what they catch.

If you find an inaccuracy, please submit a correction. We treat every correction as a positive signal: it means a careful reader is engaged with our data, and it makes the site better for everyone who follows.

Why we publish a correction log at all

Most aggregator sites silently update stale figures and pretend the old number was never there. We don’t do that for two reasons: (1) silent updates make it impossible for a reader who saved a screenshot last month to verify whether their decision-relevant data has shifted, and (2) the corrections log itself is a trust signal — readers can see exactly how often we err and how quickly we resolve.

The principle behind public corrections is journalistic, not legal. We’re not required to maintain a log. We do it because financial-decision content with no audit trail is functionally indistinguishable from AI-hallucinated marketing copy, and we don’t want to be that.

How to submit a correction

Email: [email protected] with subject “CORRECTION: [page name]”

Include:

1. Page URL — the specific page with the error
2. Current displayed value — what we say now
3. Correct value — what you believe is right
4. Source URL — the primary .gov URL supporting the corrected value
5. Verification date — when you confirmed the correct value (should be recent)

We acknowledge corrections within 5 business days and resolve verified errors within 10 business days.

Correction handling SLA

If the cited source URL doesn’t support the correction, we explain why and request additional sources. If you disagree with our resolution, you can escalate via the same email thread.

What we DO correct

• Stale figures (state fee changed since our last verification)
• Mis-rendered values (dataset is right, page renders wrong)
• Broken or moved source URLs
• Typos in data (numerical or factual)
• Outdated cadence information (annual vs biennial)
• Misidentified state agencies or filing systems

What we DO NOT correct

• Subjective recommendations (e.g., “you should form in Wyoming”) — we don’t make subjective recommendations; we present the math
• Corrections without primary-source backing (we don’t accept “another website says X”)
• Marketing claims from formation services about their own pricing — we use the formation service’s published pricing page as the canonical source, not their support team’s response
• Forward-looking projections (we publish current-year figures only)

Corrections workflow (what happens after you hit send)

1. Submission received. The email lands in [email protected] (the only correction inbox; no ticketing system, no chatbot intermediary). I read it within 48 hours during business days.
2. Initial review. I check that the submission includes a page URL, current displayed value, proposed correction, and primary .gov source. Submissions missing the source URL get a polite request for one — we don’t act on “another website says X.”
3. Source verification. I open the cited primary source and compare to our dataset. If the source supports the correction, the dataset CSV gets updated, the page re-renders, and the page’s dateModified field advances.
4. Log entry. The correction is recorded in the public log below with the date, page, field changed, prior value, new value, and verification source URL.
5. Notify submitter. The submitter gets an email confirming the change with a link to the updated page and the log entry.
6. No silent overrides. Even if our dataset value was correct and the source has just changed (a state raised a fee mid-year, for example), we log the change explicitly. The principle is: a future reader should be able to see when and why each value moved.

Who reviews corrections

Currently, corrections are reviewed by Aissam Baidi (founder, LinkedIn) — sole reviewer pre-launch. Once our credentialed reviewer (CPA or licensed attorney) is hired, corrections affecting legal interpretation or tax classification go through a second-pair-of-eyes review before being published.

Typical resolution times:

• Stale-fee corrections (clear primary source): 2-3 business days
• Methodology disputes (rendering vs source vs interpretation): 5-7 business days
• Legal-interpretation corrections (waiting on reviewer): 10-15 business days

Correction log

Public log of corrections issued since site launch. Each entry includes the date, page, prior value, new value, and verification source. The log is the source of record — if a value on a page changed, it appears here.

The log will be appended as corrections come in. Empty rows pre-launch are intentional — the site went live on 2026-04-25 and the first correction cycle starts post-launch. Future entries will include things like: “Texas no-tax-due threshold, $1,180,000 → $1,230,000, source: comptroller.texas.gov 2026-01-15 release” or “Massachusetts annual fee misrendered as $50, dataset showed correct $500, page template fixed.”

How we minimize errors

1. Quarterly cycle — every 90 days, all 51 jurisdictions re-verified
2. Dual-source verification for high-impact figures (CA $800 franchise tax, NY publication, etc.)
3. lastVerifiedDate field on every page — readers can judge freshness
4. Open dataset at /data/llc-fees-2026-04-25.csv — independent audit possible
5. Reviewer pre-publication (once reviewer hired) — second-pair-of-eyes on legal/tax content
6. Automated source-URL check — broken links surface in our weekly monitoring

When the data is uncertain

Some figures are genuinely ambiguous (mid-legislative-session changes, pending court rulings, state fiscal-year transitions). When data is uncertain, the page renders with a “data verification in progress” banner instead of a number. We’ve used this pattern twice in two years — both times during FinCEN BOI rule freezes.

Contact

• Email: [email protected] (subject “CORRECTION: [page name]”)
• LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/aissambaidi

For non-correction inquiries, see /contact.

Not legal advice. Estimates based on publicly available data from each state’s Secretary of State office. Consult a licensed attorney in your jurisdiction.