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S corporations: S corps are pass-through taxation entities. They file an informational federal return (Form 1120S), but no income tax is paid at the corporate level. The profits/losses of the business are instead ?passed-through? to the business and reported on the owners' personal tax returns.

Tax-option (S) corporations use Form 5S to report their income, gains, losses, deductions and credits and to compute their Wisconsin franchise or income tax, built-in gains tax, and economic development surcharge liability.

The owner of an S corporation can let some of their business profits pass through as earnings. Meanwhile, other profits pay out as dividends that are free of self-employment tax. By having LLC treated as an S Corp for tax purposes, a business owner may save a considerable amount in tax payments.

The difference between running a business as a normal LLC vs S corp is that S corp status allows business owners to be taxed as employees of the business (instead of paying self-employment taxes as a normal LLC, sole proprietorship, or partnership).

Wisconsin also has a flat 7.90 percent corporate income tax rate. Wisconsin has a 5.00 percent state sales tax rate, a max local sales tax rate of 1.75 percent, and an average combined state and local sales tax rate of 5.43 percent. Wisconsin's tax system ranks 27th overall on our 2023 State Business Tax Climate Index.

Step 1: Name Your Wisconsin LLC. ... Step 2: Choose a Registered Agent. ... Step 3: File the Wisconsin Articles of Organization. ... Step 4: Create an Operating Agreement. ... Step 5: File Form 2553 to Elect Wisconsin S Corp Tax Designation.