New York taxes personal income (Graduated, 9 brackets from 4% to 10.9%), and LLCs owe LLC Filing Fee (IT-204-LL) and NYC Unincorporated Business Tax (UBT). A Wyoming holding company does not erase New York's own entity-level obligations on a New York subsidiary, but it can still add liability separation and keep the parent's ownership off New York's public LLC filings.
New York doesn't have a traditional franchise tax on LLCs, but the IT-204-LL fee functions like one in practice — every LLC required to file a New York partnership or disregarded-entity return owes at least the $25 minimum, regardless of profitability or whether any income was actually sourced to New York. NYC-based LLCs owe the additional 4% Unincorporated Business Tax on top, unless they've made the single-member S-Corp election that exempts them from it.
The general federal tax treatment of holding companies (consolidated filings, dividends-received deductions, and the like) is set at the federal level and does not change state to state — what changes is the entity-level tax New York itself charges an LLC or corporation formed or registered there.
New York taxes a holding structure tier by tier rather than through a single flat franchise tax. Each LLC computes its own annual LLC filing fee on its New York-source gross income — the $25 floor for an entity with little or no New York income, rising to $4,500 for an entity over $25M. A holding company that merely owns subsidiary interests and collects intercompany distributions usually sits at or near the $25 minimum, while the operating subsidiaries pay based on their own receipts. Pass-through income is then taxed at the member level under New York personal income tax (up to 10.9%), with an added NYC income tax (up to 3.876%) for businesses operating in the city. There is no entity-level income tax on a standard pass-through LLC, but New York's member-level rates are among the highest in the country, so the structure does not reduce New York income tax the way a no-income-tax state would.
New York taxes general business corporations under Article 9-A. A corporation pays the highest of three computations: the 6.5% business income base (7.25% for taxpayers over $5 million of income), a capital base, or a fixed-dollar minimum tax tied to New York receipts that runs from $25 (receipts of $100,000 or less) up to $200,000 (receipts over $1 billion). The franchise tax return (Form CT-3) is due April 15 for calendar-year filers. New York City imposes its own General Corporation Tax on top of the state tax for corporations doing business in the city.
New York LLCs must file Biennial Statement with New York Department of State, due Every 2 years, during the LLC's anniversary month, with a fee of $9.
The $9 Biennial Statement is separate from and in addition to the annual IT-204-LL filing fee owed to the Tax Department — don't conflate the two. On top of both, most newly formed New York LLCs must satisfy a mandatory publication requirement: publishing notice of formation in two newspapers (one daily, one weekly) for 6 consecutive weeks in the county of formation, then filing a Certificate of Publication (Form 1708, $50 fee) within 120 days of formation. Total publication cost varies enormously by county — from roughly $230 in Albany to $1,950 or more in Manhattan, since newspaper rates are set locally and Manhattan's designated papers are expensive.
A common structure pairs a Wyoming LLC as the parent with a New York entity handling operations, holding property, or running a New York-facing business.
The New York entity still owes whatever New York itself charges — LLC Filing Fee (IT-204-LL) and NYC Unincorporated Business Tax (UBT) — regardless of where its parent is formed; pairing it with a Wyoming LLC does not change the New York subsidiary's own filing or tax obligations. What the Wyoming parent adds is liability separation, and the Wyoming company's own ownership stays out of New York's public LLC filings.
For more on the general structure, see the Wyoming holding company guide and how to set one up.
Tax agency reference: New York State Department of Taxation and Finance (tax.ny.gov). Corporate filings: NY Department of Taxation and Finance.
Note: Tax rates, fees, and thresholds shown here reflect state tax research last verified July 2026; reconfirm current figures directly at tax.ny.gov before relying on them for a specific filing.
New York's tax treatment of a holding structure comes down to its personal income tax (Graduated, 9 brackets from 4% to 10.9%) and its LLC Filing Fee (IT-204-LL) and NYC Unincorporated Business Tax (UBT). If you have questions about structuring a Wyoming-New York holding arrangement, reach out through our contact form.
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