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Change what your business is.

A statutory conversion changes your entity type, an LLC into a corporation, a sole proprietorship into an LLC, a C-corp into an S-corp, while keeping the same company underneath. Same EIN, same contracts, same bank accounts, same history. Dissolving and re-forming throws all of that away. Converting keeps it.

Preserves EIN, contracts, and history · 51 jurisdictions · specialist-reviewed
Where you are now

You outgrew the box you started in.

You formed an LLC because it was fast and simple. Now an investor wants a Delaware C-corp before they will wire, or your accountant says it is time to be taxed differently, or the sole proprietorship you have been running finally needs real liability protection. The instinct is to dissolve and start fresh. That is the expensive way. Conversion changes the structure while keeping the company you already built.

BosAI Hi, I'm your filing assistant. Tell me where you are headed, a raise, a tax change, an exit, and I'll pick the conversion that gets you there without touching your EIN or contracts. Meet BosAI →
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The whole game comes down to one word: convert, not re-form.

What conversion is

Same company, different legal form.

A statutory conversion is a single state filing that changes your entity's type while the entity itself lives on. The company does not close and reopen; it becomes the new type by law, carrying everything with it. That continuity is the entire point, and it is what dissolving and re-forming can never give you.

Convert, and you keep
  • Your EIN, with no new IRS application and no gap in your tax identity.
  • Every contract, lease, and license, with no reassignment or renegotiation.
  • Your bank accounts, merchant processors, and the business credit you built.
  • Your original formation date and the history that goes with it.
Dissolve and re-form, and you lose
  • The old EIN, plus every account, filing, and record tied to it.
  • Contracts and licenses, each of which must be reassigned or signed again.
  • Your formation date, which resets, and the credit history that resets with it.
  • Time, in a gap where the old entity is closed and the new one is not yet running.

Two things worth knowing up front: statutory conversion is state-specific, and a few states do not offer it, in which case the same result is reached through a merger or a redomestication, which we handle for you. And not every change is a conversion: moving from LLC to S-corp taxation is a tax election, not a conversion, because the entity stays an LLC. We confirm which mechanism your goal actually needs.

Once the path is set, the filing is quick. Here's the timeline.

The timeline

A conversion runs about two to six weeks.

Most of the wait is the state processing the articles. Here is the real order, and the two things you handle after the state is done.

Day 0 · Decide

Pick the conversion

LLC to corporation for a raise, C-corp to S-corp for tax, sole prop to LLC for protection. BosAI matches your goal to the right conversion, or flags when a merger route is needed instead.

Week 1 · Approve

Consent and plan of conversion

Members or shareholders approve the change and adopt a plan of conversion. We prepare the consent and the new governing documents the target type requires.

Week 1 to 4 · File

Articles of conversion filed

We file the state's articles of conversion, specialist-reviewed first. This is the single filing that legally turns your entity into its new type.

Week 2 to 6 · Approved

The state records the new entity

The Secretary of State confirms the conversion. Your company is now the new type, with the same name carried over unless you chose to change it.

After · Tidy up

Notify the IRS and update records

We notify the IRS so your EIN reflects the new type, and give you the checklist to update banks, licenses, and any agreement that names the old form.

Five steps, and you carry only the first. Here's the handoff.

How it works

You pick the destination. We change the structure.

Four moves take you from one entity type to another without losing what you built. You decide; we file and tidy the rest.

01 · Decide

Choose the type

We match your goal to the right conversion, or the merger route in states that require it.

02 · File

File the articles

We prepare and file the articles of conversion for your state, reviewed before submission.

03 · Update

Notify the IRS

We inform the IRS so your EIN carries to the new type, no new number needed.

04 · Refresh

Update your records

A checklist to update banks, licenses, and any agreement that names the old form.

BosAI Conversions go wrong when the wrong mechanism is used. I check whether your state offers a true statutory conversion or needs a merger to reach the same place, so your history is never accidentally broken.

Convert on its own, or line up the tax move that often comes with it.

Two ways to convert

File the conversion, or convert and re-settle everything.

Conversion filing

The change of type, filed

The core act: your articles of conversion prepared, reviewed, and filed.
  • Articles of conversion prepared and filed
  • Plan of conversion and owner consent
  • Specialist review before submission
  • EIN kept, no new IRS application
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Filed and fully re-settled

The filing plus everything the new type touches, handled end to end.
  • Everything in the filing
  • New governing documents for the target type
  • IRS notification and records-update checklist
  • S-corp election filed too, when the goal is tax
Convert and re-settle

State conversion fees vary by jurisdiction and are passed through at cost. See what conversion costs →

Filed and recorded. Here's the company on the other side.

Converted

The same business, ready for what's next.

When the state records the conversion, your company is the new type, and everything that made it yours came along: the EIN, the contracts, the bank accounts, the years of history. We store the articles of conversion in your vault and hand you the short list of records to refresh, so the new structure is real everywhere it needs to be.

Status

Rivera Studio

Articles of conversion, filed with the Secretary of State. Plan of conversion and consent completed first.

LLC · CONVERSION SUBMITTED
CONVERTED TO INC · EIN PRESERVED
Ready to raise

Priya's LLC needed to be a C-corp.

Her lead investor would only wire into a Delaware C-corp. Instead of dissolving and losing three years of contracts and credit, we converted the LLC in place. Same EIN, same bank, same customer agreements, and a clean cap table the investor could fund the next week.

Decided Articles filed EIN kept Funded
Related, and logical

What usually moves with a conversion.

New structure in place. Here's the whole road it sits on.

The whole lifecycle

Conversion is how a company keeps up with itself.

Changing type is one move on a much longer road. Every stage around it already lives on one platform, so evolving the structure never means abandoning the company you built.

Form it, grow it, and reshape it as it changes, all inside File.Business. One platform for the whole life of the company, through every form it takes.

BosAI Convert as many times as the business needs. I keep your EIN, history, and records lined up through every change of form.
FAQ

The questions owners ask before they convert.

What is an entity conversion?

A statutory conversion changes your entity from one type to another, such as an LLC to a corporation, through a single state filing, while the same company continues to exist. It is not a dissolution and a new formation; the entity carries its EIN, contracts, and history into the new type. We prepare and file the conversion for your state.

Why convert instead of dissolving and re-forming?

Because dissolving and re-forming means a new EIN, reassigning every contract and license, resetting your formation date, and rebuilding banking and business credit from zero, with a gap in between. A conversion keeps all of it intact and changes only the legal form. For an operating business with contracts and history, the difference is significant, which is why we convert whenever the state allows it.

Does my EIN change when I convert?

In most conversions, no: the entity continues, so the EIN carries over and we simply notify the IRS of the new type. There are specific cases the IRS treats as a new entity that needs a new EIN, and we flag those before filing so your banking and tax records stay consistent rather than being caught out afterward.

Can every state do a statutory conversion?

Most can, but not all. A few states do not offer statutory conversion for certain entity types, in which case the same result is reached through a merger or a redomestication. We check your specific state and entity type first and use whichever mechanism preserves your history, so a state limitation does not force you into dissolving and starting over.

I need to raise money. Should I convert my LLC to a C-corp?

Often, yes: most venture investors will only fund a corporation, usually a Delaware C-corp, so converting an LLC is a common pre-raise step. Converting keeps your contracts, EIN, and history, which a clean cap table and diligence both benefit from. We handle the conversion and, where it helps, the move to Delaware, so the company is investment-ready without losing what it already had.

Is moving from an LLC to an S-corp a conversion?

No, and this trips up a lot of owners. Being taxed as an S-corp is a tax election, not a change of entity: your LLC stays an LLC and simply elects S-corp treatment with the IRS. A conversion changes the legal entity type itself. We confirm which one your goal actually requires, since electing is faster and cheaper when tax is all you are after.

What happens to my contracts and licenses?

In a statutory conversion they carry over by operation of law, so contracts, leases, and most licenses stay in force without reassignment. A small number of licenses or agreements have their own change-of-form notice requirements, which we flag in your records-update checklist. It is one of the biggest advantages of converting rather than re-forming, where each contract would have to be reassigned.

Can File.Business handle the whole conversion?

Yes: we match your goal to the right conversion, prepare the plan of conversion and consent, file the articles with your state, notify the IRS so your EIN carries over, and give you the checklist to update banks, licenses, and agreements. Where the goal is tax, we can file the S-corp election alongside it, so the whole change is done in one coordinated pass.

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