Form 2553: Election by a Small Business Corporation
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Form 2553, Election by a Small Business Corporation, is filed with the IRS to elect S-corporation tax status, so business income passes through to shareholders instead of being taxed at the corporate level. It lists the corporation's details, the effective date, the tax year, and the signed consent of every shareholder. It is due within 2 months and 15 days of the start of the tax year it covers and goes by mail or fax to the Kansas City or Ogden service center, depending on your state — there is no online filing. With JustFill you open the blank IRS 2553 PDF (Rev. December 2017), the AI detects each field, and the first clean completed PDF download is included at no charge.
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Form 2553 makes the S-corporation election for an eligible corporation or LLC. S-corp status lets profits and losses pass through to the owners' personal returns, avoiding corporate-level tax, and can reduce self-employment tax for active owners. Every shareholder must consent, and the form must be filed within strict deadlines (no more than 2 months and 15 days after the start of the tax year it takes effect, or at any time during the preceding tax year — for an existing calendar-year corporation that means March 15; late elections can still get the intended date under Rev. Proc. 2013-30 if filed within 3 years and 75 days of it). JustFill lets you complete the 2553 and its shareholder-consent lines online so nothing is missed; the first clean completed PDF download is included at no charge.
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Legal name, address, EIN, state and date of incorporation.
Item E, the first day of the tax year the election takes effect. A brand-new entity enters the earliest of the date it first had shareholders, assets, or began doing business — usually not January 1.
Columns J to N on page 2: each shareholder's name and address (J), signed and dated consent (K), shares or ownership percentage with the dates acquired (L), Social Security number or EIN (M), and the shareholder's tax-year end (N). Community-property spouses, each co-owner, and the deemed owner of a QSST must also consent.
Completed only when box F(2) or F(4) is checked: item O, then P (automatic approval for a natural business year or ownership tax year), Q (a business-purpose request, which carries a $6,200 user fee billed later and can include a back-up section 444 election), or R (a section 444 election made with Form 8716).
Item I: the reasonable-cause explanation and the diligent steps taken once the error was found, for elections filed late under Rev. Proc. 2013-30. Write "FILED PURSUANT TO REV. PROC. 2013-30" in the top margin of page 1, and each shareholder's column K consent then also covers the late years.
The president, vice president, treasurer, assistant treasurer, chief accounting officer, or another officer authorized to sign, with title and date — an unsigned Form 2553 is not treated as timely filed.
The trust's income beneficiary (or legal representative) makes the section 1361(d)(2) election that lets the trust hold S-corp stock: beneficiary and trust names, addresses and identifiers, the date stock was transferred, and a signature. Use it only if the stock was transferred on or before the S-election date and only together with Part I; the deemed owner still consents in column K.
Five representations an LLC or other eligible entity makes when its late S election and its late entity-classification election share the same intended effective date — including that every return was filed consistently with S-corporation status.
A Colorado consulting corporation incorporated on February 10, 2026 with two shareholders elects S-corporation status from its first day. Its deadline is April 24, 2026 — 2 months and 15 days after February 10 — and because its principal office is in Colorado the form goes to the Ogden service center.
Bluewater Ridge Consulting, Inc., 1480 Larkspur Mesa Dr., Ste. 4, Grand Junction, CO 81501
The true name from the articles of incorporation; the suite number goes after the street.
8•-•••••41
If the EIN has not arrived yet, enter "Applied For" and the date you applied instead of leaving it blank.
02/10/2026; Colorado
02/10/2026
For a first tax year, the earliest of the date the corporation first had shareholders, assets, or began business — usually not January 1.
Box (1) Calendar year
A calendar year means Part II is skipped.
Lena Marchetti-Oyelaran, President — (970) 555-0142
Left blank
The election is timely. A late filer would explain reasonable cause here and write "FILED PURSUANT TO REV. PROC. 2013-30" in the top margin of page 1.
Lena Marchetti-Oyelaran, President, 03/02/2026
An unsigned Form 2553 is not treated as timely filed.
Lena Marchetti-Oyelaran: 600 shares acquired 02/10/2026, SSN •••-••-••••, tax year ends 12/31; Marcus Whitfield-Oyelaran: 400 shares acquired 02/10/2026, SSN •••-••-••••, tax year ends 12/31; both sign and date column K
Every shareholder consents; a consent cannot be withdrawn once the election is valid.
Fax to 855-214-7520, or mail the signed original to Department of the Treasury, Internal Revenue Service Center, Ogden, UT 84201
Colorado is on the Ogden list; if you fax, keep the original with the corporate records and expect a determination within about 60 days.
These values are made up. They are here to show what belongs on each line, not to be copied — every name, number, and address on your own Form 2553 has to be your own.
Form 2553 goes to one of two IRS service centers, chosen by the state where the corporation has its principal office or place of business.
Use this if the address is in: Connecticut, Delaware, District of Columbia, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Tennessee, Vermont, Virginia, West Virginia, Wisconsin
Use this if the address is in: Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Florida, Hawaii, Idaho, Iowa, Kansas, Louisiana, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Mexico, North Dakota, Oklahoma, Oregon, South Dakota, Texas, Utah, Washington, Wyoming
There is no online filing route for Form 2553 — it has to be mailed or faxed, and every shareholder consent must be signed before it goes.
Checked against the official IRS instructions on 2026-09-02. Destinations change — confirm on the IRS page before you send anything.
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Official source: Form 2553 on IRS’s website
Edition checked: Form 2553 Rev. December 2017 (Instructions Rev. December 2020; IRS instructions page last reviewed 30-Apr-2026). Verified against the official source on · Verified in our Government Forms Fillability Study.
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