When you stop using an LLC or corporation, you need to formally wind it down by notifying creditors and the IRS, then filing dissolution paperwork with your state. If you don't, the state keeps charging annual fees and penalties even though the business is dead.
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Make sure you do this if you're no longer using your LLC or corporation. A lot of people will register an LLC or corporation, and unfortunately things won't work out for the business, or they will never end up using the LLC or corporation. When this happens, a lot of people just don't do anything and they expect things to be fine. But really what you're supposed to do is engage in what's called a winding up process, where you basically inform everyone involved in your business such as creditors, service providers, and the IRS, that you no longer are planning on running the business and that you're shutting it down. But in addition to the winding up process, you should also notify the state and properly dissolve the LLC or corporation. Otherwise, the state will continue charging you annual fees each year and may even impose a late fee on your business. So if you're no longer using the LLC or corporation, or you never used it to begin with, then be sure to notify the state that you are no longer using the business and file the dissolution documents with your state. So follow me for more business-related tips.