Sun Document Filings can file your California Limited Partnership cancellation and dissolution documents with the California Secretary of State on an expedited basis. Avoid paying another year's minimum franchise tax of $800.00 by filing dissolution forms through Sun Document Filings. Please read the following information about filing an LP cancellation/ LP dissolution. Many of your LP dissolution questions will be answered below. We hope that our steps and tips will be of great assistance to you and your client. Our service fee is: $100.00 plus State fee of $15.00 (counter fee)  Total fees: $115.00. See order form for details.

Step 1: Prepare State forms LP-3 Certificate of Dissolution AND LP-4/7 Certificate of Cancellation

For your convenience, you may download a copy of the form LP-3; California LP Certificate of Dissolution and the form LP-4/7; California LP Certificate of Cancellation. Each form includes detailed instructions prepared by the California Secretary of State in PDF format below. The form provided can be viewed and printed from your computer using the most current version of the Adobe Reader (available for free from Adobe's Website).

Step 2:  Read tips to avoid document rejection.

Step 3: Fax or E-mail the completed Certificate of Dissolution and Certificate of Cancellation to our office and our order form- Once you have prepared both forms, you will need to forward them to us for filing. Please fax a good quality of the document to us at 800-498-3611 or e-mail to order@sundocumentfilings.com. If you fax the document to us, we will fax back a receipt confirmation. If you e-mail the document, we will e-mail you back a receipt confirmation. If we receive the fax or e-mail between 9:30am-5pm M-F, we will send a receipt within 2 hours or less. If you have not heard from us, please call us to verify transmission. Please make sure you are available via telephone after you fax the document.

FAQ: Is a tax clearance certificate required to dissolve and cancel a Limited Partnership?

No, as of 09/2006, no business entity is required to obtain a tax clearance certificate. Read notice of Assembly Bill 2341. However, a limited partnership is required to file its final tax return and satisfy any outstanding tax bills. Sun Document filings cannot answer any tax questions about an LP. Please call the Franchise Tax Board at 800-852-5711 about any tax questions or visit their website at http://www.ftb.ca.gov/

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FEES

Our service fee is: $100.00 plus State fee of $15.00 (counter fee)  Total fees: $115.00. See order form for details.

Our service fee includes: Providing the form for you to download, providing step by step information regarding the dissolution process in writing saving you hours of research, preparing the state required counter form, making required copies, writing the required state checks, filing your document in person in Sacramento, picking up the filed document when the Secretary of State has finished processing it, obtaining two certified copies of your filing, faxing the document to you, and forwarding the two certified copies via regular mail.

What are the benefits of having your company file my document vs. sending the documents directly to the Secretary of State? To begin with, presenting the documents in person allows the paperwork to be processed in 7-10 business days (sometimes a little longer if submitted after December 1st. due to increased volume). If for any reason your document is rejected, you will be notified immediately and will have a chance to correct the document and resubmit it within 72 hours to save your dissolution date. If you mail it in, it can take 8-10 weeks for your document to be processed. If it is rejected, you may not know until 2-3 months after you sent it to the Secretary of State for processing. Finding out that your document has been rejected after the new year begins means that the Limited Partnership will be required to pay another $800.00 minimum tax payment for the new year. That is definitely a costly mistake!

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Tips to avoid document rejection, please read:

For specific legal questions about preparing the form, we suggest contacting the Secretary of State at 916-653-3365. Press 3 as it prompts you, then press 1, then 0.

 1. Read all the instructions the Secretary of State has provided for both forms.

 2. For both forms, enter the complete Secretary of State file number and full legal name of the Limited Partnership including
 the ending (L.P., etc.)

 3. On the form LP-3, complete #3 "Effective Date of Dissolution". This field must be completed.

 4. On the from LP-3, check only one box.

 5. On the form LP-4/7, for #3, check only one box. Hint: LP-1 is for domestic California Limited Partnerships and LP-5
 is for foreign (out of state or country) Limited Partnerships.

 6. On the form LP-3 and form LP-4/7, read Secretary of State instructions for signature requirements.
              
        IMPORTANT: If the signing general partner is a business entity such as a corporation or LLC and not an individual, please follow the instructions below.

The person signing on behalf of the business entity must be listed on the current Statement of Information and sign the document as follows:

If general partner is a corporation - John Doe, President on behalf of ABC, Inc., General Partner - This would indicate that the general partner of the LP that is being formed is ABC, Inc. John Doe has authority as President of ABC, Inc. to sign on behalf of the company provided John Doe is listed on ABC, Inc.'s current Statement of Information.

If general partner is an LLC - John Doe, Manager on behalf of ABC, LLC, General Partner - This would indicate that the general partner of the LP that is being formed is ABC, LLC. John Doe has authority as Manager of ABC, LLC to sign on behalf of the company provided John Doe is listed on ABC, LLC's current Statement of Information.

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NOTE: We hope you find our LP dissolution and LP cancellation steps useful and easy to follow. Nothing contained in our steps should be construed as giving legal or financial advice. Our intended audience is attorneys and accountants. Therefore, if you are not an attorney or accountant, you should contact an attorney or accountant for specific legal or tax questions regarding your LP. Please be aware that the Franchise Tax Board and Secretary of State are government agencies and can change their fees/procedures/forms/turnaround times without notification. Although we do our best to update our steps and stay current, we shall not be held liable for any omissions or errors contained. We do not profess to be giving legal or financial advice to the general public as we are a typing and filing agency.

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