California LLC closed after 1 month — am I doing everything right?
I formed a single-member LLC in California through a registered agent in July of this year. I got an EIN and filed the Statement of Information, but I never actually did anything with it, no bank account, money contributed, purchases, income, expenses, assets, employees, or any other transactions.
I decided to close it and filed through bizfile. Since it was less than 12 months old, I selected “Termination – Short Form – CA LLC”, and it was approved immediately.
Now I'm confused about the FTB side. From what I understand, I still need to file a final Form 568, but the 2026 Form 568 isn't available yet. I contacted the FTB chat and they told me I'd have to wait until after the calendar year ends for the form to become available.
Is that actually correct?
For the federal side, since it was a single-member LLC, I believe it would normally be reported on my personal 1040 under Schedule C. But since the LLC had literally zero activity, is there even anything I need to file on Schedule C?
I'm also waiting to file the Form 568 so I can close things out with the IRS and get rid of the EIN I received.