Take-home pay in Georgia by business structure

At $100,000 of profit, an owner in Georgia keeps $78,609 as an LLC taxed as an S corp and $73,746 as a sole proprietor, after 2026 taxes and fees. Change the profit to see your own numbers.

$78,609 a year

kept from $100,000 of profit as an LLC taxed as an S corp in Georgia, after every tax and fee counted here. That is $8,927 more than as a C corporation.

Georgia, 2026: $100,000 profit, single filer

Structure	Taxes and fees	You keep	Share
Sole proprietorship	$26,254	$73,746	74%
Single-member LLC	$26,292	$73,708	74%
LLC taxed as an S corp most	$21,391	$78,609	79%
S corporation	$21,391	$78,609	79%
C corporation	$30,318	$69,682	70%

What Georgia takes from a business owner

Georgia taxes personal income at a flat 4.99% (2026).dor.georgia.gov, checked Oct 24, 2026
An LLC pays the state Annual Registration, $60 a yearsos.ga.gov, checked Oct 24, 2026.
Georgia corporate net worth tax applies to S corp, C corpdor.georgia.gov, checked Oct 24, 2026.
An S corp in Georgia can elect to pay the state's income tax itself, a pass-through entity tax of 4.99%, and the owner gets that income left out of the personal return. The company deducts it on the federal return, so it is not held to the SALT cap. The calculator uses it when it lowers the totalgov.georgia.gov.
An S corp owner on payroll pays Georgia unemployment tax at 2.64% on the first $9,500 of salary in the first yeargov.georgia.gov, checked Oct 24, 2026.

What you keep at each profit

Profit	Sole prop	LLC	LLC as S corp	S corp	C corp
$50,000	$38,698	$38,655	$38,888	$38,888	$36,480
$100,000	$73,746	$73,708	$78,609	$78,609	$69,682
$150,000	$106,185	$106,146	$113,940	$113,940	$98,852
$250,000	$172,651	$172,617	$182,995	$182,900	$158,745
$500,000	$308,810	$308,775	$337,230	$337,093	$302,530

Single filer, no other income, revenue 1.5 times profit, the default salary for S and C corps. The most kept at each profit is green.

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