Take-home pay in Indiana by business structure

At $100,000 of profit, an owner in Indiana keeps $79,677 as an LLC taxed as an S corp and $74,923 as a sole proprietor, after 2026 taxes and fees. Change the profit to see your own numbers.

$79,677 a year

kept from $100,000 of profit as an LLC taxed as an S corp in Indiana, after every tax and fee counted here. That is $8,992 more than as a C corporation.

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

Structure	Taxes and fees	You keep	Share
Sole proprietorship	$25,077	$74,923	75%
Single-member LLC	$25,087	$74,913	75%
LLC taxed as an S corp most	$20,323	$79,677	80%
S corporation	$20,323	$79,677	80%
C corporation	$29,315	$70,685	71%

What Indiana takes from a business owner

Indiana taxes personal income at a flat 2.95% (2026).in.gov, checked Oct 20, 2026
An LLC pays the state Business Entity Report, $31 every two yearsin.gov, checked Oct 20, 2026.
An S corp in Indiana can elect to pay the state's income tax itself, a pass-through entity tax of 2.95%, and the owner gets a credit for it. 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 totalsecure.in.gov.
An S corp owner on payroll pays Indiana unemployment tax at 2.5% on the first $9,500 of salary in the first yearin.gov, checked Oct 20, 2026.

What you keep at each profit

Profit	Sole prop	LLC	LLC as S corp	S corp	C corp
$50,000	$38,927	$38,914	$39,124	$39,124	$36,664
$100,000	$74,923	$74,913	$79,677	$79,677	$70,685
$150,000	$108,310	$108,299	$115,866	$115,866	$100,715
$250,000	$176,731	$176,721	$186,676	$186,676	$162,394
$500,000	$315,402	$315,393	$344,800	$344,800	$309,642

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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