Take-home pay in Rhode Island by business structure

At $100,000 of profit, an owner in Rhode Island keeps $78,574 as an LLC taxed as an S corp and $74,767 as a sole proprietor, after 2026 taxes and fees. Change the profit to see your own numbers.

$78,574 a year

kept from $100,000 of profit as an LLC taxed as an S corp in Rhode Island, after every tax and fee counted here. That is $9,226 more than as a C corporation.

Rhode Island, 2026: $100,000 profit, single filer

Structure	Taxes and fees	You keep	Share
Sole proprietorship	$25,233	$74,767	75%
Single-member LLC	$25,530	$74,470	74%
LLC taxed as an S corp most	$21,426	$78,574	79%
S corporation	$21,426	$78,574	79%
C corporation	$30,652	$69,348	69%

What Rhode Island takes from a business owner

Rhode Island taxes personal income in 3 brackets, from 3.75% to 5.99% (2026, single filer).tax.ri.gov, checked Oct 23, 2026
An LLC pays the state Annual Report (Form 632), $50 a yeardocs.sos.ri.gov, checked Oct 23, 2026.
Rhode Island LLC annual charge applies to LLCtax.ri.gov, checked Oct 23, 2026.
Rhode Island S corporation minimum tax applies to LLC as S corp, S corptax.ri.gov, checked Oct 23, 2026.
An S corp in Rhode Island can elect to pay the state's income tax itself, a pass-through entity tax of 5.99%, 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 totalweb.archive.org.
An S corp owner on payroll pays Rhode Island unemployment tax at 1% on the first $30,800 of salary in the first yeardlt.ri.gov, checked Oct 23, 2026.

What you keep at each profit

Profit	Sole prop	LLC	LLC as S corp	S corp	C corp
$50,000	$39,142	$38,812	$38,487	$38,487	$36,231
$100,000	$74,767	$74,470	$78,574	$78,574	$69,348
$150,000	$107,373	$107,079	$113,752	$113,752	$98,219
$250,000	$173,669	$173,418	$181,912	$181,912	$157,302
$500,000	$307,868	$307,607	$333,422	$333,422	$297,464

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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