Take-home pay in Utah by business structure

At $100,000 of profit, an owner in Utah keeps $78,210 as an LLC taxed as an S corp and $73,499 as a sole proprietor, after 2026 taxes and fees. Change the profit to see your own numbers.

$78,210 a year

kept from $100,000 of profit as an LLC taxed as an S corp in Utah, after every tax and fee counted here. That is $8,738 more than as a C corporation.

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

Structure	Taxes and fees	You keep	Share
Sole proprietorship	$26,501	$73,499	73%
Single-member LLC	$26,512	$73,488	73%
LLC taxed as an S corp most	$21,790	$78,210	78%
S corporation	$21,790	$78,210	78%
C corporation	$30,528	$69,472	69%

What Utah takes from a business owner

Utah taxes personal income at a flat 4.45% (2026).le.utah.gov, checked Oct 24, 2026
An LLC pays the state Annual Renewal, $18 a yearcorporations.utah.gov, checked Oct 24, 2026.
An S corp in Utah can elect to pay the state's income tax itself, a pass-through entity tax of 4.45%, 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 totalle.utah.gov.
An S corp owner on payroll pays Utah unemployment tax at 1.1% on the first $50,700 of salary in the first yearjobs.utah.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	$38,200	$38,187	$38,352	$38,352	$35,996
$100,000	$73,499	$73,488	$78,210	$78,210	$69,472
$150,000	$106,190	$106,177	$113,680	$113,680	$98,892
$250,000	$173,173	$173,163	$183,200	$183,200	$159,482
$500,000	$310,015	$310,005	$338,487	$338,487	$304,560

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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