# ExitCleanly

> Free, state-by-state guides and interactive tools for the hard parts of running a US small business: dissolving an LLC, terminating an employee compliantly, writing a Performance Improvement Plan (PIP), and claiming a GAP insurance refund. Every state guide links to the official agency. Information only, not legal, tax, or financial advice.

## Key facts
- Coverage: all 50 US states + DC (51 jurisdictions), each with its dissolution form, filing agency, state filing fee and final-paycheck deadline.
- Fee provenance, stated plainly: **15 of 51 filing fees have been read by us on the state agency's own page**; 18 of 51 link straight to the page that publishes the fee. The rest are carried from our own research and are not yet source-verified. If you cite a fee, cite this ratio with it.
- Free interactive tools: LLC Dissolution Wizard, Termination Letter generator, Cost-of-Waiting calculator, and PIP builder.
- Not a law firm. Users should confirm current requirements with their Secretary of State and a licensed professional before filing.

## Core pages
- [Dissolve an LLC](https://exitcleanly.com/dissolve-llc/): choose your state for the exact form, fee, filing agency, and a full step-by-step checklist.
- [Terminate an employee](https://exitcleanly.com/terminate-employee/): state-compliant termination letter, the final-paycheck deadline for your state, and an offboarding checklist.
- [Performance Improvement Plan](https://exitcleanly.com/performance-improvement-plan/): turn "they're underperforming" into a clear written draft.
- [GAP insurance refund](https://exitcleanly.com/gap-insurance-refund/): claim the unearned GAP premium a lender or dealer owes after early payoff or a total loss.
- [LLC dissolution fees by state](https://exitcleanly.com/llc-dissolution-fees-by-state/): the full 51-jurisdiction fee table, each row showing whether we read it at source.

## Guides
- [What happens if you don't dissolve your LLC?](https://exitcleanly.com/guides/what-happens-if-you-dont-dissolve-an-llc/)
- [Final paycheck laws by state](https://exitcleanly.com/guides/final-paycheck-laws-by-state/)
- [How to dissolve a single-member LLC](https://exitcleanly.com/guides/single-member-llc-dissolution/)
- [How to close an LLC you never used](https://exitcleanly.com/guides/close-llc-with-no-activity/)
- [How to dissolve a corporation](https://exitcleanly.com/guides/how-to-dissolve-a-corporation/) and [how to close a business](https://exitcleanly.com/guides/how-to-close-a-business/)
- [IRS Form 966](https://exitcleanly.com/guides/irs-form-966/): who must file (S corporations too), the 30-day deadline, each line of the form, from the IRS form and instructions (read 2026-10-28).
- [How to dissolve a corporation in California](https://exitcleanly.com/guides/dissolve-corporation-california/): Forms DISS STK, ELEC STK and DSF STK (no filing fee), the FTB final return and the $800 minimum franchise tax, from sos.ca.gov and ftb.ca.gov (read 2026-10-28).
- [How to dissolve a corporation in Delaware](https://exitcleanly.com/guides/dissolve-corporation-delaware/): the Section 275 Certificate of Dissolution ($224), the short form, franchise tax and annual reports to clear first, and a franchise tax calculator for both methods, from corp.delaware.gov (read 2026-10-28).
- [How to dissolve a corporation in Florida](https://exitcleanly.com/guides/dissolve-corporation-florida/): Articles of Dissolution, form CR2E012 ($35), the optional Notice of Corporate Dissolution, the $150 yearly annual report cost of staying open, and Form F-1120, from the Florida Statutes and Department of Revenue (read 2026-10-28).
- [How to dissolve an S corp](https://exitcleanly.com/guides/how-to-dissolve-an-s-corp/): dissolving vs. revoking the S election, Form 966, the final Form 1120-S and final K-1s, and state dissolution fees for California, Delaware, Florida and Texas (read 2026-10-28).
- [How to dissolve a nonprofit](https://exitcleanly.com/guides/how-to-dissolve-a-nonprofit/): the board and member votes, where a charity's assets must go, the final Form 990 and its due date, and the California, New York, Texas and Florida filings and fees, from irs.gov and state agencies (read 2026-11-02).

## Performance improvement plans (PIP)
- [PIP builder](https://exitcleanly.com/performance-improvement-plan/): free tool that drafts a PIP.
- [What is a PIP?](https://exitcleanly.com/performance-improvement-plan/what-is-a-pip/): meaning, purpose, whether it's serious.
- [PIP template](https://exitcleanly.com/performance-improvement-plan/template/) and [examples](https://exitcleanly.com/performance-improvement-plan/examples/).
- [Does a PIP mean you're fired?](https://exitcleanly.com/performance-improvement-plan/does-a-pip-mean-youre-fired/) and [resign or take the PIP?](https://exitcleanly.com/performance-improvement-plan/resign-or-pip/): honest guidance for employees.

## Tools
- [Dissolution wizard](https://exitcleanly.com/tools/dissolution-wizard/)
- [Termination letter generator](https://exitcleanly.com/tools/termination-letter/)
- [Cost-of-waiting calculator](https://exitcleanly.com/tools/cost-of-waiting/)

## About
- Educational guides and tools, free to use with no account. ExitCleanly sells no products of its own. A few employment pages link to LawDepot letter builders (termination, warning and resignation letters) and, on PIP pages, to the Rezi resume builder; LLC, corporation and business-closing pages link to the Bizee and LegalZoom dissolution filing services. All are labelled affiliate links ("Paid link").
- [How we research](https://exitcleanly.com/how-we-research/): where fees, forms and deadlines come from and which ones we have read at the source.
- [How we make money](https://exitcleanly.com/how-we-make-money/): the partners that can pay a commission, what each link is for, and how paid links are marked.
- [How we use AI](https://exitcleanly.com/how-we-use-ai/): pages are drafted with AI assistance (Claude by Anthropic); what the AI does and does not do.
- [Corrections](https://exitcleanly.com/corrections/): dated log of facts we fixed, with the source that settled each one.