Does Georgia recognize the federal S-corporation election?

Yes. Georgia follows the federal S election, and no separate state election form is required — filing federal Form 2553 with the IRS is enough. The corporation does still file Form 600S (S Corporation Tax Return).

Which Georgia return does an S corporation file?

Form 600S (S Corporation Tax Return).

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Georgia S-Corporation Election

By Edmond Hui · Facts verified July 29, 2026 against primary state sources

Edmond Hui · Founder, MyStateLLC

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Georgia follows the federal S election. Filing IRS Form 2553 is enough — there is no separate Georgia election form. Georgia is one of 43 states that follow the federal election with no state form of their own.

State treatmentFollows the federal election

Separate state formNot required

State corporate income taxYes

Does Georgia recognize the federal S election?

State treatment of the S election

Follows the federal election	Yes
Separate state election form	None required
State return	Form 600S (S Corporation Tax Return)

No separate state election to file: the federal election on IRS Form 2553 carries over. That is the election only — the corporation still files Form 600S. Of the 50 states, 43 follow the federal election with no state form of their own, and 1 more — New York — recognizes S status but requires an election of its own as well.

What an S corporation still owes Georgia

If S-corporation status is recognized for Georgia purposes, shareholders (not the corporation) pay income tax on the pass-through income; the corporation still pays the Georgia net worth tax on Form 600S. Georgia also offers an elective pass-through entity tax (S corp elects on Form 600S) at the flat income-tax rate.

Franchise or gross-receipts tax

In lieu of a franchise tax, Georgia imposes a Net Worth Tax on corporations: corporations with net worth of $100,000 or less pay $0 (but must still file), graduated up to a maximum of $5,000 for net worth over $22 million. Reported on Form 600 (C-corp) or Form 600S (S-corp). Applies to both C and S corporations.

Georgia corporation vs Georgia LLC

State filing charges only. Corporate income tax and franchise tax are excluded because both depend on income or net worth, so no flat figure exists for either entity.

	Corporation	LLC
Formation filing fee	$100	$110
Report cadence	Every year	Every year
Report fee	$50	$60

Worth noticing: a corporation is $10 cheaper to file here than an LLC. That is the exception nationally — corporations are the cheaper filing in only 15 of the 50 states, the two entities cost the same in 25, and the LLC is cheaper in 10.

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How Georgia compares

State treatment of the federal S election	States
Follows the federal election, no state form needed	43
No corporate income tax, so no state election exists	4
Has a corporate income tax and does not follow the election — the corporation is taxed like a C corporation	2
Follow the election but still impose some entity-level tax on the S corporation — California, Illinois, New York, Massachusetts and Delaware among them	—
Require a separate state election form as well	1

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Frequently Asked Questions

: Yes. Georgia follows the federal S election, and no separate state election form is required — filing federal Form 2553 with the IRS is enough. The corporation does still file Form 600S (S Corporation Tax Return).
: If S-corporation status is recognized for Georgia purposes, shareholders (not the corporation) pay income tax on the pass-through income; the corporation still pays the Georgia net worth tax on Form 600S. Georgia also offers an elective pass-through entity tax (S corp elects on Form 600S) at the flat income-tax rate.
: Form 600S (S Corporation Tax Return).

Where these numbers come from

This page covers how Georgia treats the federal S-corporation election and what an S corporation still owes the state. Every figure was checked against Georgia's own published sources on July 29, 2026— the state business filing agency's fee schedule, the governing statute, and where a state tax applies, the state Department of Revenue. Commercial formation-service pages were used as leads only and are never cited. Anything the review could not confirm from an official source is left blank on this page rather than filled with an estimate.

Corporate income tax and franchise tax are quoted as the state publishes them, as rate schedules and thresholds, and are excluded from every dollar total here. They depend on income or net worth, so there is no flat figure that would be true for every corporation.

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