Your Form 2553 is assembled in your own browser, not on our servers. Shareholder tax IDs are held in memory only — they are never written to storage and never transmitted. The only things we receive are your business name, your state, and whether the election is late, which is what we need to take payment and support you afterwards.
How Scorply works
About fifteen minutes, no tax vocabulary required, and a real answer at the end — including when that answer is “do not do this”.
What we ask, and why
1Can your business be an S corporation?
Six statutory tests. If any of them fails, the election is invalid — so it is worth two minutes now rather than a rejection later.
2When should the election start?
This date drives your deadline, and whether you need late-election relief.
3Tell us about the business
This has to match what the IRS has on file for your EIN, exactly.
4Who owns the business?
Every owner has to consent to the election in writing. We will list them all on the form.
5Which tax year will you use?
Almost every business uses the calendar year.
6Do you qualify for late-election relief?
Rev. Proc. 2013-30 has strict conditions. We check each one honestly — we would rather tell you no than sell you a filing that fails.
7Check everything before you file
One last look at what we are about to generate.
The late-relief step only appears if your election actually is late. If you are filing on time you never see a screen about it.
Where your data goes
Your Social Security number never leaves your device
The trade-off is that reloading the page clears the tax IDs and you will need to re-enter them. We think that is the right way round. Read the full privacy policy.
What we will not do
- Tell you an S-corp is worth it when the numbers say otherwise. The calculator returns a negative verdict when that is the honest answer.
- Give you a salary figure and call it safe. There is no percentage rule, and the widely repeated 60/40 split has no authority behind it.
- Generate a late-relief statement when you do not meet the conditions. We screen first, and we say no when the answer is no.
- Guarantee the IRS will accept your election. Nobody can, and anyone who does is selling you something.
- Give you tax advice. We produce self-help forms and information. For anything unusual, see a CPA.
Start with the free check
No account, no card, no email. See the number first.