oyster

oyster is the deadline tracker for paperwork that costs you money when missed — franchise tax, registered agent renewal, boi/cta, annual reports, license expiries. drop a doc in, set its expiry, get nudged.

the whole point of oyster is that nothing falls through the cracks. each doc with an expiry shows a color-coded badge and oyster fires nudges to your notification bell as the date gets close.

when a deadline hits, oyster gives you the state portal link, a pre-filled prep sheet, and a way to upload the confirmation so the cycle resets cleanly.

every business needs a small set of core formation docs — llc filing, ein letter, operating agreement, registered-agent confirmation. oyster surfaces what's missing and stops nudging once you're complete.

every state has its own annual report cadence and its own franchise tax. oyster ships templates by state — pick the right ones and the dates are pre-set.

the actual files live in bullfrog. oyster is the date tracker; bullfrog is the storage. when you need the original pdf for a banker or an attorney, here's how to grab it.

every state filing needs the same handful of fields — legal name, address, ein, formation date, registered agent. oyster stores them once in settings and pre-fills every filing prep sheet from there.

for fileable categories (annual report, franchise tax, license renewals), oyster generates a prep sheet that pre-fills your business info and links straight to your state's portal. you save 15 minutes of typing.

oyster ships with a fixed set of categories that cover the deadlines that fine you. don't see your category? use "other" and set the expiry manually — the calendar still nudges.

the corporate transparency act (cta) requires most llcs and corps to file a beneficial ownership information (boi) report with fincen. oyster ships a category for it with the federal portal pre-linked.

different filings need different lead times. annual reports want 60 days (you might owe paperwork from a cpa). license renewals want 14. set per-doc reminder windows so the nudges aren't tone-deaf.

the moment a filing is done, upload the confirmation doc. oyster bumps the next-due date forward by the renewal cadence (annual / quarterly / etc.) so you don't have to re-set anything.

if you pay a registered-agent service (instead of being your own), they bill you annually. miss the renewal and you're not in compliance — the state can dissolve your llc.

city business license, state professional license, sales-tax permit, food permit — oyster tracks them as "business license" or "other" with an expiry. amber 30 days out, red on expiry.

oyster covers both — boi/cta is federal (fincen). annual report and franchise tax are state (sos / dor). the prep sheets pull the right portal automatically based on category + state.

if you're missing core paperwork, the banner at the top of oyster nags you with the specific gaps. it's checking against the requirements for your entity type (sole prop / llc / s-corp / c-corp / partnership).