Florida annual report deadline: what May 1 actually means

The window opens January 1 and closes May 1

Every Florida LLC, corporation and nonprofit that was on the state's active list on January 1 owes an annual report that year. Filing opens January 1 and closes at 11:59 p.m. Eastern on May 1.

The report is not a financial statement. It confirms the record the Division of Corporations holds about you: principal and mailing address, registered agent and address, and the people listed as managers, members or officers. If none of that changed, you are confirming it — and paying the fee — anyway.

What it costs

• LLC — $138.75

• Profit corporation — $150.00

• Nonprofit corporation — $61.25

Miss May 1 and Florida adds a $400 late fee to for-profit entities. It is not discretionary, no one can waive it, and it attaches the moment the deadline passes rather than when you finally file. Nonprofits are the one exception.

Not filing at all is the expensive path

An entity that still has not filed by late September is administratively dissolved or revoked. The name stops being protected, the entity loses its standing to sue, and banks and title companies start treating it as defunct. Getting it back means a reinstatement filing plus every report you skipped.

Three things that catch people out

• A brand-new company still files. Formed in November? You owe a report the following May.

• The reminder goes to the email on file. If that address belongs to someone who left, no one gets warned — the state has still done its part.

• Dissolving mid-year does not erase it. Active on January 1 means the report is owed.

If you are not sure where your company stands, we can check its filing status with you and file the report the same day.