Arizona annual report: only half the state files one.
Arizona splits its companies down the middle: an LLC files no annual report, ever, while a corporation answers to the Arizona Corporation Commission on its exact incorporation anniversary, $45, with a 20 percent per month penalty for lateness and a free six-month extension almost nobody knows exists. Which half you are in decides whether this page is reassurance or a deadline.
This year's report, prepared and filed with the Secretary of State, with your standing verified after it posts.
Four facts cover the whole system
An Arizona LLC files no annual report, no renewal, no yearly registry fee, permanently, and this is design, not oversight. What an LLC maintains is its statutory agent, Arizona’s term, and its tax calendar.
Corporations file an annual report with the Arizona Corporation Commission, the state’s registry for entities, due on the exact anniversary of incorporation, $45. What we file for you →
Lateness costs 20 percent of the fee per month, and the escape hatch is free: a six-month extension, requested before the date, no fee attached. The least-used free option in Arizona compliance. When we file it for you, the total is the state fee plus a transaction fee plus our service fee, as a one-time filing or on the automated annual plan, itemized on the pricing page before you pay, so nothing quoted here can go stale.
A corporation that stays unfiled heads to Pending Inactive and then administrative dissolution at the Commission. Reinstatement with the missed reports and penalties settled is the road back.
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LLCs owe silence, corporations owe their date
Arizona LLCs file no annual report at all. Arizona corporations file theirs with the Corporation Commission on the exact anniversary of incorporation, $45, with a 20 percent monthly penalty for lateness and a free six-month extension available on request. Know your suffix, use the extension before the meter, and never pay anyone to file the LLC report that does not exist.
Where you stand decides what you do next
Decline it: there is no Arizona LLC annual report, and the invoice is for a document that does not exist. Worth maintaining instead: a solid statutory agent and a standing check when deals ask.
Ahead of it: file now, $45, done. Tight on time: the free six-month extension beats the 20 percent meter every single month. Past it: file before Pending Inactive makes it formal.
One company that owes nothing beside one that owes its anniversary is how the wrong one gets watched. A multi-entity dashboard knows which is which.
She paid the meter for months, the waiver was free all along
Our corporation missed its anniversary during an acquisition and we just paid the penalty, month after month, twenty percent at a time, assuming that was the price of being busy. Then our new counsel filed the extension request: free, six months, one form, available the whole time. Arizona charges you monthly for not knowing about the thing it gives away.
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Does Arizona require an annual report?
For LLCs, no, none at all, permanently. For corporations, yes: filed with the Arizona Corporation Commission, the state’s entity registry, due on the exact anniversary of incorporation at $45. The split is the whole Arizona story, and we confirm which side your entity is on as part of annual report service.
When is the Arizona corporate annual report due?
On the anniversary of the day you incorporated, every year, not a month-end or a season. The Commission grants a free six-month extension when requested before the date, the least-used free option in the state. We track the exact date and use the extension when timing demands it.
How much does the Arizona annual report cost?
$45 for corporations, with lateness penalized at 20 percent of the fee per month rather than a flat charge. LLCs owe nothing because they file nothing. When we file it for you, the total is the state fee plus a transaction fee plus our service fee, as a one-time filing or on the automated annual plan, itemized on the pricing page before you pay, so nothing quoted here can go stale.
What happens if a corporation misses the Arizona deadline?
The 20 percent monthly penalty starts compounding, and continued silence moves the record to Pending Inactive, the Commission’s formal warning stage, then administrative dissolution. Reinstatement with the missed reports and penalties settled restores the entity. The free extension, requested in time, prevents all of it.
Should my Arizona LLC ever pay an annual report invoice?
No. There is no Arizona LLC annual report, so any such invoice charges for a filing that does not exist, and services send them to Arizona LLCs anyway. What an LLC should maintain is its statutory agent, whose lapse is the one routine way an Arizona LLC gets into registry trouble.
Do foreign corporations registered in Arizona file the report too?
Yes, foreign corporations file with the Commission on the same anniversary basis, on top of their home state’s requirements, while foreign LLCs, like domestic ones, file nothing. Our multi-entity dashboard keeps each state’s split straight.
Can File.Business handle my Arizona compliance?
Yes. For corporations we file the Commission report on your exact date, or the free extension when timing calls for it, and verify standing after it posts; for LLCs we hold the statutory agent and make sure you never pay for the report that does not exist, with our fees itemized up front, one-time or automated.
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