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California · Annual Report Guide

California annual report: the Statement of Information.

California files its version of the annual report under a different name: the Statement of Information, twenty dollars every two years for LLCs, twenty-five every year for corporations, due by the end of your anniversary month. Behind the small fees stands the state’s heaviest hammer: a $250 penalty for ignoring the notice, and Suspended status, in which your company cannot enforce its own contracts. Here is the system under its proper name.

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This year's report, prepared and filed with the Secretary of State, with your standing verified after it posts.

The report, decoded

Four facts cover the whole system

1 · What it actually is

The Statement of Information, filed with the Secretary of State: addresses, officers or members, and agent for service on the public record. Our full guide lives at the Statement of Information hub.

2 · When it is due

By the end of your anniversary month: every two years for LLCs, every year for corporations, with the filing window open for months beforehand. Early filers use the window; everyone else uses the deadline. Put it on a watched calendar →

3 · What it costs

$20 for an LLC’s biennial statement, $25 for a corporation’s annual one, set by statute. The number that matters more is $250: the penalty certified against companies that ignore the delinquency notice.

4 · What happens if you miss it

A notice, then the $250 penalty, then the state’s real weapon: Suspended status, from the Secretary of State for the missing statement or the Franchise Tax Board for taxes. A suspended company cannot enforce its contracts in California courts until revivor.

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The ladder, rung by rung

Small fees on time, Suspended when ignored

ACTIVE / GOOD STANDINGThe Statement of Information is current and both agencies, Secretary of State and Franchise Tax Board, show the company in good order.
DUE · YOUR MONTHThe anniversary month, biennial for LLCs and annual for corporations, with a months-long window open before it. January formations answer in January.
DELINQUENT + $250The month closed unfiled, the notice went out, and the $250 penalty certified. Still fixable with one filing; the price of the delay is now twelve times the fee.
SUSPENDEDCalifornia’s teeth: a suspended company cannot enforce its contracts, defend itself properly, or keep exclusive rights to its name. Suspension comes from the SOS for the statement or the FTB for taxes, and both must clear.
REVIVEDThe road back, revivor, with every missing statement, return, and penalty settled first. The suspension stays in the history that counterparties read.

The Statement of Information is $20 biennial for LLCs and $25 annual for corporations, due by the end of the anniversary month. Ignoring the delinquency notice adds a $250 penalty, and continued silence ends in Suspended status, in which the company cannot enforce its contracts until revived. California charges little for compliance and everything for contempt.

The deadline is step one

Where you stand decides what you do next

Your statement is due, or delinquent

Inside the window, file now at the statutory fee. Past it, file before the $250 certifies; after that, file anyway, because Suspended is the only worse place to be.

Your company shows Suspended

Find out which agency did it, or accept that it may be both: the SOS wants the statement, the FTB wants returns and balances. Revivor clears in the order the agencies demand, and we run the whole sequence.

You hold entities in other states too

California’s two-agency suspension system is unique, and it does not forgive attention spent elsewhere. A multi-entity dashboard watches the SOS window, the FTB calendar, and every other state at once.

The contract that could not be enforced

They sued to collect, and learned they were Suspended

A Los Angeles management team in the conference room reviewing their revivor sequence with counsel
A client owed us six figures and our lawyer filed the case, then called with the real news: our own company was Suspended, an old Statement of Information and one FTB balance, and a suspended company cannot enforce its contracts in California. We spent five weeks reviving ourselves before we could pursue anyone else. California does not chase you. It waits until you need the courts, and checks your standing at the door.
Agency partners, Los AngelesBoth agencies now report into one watched dashboard
Revivor completedCase refiledBoth agencies watched

Representative composite drawn from customer outcomes.

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Is the California Statement of Information the same as an annual report?

Same job, different name and rhythm: LLCs file it every two years at $20, corporations every year at $25, due by the end of the anniversary month. The full walkthrough lives on our Statement of Information hub, and I file it on cycle either way.

I got a delinquency notice. Is the $250 automatic now?

Not yet, and speed matters: the penalty certifies if the statement stays unfiled after the notice period. File this week and you typically close the matter at the original fee. I can prepare it today, and then your window goes on my calendar so notices stop being how you learn things.

What does Suspended actually stop me from doing?

The things that make a company worth having: enforcing contracts, defending lawsuits properly, keeping exclusive rights to your name. And it can come from two agencies at once, the SOS for the statement, the FTB for taxes, each needing its own cure before revivor completes. I sequence both.
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Frequently asked

California Annual Report questions.

Does California require an annual report?

Yes, under its own name: the Statement of Information, filed with the Secretary of State, every two years for LLCs at $20 and every year for corporations at $25. It refreshes addresses, officials, and the agent for service. We file it on cycle as part of annual report service.

When is the California Statement of Information due?

By the last day of your anniversary month, with the filing window open for months before it: biennially for LLCs, annually for corporations. New entities also file an initial statement within 90 days of formation. It belongs on a watched calendar from day one.

How much does the California Statement of Information cost?

$20 for an LLC, $25 for a corporation, the first line of a total that adds a transaction fee and our service fee, one-time or automated, itemized on the pricing page. The number to respect is the $250 penalty certified against companies that ignore the delinquency notice. Our service pricing lives on the pricing page so nothing quoted here goes stale.

What happens if I miss the Statement of Information deadline?

A delinquency notice, then the $250 penalty, then Suspended status from the Secretary of State, and the Franchise Tax Board runs its own parallel suspension for tax failures. A suspended company cannot enforce its contracts in California courts until revivor clears every agency involved.

Can I update my company information on the Statement of Information?

Yes, that is its purpose: addresses, officers or managers, and the agent for service all refresh there, and California lets you file an updated statement any time, free between required cycles for most changes. Bigger changes, like the name, need an amendment. Details live on our hub.

Do foreign entities registered in California file it too?

Yes, on the same cycles and fees, on top of their home state’s filings, and they face the same $250 penalty and suspension for skipping it. Our multi-entity dashboard tracks California beside every other state you operate in.

Can File.Business file my California Statement of Information?

Yes. We put your anniversary window on a watched calendar, file the statement early in it, itemize the state fee, transaction fee, and our service fee up front, one-time or automated, monitor both the Secretary of State and Franchise Tax Board sides, and verify your standing after every filing.

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