Delaware annual report: a tax for LLCs, a report for corps.
Delaware, the registry more companies call home than any other, splits its yearly ask: an LLC files no annual report at all, just a flat $300 franchise tax due June 1, while a corporation files its report and franchise tax by March 1. Miss the June bill and a $200 penalty lands with interest running monthly. Let it sit about three years and the state cancels the company the world assumed was permanent.
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
No annual report exists for Delaware LLCs: the entire obligation is a flat $300 franchise tax, due June 1, billed through your registered agent rather than mailed to you, which is how it gets missed. What we handle for you →
Corporations file an annual report and pay franchise tax by March 1, with the tax calculated by share methods that reward checking the math. Same registry, different date, different arithmetic.
For an LLC, a $200 penalty the day June 1 passes unpaid, plus 1.5 percent monthly interest, on a $300 bill. The ratio is the message. 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.
Ceased Good Standing first, which blocks the certificates deals demand, then, after roughly three unpaid years, Void or cancellation: the end of the charter the world assumed was forever. Revival settles the full ledger first.
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Good Standing has a price, Void has a history
A Delaware LLC pays a flat $300 franchise tax by June 1 and files no annual report; a corporation files its report and tax by March 1. Lateness costs a $200 penalty plus 1.5 percent monthly interest, Ceased Good Standing blocks the certificates every deal on this registry demands, and about three unpaid years void the charter. The world files here. The world also checks here.
Where you stand decides what you do next
Ahead: we file and pay on time and the year is closed. Past: settle now, because the $200 penalty is already fixed but the monthly interest is not, and Ceased Good Standing reads terribly on the registry everyone reads.
Delaware will not issue one while taxes sit unpaid, and counterparties on this registry always ask. We clear the balance and pull the certificate the moment the record allows, often same-day.
The ledger did it and the ledger undoes it: revival with every unpaid year, penalty, and interest settled. We price the full path from the record before you commit to it.
The invoice arrived every year, at an inbox nobody owned
Our Delaware agent emailed the franchise notice every April, to the co-founder who left in 2023, whose inbox nobody inherited. Two Junes passed unpaid: $300 became $500 with the penalty, then more with interest, and our lead investor found Ceased Good Standing before we did. Delaware billed us on time, every year. We had just unplugged the doorbell.
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Delaware, beyond the report
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Start the filing →Delaware Annual Report questions.
Does Delaware require an annual report?
For corporations, yes: an annual report and franchise tax due March 1. For LLCs, no report at all, just a flat $300 franchise tax due June 1. The split confuses owners of both. We handle whichever regime applies as part of annual report service.
When is the Delaware franchise tax due?
June 1 for LLCs, every year, as a flat $300; March 1 for corporations, alongside their annual report, with tax calculated by share-based methods worth double-checking. Both bills route through the registered agent, which is why they belong on a watched calendar too.
How much does the Delaware annual obligation cost?
A flat $300 franchise tax for LLCs; corporations pay a $50 report fee plus franchise tax that varies with their share structure. 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 I miss the Delaware deadline?
A $200 penalty attaches immediately with 1.5 percent monthly interest behind it, and the record moves to Ceased Good Standing, which blocks the standing certificates deals demand. Roughly three unpaid years void the charter, with revival and the full ledger as the only road back.
Why did my Delaware bill go to my registered agent instead of me?
Because Delaware notices route through the agent on record, by design, and companies whose agent contact goes stale simply stop hearing about their own franchise tax. Ours forwards everything same-day and we watch the account directly, so the doorbell always rings somewhere staffed.
Do foreign entities registered in Delaware owe this too?
Entities formed in Delaware owe Delaware regardless of where they operate, which is most of the point of the question: thousands of companies live elsewhere and forget their June 1. Our multi-entity dashboard holds the home-state bill beside every operating state’s.
Can File.Business handle my Delaware franchise tax?
Yes. We track your regime, LLC flat tax or corporate report and tax, pay and file by the right date, verify Good Standing after it posts, and keep the certificate path clear year-round, with the state amounts, transaction fee, and our service fee itemized up front, one-time or automated.
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