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Florida · Annual Report Guide

Florida annual report: May 1, or $400 more.

Florida’s annual report is cheap to file and brutal to miss: $138.75 for an LLC, due May 1, with the filing window open from January. One minute past the deadline and the state adds a flat $400 penalty, no waivers, no appeals, and any company still silent by the fourth Friday of September is administratively dissolved. Here is the whole system, and how to stay on the cheap side of it.

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The report, decoded

Four facts cover the whole system

1 · What it actually is

A once-a-year confirmation filed with the Division of Corporations: current addresses, registered agent, and company officials on the record. It is not a tax return and has nothing to do with the Department of Revenue. What we file for you →

2 · When it is due

May 1, every year, for every entity, with the window open from the first of January. One statewide date means one statewide rush; the companies that file in January never test what happens after May.

3 · What it costs

$138.75 for an LLC and $150 for a profit corporation, set by statute. On May 2 those numbers become $538.75 and $550, because the $400 penalty attaches automatically. Same form, same fields, four hundred dollars of timing.

4 · What happens if you miss it

The $400 penalty lands first, with no waiver process, then the calendar takes over: any company still unfiled by the fourth Friday of September is administratively dissolved. Reinstatement costs its own fee plus every missed year’s report.

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The ladder, rung by rung

A $400 penalty first, a September ending after

CURRENTThe report is filed for the year and the record shows an active company. What every lender, licensing board, and title agent expects to find.
DUE · MAY 1The season. The window opens in January, and January filers are the only Floridians who never learn what the next rows cost.
LATE · +$400May 1 passed unfiled and the statutory penalty attached, automatically, with no waiver and no appeal. The report itself still costs the same; the timing now costs more than the filing.
SEPT DISSOLUTIONThe fourth Friday of September is Florida’s cleanup day: every entity still unfiled is administratively dissolved on the public record.
REINSTATEDThe road back exists, reinstatement plus every missed year’s report and fees, with the lapse preserved in the history that counterparties read.

The Florida annual report is due May 1, $138.75 for LLCs and $150 for profit corporations, with the window open from January. Miss the date and a flat $400 penalty attaches with no waivers; stay silent past the fourth Friday of September and the company is administratively dissolved. Florida enforcement is not a process. It is a calendar.

The deadline is step one

Where you stand decides what you do next

Your report is due, or overdue

Before May 1, file now at the statutory fee and be done. After it, the $400 is already attached and unavoidable, but filing today keeps you clear of the September dissolution list.

You blew past May and the $400

Do not compound it: the September date is the real cliff. The overdue report plus penalty filed now ends the matter; after the fourth Friday of September it becomes a reinstatement case with every missed year attached.

You run more than one entity

Florida puts everyone on May 1, which sounds simple until three entities share one deadline and one distracted spring. A multi-entity dashboard files them all from one watched calendar.

The four-hundred-dollar minute

She filed on May 2, and paid for the difference

Shaking on it once the May filing finally cleared
I knew the deadline was May 1 and I filed on May 2, one day, first thing in the morning. The penalty was already there: four hundred dollars, automatic, and the nice person at the state explained there is no waiver process at all, for anyone. My report cost more than triple its own fee over one sunrise. Florida does not negotiate May. Now neither do I.
Property manager, TampaFiles all three entities in January, before season
Penalty paid onceJanuary filer nowAll entities together

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When is my Florida annual report actually due?

May 1, same as every Florida entity, with the window open from January 1. The fee is $138.75 for an LLC and $150 for a profit corporation, and on May 2 a flat $400 penalty attaches automatically, with no waiver process. Yours sits on my calendar for January, ahead of the statewide rush.

I missed May 1. Can I get the $400 waived?

Honestly, no: Florida statute makes the penalty automatic and provides no waiver or appeal, for anyone, ever. What you can still control is September: file the overdue report with the penalty now and you stay clear of the fourth-Friday dissolution list. I can prepare it today.

My company was dissolved in September. Is it gone?

Not permanently: Florida reinstatement restores the company once you file every missed year’s report with the fees and the reinstatement application. The name is protected for a period but not forever, so moving quickly matters. I can price the exact path from your record now.
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Frequently asked

Florida Annual Report questions.

What is the annual report filed with the Florida Division of Corporations?

A once-a-year filing that confirms your company’s current addresses, registered agent, and officials on the state record, keeping your status active. It is not a tax return and does not touch the Department of Revenue. We prepare and file the Florida version on time as part of annual report service.

When is the Florida annual report due?

May 1, every year, for every registered entity, with the filing window open from January 1. Florida is one statewide deadline, no anniversary math, which makes it easy to remember and expensive to remember late. It belongs on a watched calendar in January.

How much does the Florida annual report cost?

$138.75 for an LLC and $150 for a profit corporation, set by statute, and only the first line of the total. 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. From May 2 the same filing carries an additional $400 late penalty. Our service pricing lives on the pricing page so nothing quoted here can go stale.

What happens if I miss the Florida annual report deadline?

A flat $400 penalty attaches automatically, with no waiver process for any entity type except nonprofits, which are spared it. Then the real deadline approaches: any company still unfiled by the fourth Friday of September is administratively dissolved, with reinstatement as the only road back.

Can I update my information on the Florida annual report?

Yes, routine updates belong there: a new principal address, changed officials, or a new registered agent all go on the report. Bigger changes, like the company name, need a separate amendment. We make sure the report matches your real setup before it files.

Do foreign-registered entities file a Florida annual report too?

Yes. A company formed elsewhere but registered to do business in Florida files by the same May 1 deadline, faces the same $400 penalty, and meets the same September cleanup, on top of its home state’s requirements. Our multi-entity dashboard tracks every state you operate in.

Can File.Business file my Florida annual report?

Yes. We put May 1 on a watched calendar, prepare the report in January ahead of the rush, file with the Division of Corporations, with the state fee, our transaction fee, and service fee itemized up front, one-time or on the automated plan, and verify your standing after it posts, every year, automatically.

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