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Iowa · Annual Report Guide

Iowa annual report: biennial, and split by suffix.

Iowa asks every other year and splits the calendar by entity type: LLCs file their biennial report in odd-numbered years, corporations in even ones, everyone inside the same January-to-April window, thirty dollars online. Knowing which half of the calendar your company belongs to is the entire skill, because filing in the wrong spring counts for nothing, and missing the right one ends in an August dissolution.

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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 biennial report, filed with the Secretary of State every other year: addresses, registered agent, and officials refreshed on the record. What we file for you →

2 · When it is due

Between January 1 and April 1 of your reporting year: odd-numbered years for LLCs, even-numbered for corporations. The off year owes nothing, and filing in it banks nothing. Put your years on a watched calendar →

3 · What it costs

$30 filed online, $45 on paper, once every two years, among the lightest report burdens anywhere. 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.

4 · What happens if you miss it

April 1 of the reporting year turns the record Delinquent, with no late fee, and by roughly early August the state administratively dissolves the silent. Reinstatement with the missed report settled is the road back.

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Half the state files each spring

April 1 is the deadline, the year is the riddle

ACTIVECurrent on the biennial report: LLCs answered in the odd year, corporations in the even one, inside the January-to-April window.
OFF YEARNothing due, correctly, and nothing bankable either: a report filed in the off year does not credit the on year. Iowa wants the right spring, not any spring.
ON YEAR · WINDOWJanuary 1 to April 1 of your parity year, $30 online. Two years of silence compress into ninety days of memory.
DELINQUENTApril 1 passed unfiled. No fee attaches; a countdown to roughly early August starts instead, visible to anyone who searches.
ADMIN DISSOLVEDAugust arrived for a silent record. Reinstatement with the missed biennial report settled restores the entity, lapse preserved in the history.

The Iowa biennial report is due between January 1 and April 1: LLCs in odd-numbered years, corporations in even ones, $30 filed online. Miss the window and the record turns Delinquent without a fee, and by roughly early August the state dissolves the silent. Two years of quiet, one spring of consequence, and the parity is the whole game.

The deadline is step one

Where you stand decides what you do next

You are not sure which spring is yours

LLCs file in odd years, corporations in even ones, regardless of when you formed. We read your entity type and set the calendar to the right parity, permanently.

Your reporting spring slipped past

File before August: the overdue $30 report inside the delinquency window ends the matter completely. Past the dissolution, reinstatement reopens the company with the report settled.

You own an LLC and a corporation

Then your entities never report in the same year, by design, and that alternating rhythm is precisely how one of them gets missed. A multi-entity dashboard holds both parities at once.

The wrong half of the calendar

She filed in the even year, her LLC files in odd ones

The globe on the desk where the two reporting calendars got sorted
My corporation files in even years, so when I formed the LLC I filed its report the same spring, felt responsible, even early. Iowa wanted nothing that year: LLCs file in odd ones, and my responsible filing banked exactly zero credit. The next August, the LLC was Delinquent heading for dissolved while its receipt sat in my drawer. Iowa does not want a report every spring. It wants the right spring.
Owner of a corporation and an LLC, Des MoinesEach entity’s parity now lives on its own calendar line
Parity learnedDissolution avoidedBoth entities tracked

Representative composite drawn from customer outcomes.

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Is my Iowa report due this year?

It depends on your suffix, not your formation date: LLCs file in odd-numbered years, corporations in even ones, between January 1 and April 1, $30 online. In your off year, nothing is due and nothing can be banked early. I read your parity from the record and keep the right springs on the calendar.

I filed last year but the state says I am Delinquent. How?

Almost certainly a parity miss: a report filed in your off year does not credit the on year, so Iowa treats the on year as unfiled. The fix is the same $30 report, filed now, before the August dissolution run. I can confirm your correct year and file today.

The company I am vetting shows Delinquent since April. What is the timeline?

Tight: Iowa dissolves delinquent entities around early August, so the cure window is real but shrinking. One $30 filing ends it if they move; reinstatement follows if they do not. Make the clean record your precondition, and I will confirm when it flips.
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Frequently asked

Iowa Annual Report questions.

What is the Iowa biennial report?

Iowa’s every-other-year version of the annual report, filed with the Secretary of State: addresses, registered agent, and officials refreshed on the record. Nothing files in the off year. We track your parity and file as part of annual report service.

When is the Iowa biennial report due?

Between January 1 and April 1 of your reporting year: odd-numbered years for LLCs, even-numbered years for corporations, a split by entity type rather than formation date. The parity is the entire difficulty, which is why it belongs on a watched calendar that remembers it.

How much does the Iowa biennial report cost?

$30 filed online or $45 on paper, once every two years, one of the lightest report burdens in the country. 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 Iowa biennial report?

The record turns Delinquent after April 1 of the reporting year, with no fee attached, and by roughly early August the state administratively dissolves entities still silent. Reinstatement with the missed report settled restores a dissolved company.

Do I file anything in my off year?

No, and filing anyway helps nothing: Iowa credits reports only to the correct parity year, so an off-year filing is a receipt for a report the state never asked for. The off year owes zero; the on year owes the window. We keep the parity straight so neither gets confused.

Do foreign-registered entities file the Iowa report too?

Yes, on the same parity split and window at the same fees, with revocation of authority as their version of dissolution, on top of home-state filings. Our multi-entity dashboard holds every state’s rhythm, including the ones that skip years.

Can File.Business file my Iowa biennial report?

Yes. We read your parity from the record, file in January of every reporting year, and verify your standing after it posts, with the state fee, transaction fee, and our service fee itemized up front, one-time or on the automated plan.

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