Maryland annual report: Form 1, filed under taxation.
Maryland runs its annual report through the State Department of Assessments and Taxation, not a Secretary of State, and calls it Form 1: due April 15, $300 for most LLCs and corporations, one of the priciest report checks in the country, with a personal property return stapled on when the business owns equipment. Miss enough Aprils and the record walks from Not in Good Standing to Forfeited, where the charter and the name both stop being yours.
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
Form 1, the annual report filed with SDAT, Maryland’s registry: it refreshes your addresses, resident agent, and status, and carries the business personal property return when you own or lease equipment in the state. What we file for you →
April 15, every year, for practically every registered entity at once, the same date as the tax returns it gets buried under. That collision is the whole failure mode. Put it on a watched calendar →
$300 for most LLCs and corporations, among the steepest report fees 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.
The record drops to Not in Good Standing, the warning stage, and continued silence brings Forfeited: the charter or right to do business ends and the name loses protection. Revival with every missed Form 1 settled is the road back.
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Not in Good Standing warns, Forfeited takes
Form 1 is due April 15 at SDAT, $300 for most LLCs and corporations, with the personal property return attached when the business owns or leases equipment in Maryland. Missed filings walk the record from Not in Good Standing to Forfeited, where the name itself loses protection. The fee is steep, the date is buried in tax season, and the forfeiture list grows every year.
Where you stand decides what you do next
Before April 15, file now and be done. After it, file before the record moves past the warning stage; the overdue Form 1 costs the same $300 it always did.
Find the cause, usually a missed Form 1 or a lapsed resident agent, fix it, and the record heals. Waiting is what turns the warning stage into Forfeited.
Recoverable: revival with every missed year’s Form 1 and fees settled restores the entity, and speed matters, because a forfeited name is an unprotected name.
Forfeited quietly, while the name sat exposed
A procurement office told us we were Forfeited: two missed April filings, both mailed to a suite we had left years before. We revived the charter in time, and then learned another firm had inquired about our name that same month, because a forfeited name loses its protection. Three hundred dollars a year was never the expensive part. The exposure was.
Representative composite drawn from customer outcomes.
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What is the Maryland annual report?
Form 1, filed with SDAT, the State Department of Assessments and Taxation, Maryland’s registry office: it refreshes your addresses, resident agent, and standing, with the business personal property return attached when you own or lease equipment. We prepare and file it as part of annual report service.
When is the Maryland annual report due?
April 15, every year, for practically every registered entity at once, the same season as the tax returns it hides behind. Maryland accepts filings well ahead of the date, which is why it belongs on a watched calendar in February, not April.
How much does the Maryland annual report cost?
$300 for most LLCs and corporations, one of the priciest annual reports in the country, set by statute. 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 Maryland annual report?
The record drops to Not in Good Standing, the visible warning stage, and continued nonfiling ends in Forfeited: the charter or right to do business terminates and the name loses its protection. Revival requires every missed Form 1 and fee settled. Maryland’s forfeiture list grows every autumn.
What is the personal property return?
The second half of Form 1, owed when the business owns or leases personal property in Maryland: equipment, fixtures, furniture. It reports the property for county assessment and files together with the annual report as one document. We determine whether it applies from your real footprint before anything files.
Do foreign-registered entities file a Maryland annual report too?
Yes: a company formed elsewhere but registered in Maryland files Form 1 by the same April 15 at the same $300, with the same walk toward Forfeited for silence, on top of home-state filings. Our multi-entity dashboard tracks every state you operate in.
Can File.Business file my Maryland annual report?
Yes. We put April 15 on a watched calendar, prepare Form 1 with the property return when it applies, file with SDAT in February, 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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