Massachusetts annual report: your date, $500, every year.
Massachusetts prices its LLC annual report at $500, the steepest in the country, and puts it due on your exact formation anniversary, not a friendly month-end. Corporations file within two and a half months of fiscal year end for far less. Miss two years in a row and the Commonwealth schedules your dissolution for December 31. Here is the whole system, and how to never think about it again.
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
A once-a-year confirmation filed with the Secretary of the Commonwealth: current addresses, resident agent, and managers on the state record. It is not a tax return, and filing it never satisfies the Department of Revenue. What we file for you →
For an LLC: on the exact anniversary of your formation date, every year, starting the year after formation. For a corporation: within two and a half months after fiscal year end. No rounding to month-end, no invoice ahead of the date. Put it on a watched calendar →
$500 for an LLC, the priciest routine filing in America, and far less for corporations on their own schedule. The fee is statutory: nobody files it cheaper, they only file it on time or late. Filing with us adds a transaction fee and our service fee, one-time or automated, itemized on the pricing page.
One missed year sits on the public record. Two consecutive missed years trigger the Commonwealth’s pattern: a warning notice in September, then administrative dissolution on December 31. Reinstatement means every missed $500 report first.
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One miss is a record, two is a December deadline
The Massachusetts LLC annual report is $500, due on the exact formation anniversary. There is no late fee; the enforcement is structural: two consecutive missed years bring a September warning and a December 31 administrative dissolution. The expensive filing and the forgettable date are the same trap, and the cure for both is automation.
Where you stand decides what you do next
If your anniversary is ahead, file now and be done. If it is behind you, file before a second year joins it; the overdue report costs the same $500 today that it costs with a September warning attached.
The September warning and December 31 date are coming or already set. Filing the missed reports before year-end stops the dissolution; after it, reinstatement brings the company back with the years settled.
An LLC on its formation date and a fiscal-year corporation on another is how one stays clean while the other slips. A multi-entity dashboard with every date on one watched calendar ends the split.
They budgeted the $500, and nearly missed the day
The five hundred dollars was in the budget every year, we never resented it. What nearly got us was the date: our anniversary lands mid-July when half the team is out, and two Julys in a row it slipped to August. The year we finally automated it, the September warning letter reached a company that had already filed. In Massachusetts the money is the easy part. The date is the discipline.
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Massachusetts, beyond the report
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What is the annual report filed with the Massachusetts Secretary of State?
A once-a-year filing made with the Secretary of the Commonwealth, the office’s formal name, confirming your company’s addresses, resident agent, and managers on the state record. It is not a tax return and never satisfies the Department of Revenue. We prepare and file it on time as part of annual report service.
When is the Massachusetts annual report due?
For an LLC, on the exact anniversary of your formation date, every year, beginning the year after formation. For a corporation, within two and a half months after fiscal year end. The state sends no invoice ahead of the date, which is why it belongs on a watched calendar, not a memory.
How much does the Massachusetts annual report cost?
$500 for an LLC, the most expensive routine state filing in the country, with corporations paying far less on their own schedule. The fee is set by statute, and it is the first line of the total, not the whole of it. 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 Massachusetts annual report deadline?
One missed year sits quietly on the public record. Two consecutive missed years trigger the Commonwealth’s enforcement pattern: a warning notice in September and administrative dissolution on December 31. After that, reinstatement with every missed $500 report settled is the only road back.
Can I update my information on the Massachusetts annual report?
Yes, routine updates belong there: a new principal office, manager changes, or a new resident agent all go on the report so the record stays current. 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 Massachusetts annual report too?
Yes. A company formed elsewhere but registered in Massachusetts files on the same schedule and fee as domestic entities, on top of whatever its home state requires. Each state expects its own; our multi-entity dashboard tracks every one you operate in.
Can File.Business file my Massachusetts annual report?
Yes. We put your formation date on a watched calendar, prepare the report ahead of it each year, file with the Secretary of the Commonwealth, with the $500 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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