Montana annual report: free on time, gone by December.
Montana made its annual report free, for now: the state waived the $20 fee for LLCs and corporations that file by April 15, a waiver running through 2027. The catch is the calendar behind the gift: April 15 shares the day with the tax returns that bury it, lateness costs $35, and any domestic company still silent on December 1 is involuntarily dissolved before the year ends. A free filing with a hard winter.
This year's report, prepared and filed with the Secretary of State, with your standing verified after it posts.
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A once-a-year confirmation filed with the Secretary of State: addresses, registered agent, and officials refreshed on the record. What we file for you →
April 15, every year, the same day as the tax returns that swallow it, which is precisely how a free filing gets missed. Domestic companies get until December 1 before dissolution; foreign ones until November 1. Put it on a watched calendar →
Nothing, when filed by April 15: Montana waived the $20 fee for on-time LLC and corporation filings through 2027. Late, the old arithmetic returns: $20 plus a $15 penalty, $35 for missing a free deadline. 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 $35 late total is the polite part. Domestic entities still unfiled on December 1, and foreign ones on November 1, are involuntarily dissolved, and reinstatement with the missed filings settled is the road back.
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Free in April, $35 in May, dissolved in December
The Montana annual report is free when filed by April 15, under a fee waiver running through 2027; late filings pay the $20 fee plus a $15 penalty. Domestic entities still unfiled by December 1, and foreign ones by November 1, are involuntarily dissolved. Montana gives away the filing and keeps the guillotine, and both run on schedule.
Where you stand decides what you do next
Ahead: file now, free under the waiver, done in minutes. Behind: $35 filed today beats a December dissolution discovered in January, by a wide margin.
The December 1 line is real and the state does not extend it: file immediately, because reinstatement after a winter dissolution costs more than any late fee ever did.
Reinstatement with the missed reports settled restores the record. We file the package at once and confirm the flip, because the dissolution is public the whole time.
The CPA filed the taxes, nobody filed the free one
April 15 meant my accountant, my returns, my estimated payments, a whole professional apparatus, and somewhere under all of it, one free state filing that belonged to nobody. It surfaced in November, six weeks from the dissolution line, thirty-five dollars late for something that would have cost zero. Montana made it free. Tax day made it invisible.
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What is the Montana annual report?
A once-a-year filing with the Secretary of State confirming your addresses, registered agent, and officials on the record. We prepare and file it on time as part of annual report service.
When is the Montana annual report due?
April 15, every year, the same day as federal and state tax returns, a collision that buries the report under bigger paperwork. Domestic companies have until December 1 before involuntary dissolution, foreign ones until November 1. It belongs on a watched calendar in March.
How much does the Montana annual report cost?
Nothing, when filed by April 15: Montana waived the $20 fee for on-time LLC and corporation filings through 2027. After the deadline the fee returns with a $15 penalty, $35 in all. 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 Montana annual report deadline?
The filing costs $35 instead of nothing, and the record shows the lapse. The serious line is winter: domestic entities still unfiled on December 1, and foreign ones on November 1, are involuntarily dissolved, with reinstatement as the only road back.
Why is the Montana report free right now?
A legislative fee waiver covering on-time annual reports for LLCs and corporations, running through 2027: file by April 15 and the state charges nothing. The waiver rewards punctuality only; late filers pay the full $35. We file inside the waiver window every year it exists.
Do foreign-registered entities file a Montana annual report too?
Yes, by the same April 15 with the same waiver, and their dissolution line arrives a month earlier: November 1 instead of December 1. Home-state filings continue separately. Our multi-entity dashboard tracks every state you operate in.
Can File.Business file my Montana annual report?
Yes. We file in March, inside the fee waiver, clear of tax day, and verify your standing after it posts, with any state amounts, our transaction fee, and service fee itemized up front, one-time or on the automated plan.
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