New York annual report: actually a $9 biennial.
New York skips the annual report entirely: what it wants is a biennial statement, nine dollars, due in your anniversary month every other year, filed with the Department of State. Miss it and nothing dramatic happens, no fee, no dissolution, just a Past Due flag that quietly blocks the standing certificates every lender and closing wants. The cheapest filing in America, forgotten at the worst possible moments.
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 biennial statement filed with the Department of State, New York’s registry office: it confirms your service address and, for corporations, the CEO and office details. It is not a tax filing, and it is not annual. What we file for you →
In your formation anniversary month, every two years, counted from the year you registered. There is no mailed invoice and the amount is too small to show up in anyone’s budget review, which is precisely how it slips. Put it on a watched calendar →
Nine dollars, the cheapest recurring filing in the country. There is no late fee either, ever. New York does not charge for forgetting; it withholds instead, and what it withholds is proof of your standing.
The record flips to Past Due. The state will not dissolve you for it, but it will not issue the certificates deals depend on, and the flag sits in public view. The separate real danger: unpaid state taxes can end in dissolution by proclamation, a different system entirely.
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No fine, no dissolution, just a flag that blocks deals
The New York biennial statement costs $9, due in your anniversary month every two years, with no late fee and no dissolution for missing it. The consequence is a Past Due flag that blocks standing certificates until you file. Dissolution by proclamation exists in New York, but it belongs to the tax system, not this filing.
Where you stand decides what you do next
Either way it is the same fix: file the statement, nine dollars, and the flag clears. The expensive version of this filing is the one discovered by a lender mid-closing.
A Past Due statement blocks the certificate your counterparty is waiting on. We file it and pull the certificate of status the moment the record clears, usually same-day.
Common and dangerous in New York: the $9 statement and the state tax account are different systems with different endings. A watched calendar tracks both, because only one of them can dissolve you.
The closing stopped for the cheapest filing in America
We were three days from closing a funding round when counsel asked for a certificate of status and Albany said no: biennial statement Past Due, eighteen months. Nine dollars. The wire waited two days on a nine dollar filing from an anniversary month nobody remembered. New York does not fine you. It just stops the music and waits.
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Does New York require an annual report?
No. New York requires a biennial statement instead: a $9 filing with the Department of State due in your anniversary month every two years, for LLCs and corporations alike. It confirms your service address and, for corporations, officer details. We file it on cycle as part of annual report service.
When is the New York biennial statement due?
In the calendar month you formed or registered, every second year, counted from your filing year. The state sends no bill ahead of it and the amount is too small to flag itself, which is why it belongs on a watched calendar rather than a memory.
How much does the New York biennial statement cost?
Nine dollars, the cheapest recurring state filing in the country, with no late fee if you miss it. The price is the trap: filings that cost nothing get owned by no one. When we file it, the total is the $9 state fee plus our transaction and service fee, one-time or on the automated plan, itemized on the pricing page.
What happens if I miss the New York biennial statement?
The record shows Past Due, publicly, and the Department of State stops issuing certificates of status until you file. There is no fine and no dissolution for this filing. The fix is filing the statement, any time, at the same $9. We clear flags same-day when deals are waiting.
Can New York dissolve my company for not filing?
Not for the biennial statement. New York’s dissolution by proclamation belongs to the tax system: corporations that ignore state tax obligations long enough can be dissolved that way, and the road back runs through tax clearance and reinstatement. We track both systems because they fail differently.
Do foreign entities registered in New York file the biennial statement too?
Yes. A company formed elsewhere but registered to do business in New York files the same $9 statement on the same two-year cycle, on top of its home state’s obligations. Our multi-entity dashboard keeps every state’s cycle straight.
Can File.Business file my New York biennial statement?
Yes. We put your anniversary month on a watched calendar, file the statement each cycle with the Department of State, charge the $9 state fee plus our transaction and service fee, one-time or automated, and verify the flag is clear after it posts, so a nine dollar filing never holds up a nine figure moment.
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