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Virginia · Annual Report Guide

Virginia annual report: a fee, not a form.

Virginia strips the annual report down to its essence: an LLC files nothing at all, it simply pays a $50 annual registration fee to the State Corporation Commission by the last day of its anniversary month. Corporations file a report alongside theirs. The elegance has an edge: a fee still unpaid three months past due cancels the LLC automatically, by operation of law, with no human in the loop.

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The report, decoded

Four facts cover the whole system

1 · What it actually is

For LLCs, a $50 annual registration fee paid to the State Corporation Commission, Virginia’s registry, with no report attached: no forms, no questionnaire, just the fee against your SCC ID. Corporations file an annual report with theirs. What we handle for you →

2 · When it is due

By the last day of your anniversary month, every year. The Commission sends assessment notices, but the statute does not wait on the mail. Put it on a watched calendar →

3 · What it costs

$50 for an LLC, with a $25 penalty the day the month closes unpaid. 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

The $25 penalty attaches, and then a statutory clock runs that no clerk controls: if the fee is still unpaid at the end of the third month after the due date, the LLC’s existence is canceled automatically, by operation of law. Reinstatement brings it back.

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A fee, a penalty, a statute

Fifty dollars on time, or the law ends it alone

ACTIVEThe registration fee is paid for the year and the Commission’s record shows a company in good order. No report exists to be late on.
DUE · YOUR MONTHThe last day of the anniversary month. The Commission’s assessment notice usually arrives ahead; the deadline stands either way.
FEE PAST DUE + $25The month closed unpaid and the penalty attached. The three-month statutory clock toward automatic cancellation is now running, and nobody at the SCC can pause it.
CANCELEDThe end of the third month arrived with the fee unpaid, and existence ended by operation of law, no hearing, no discretion, no letter of intent. Reinstatement is the road back.
REINSTATEDFees, penalties, and the reinstatement filing settled, the record restored, with the cancellation preserved in the history counterparties read.

A Virginia LLC pays a $50 annual registration fee to the State Corporation Commission by the last day of its anniversary month, with no report attached; corporations file a report with theirs. A missed fee draws a $25 penalty, and a fee still unpaid at the end of the third month after the due date cancels the LLC automatically, by operation of law. Virginia legislated the ending in advance.

The deadline is step one

Where you stand decides what you do next

Your fee is due, or past due

Due: pay it, $50, done for the year. Past due: the $25 is attached and the statutory clock is running toward its third month-end; settle it now, because the deadline that matters next has no person behind it.

Your LLC shows Canceled

The statute did it on schedule, and reinstatement undoes it: fees, penalties, and the application together. We file the package at once and confirm the Commission’s record the day it flips.

You keep searching the Secretary of State

Virginia’s registry is the State Corporation Commission, a separate regulator with its own systems, and the Secretary of the Commonwealth holds none of it. Our watched calendar pays the right agency on the right date.

The deadline with no one behind it

Nobody decided to cancel them, the statute just executed

The operations team on the move after the close call
I kept waiting for a final notice, a human touchpoint, some last chance to explain. Our lawyer set me straight: Virginia’s cancellation is by operation of law, a date in a statute, and when the third month ends the company ends with it, no one deciding anything. We paid nine days before the guillotine date. You cannot negotiate with a calendar. In Virginia, you should not need to.
Operations manager, RichmondThe fee now pays itself months early, every year
Paid in timeStatute respectedFee automated

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Does my Virginia LLC really file no annual report?

Really none: Virginia LLCs pay a $50 annual registration fee to the State Corporation Commission by the last day of their anniversary month, and that is the entire obligation, no form attached. Corporations do file a report with theirs. Your fee sits on my calendar, paid early.

I am two months past due. How much time is actually left?

Less than a month of real safety: the statute cancels your existence automatically at the end of the third month after the due date, no clerk, no discretion, no extension. The fix today is the $50 fee plus the $25 penalty. I can settle it with the Commission now.

My LLC shows Canceled. Who do I even appeal to?

No one, and that is the design: cancellation by operation of law has no decision-maker to persuade. What it has is a clean road back, reinstatement with the fees and penalties settled, and the Commission restores the record when the package lands. I can prepare all of it today.
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Frequently asked

Virginia Annual Report questions.

Does Virginia require an annual report?

For LLCs, no: Virginia replaces the report with a $50 annual registration fee paid to the State Corporation Commission, no form attached. Corporations file an annual report alongside their fee. We handle whichever applies as part of annual report service.

When is the Virginia annual registration fee due?

By the last day of your anniversary month, every year. The Commission mails assessment notices ahead of the date, but the statutory deadline stands with or without them, which is why it belongs on a watched calendar.

How much does the Virginia annual registration fee cost?

$50 for an LLC, with a $25 penalty attaching the day the anniversary month closes unpaid. 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 Virginia registration fee?

The $25 penalty attaches, and then the statute takes over: an LLC whose fee is still unpaid at the end of the third month after the due date is canceled automatically, by operation of law, with no hearing or discretion involved. Reinstatement restores a canceled company.

Why is my company at the State Corporation Commission and not the Secretary of State?

Because Virginia’s business registry lives at the SCC, a court-like regulator with its own systems and SCC IDs, while the Secretary of the Commonwealth handles other duties entirely. Searching or paying the wrong agency is Virginia’s classic mistake, and we deal with the right one on your behalf.

Do foreign entities registered in Virginia pay the fee too?

Yes: foreign LLCs pay the same $50 annual registration fee on the same schedule, and foreign corporations file the report with theirs, all on top of home-state obligations. Our multi-entity dashboard keeps every state and agency straight.

Can File.Business handle my Virginia registration fee?

Yes. We put your anniversary month on a watched calendar, pay the Commission early every year, verify your standing after it posts, and keep the statute’s automatic ending permanently theoretical, with the state fee, transaction fee, and our service fee itemized up front, one-time or automated.

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