Washington annual report: your month, then ninety days.
Washington’s annual report is due by the last day of your anniversary month, seventy dollars, filed against the UBI number that follows your company through every state agency. Miss the month and a $25 delinquency charge lands; stay silent ninety days and the record is administratively dissolved. The system is orderly, the fuse is short, and the UBI remembers everything.
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 State against your UBI, the nine-digit Unified Business Identifier every Washington agency shares: addresses, registered agent, and officials refreshed on the record. What we file for you →
By the last day of your anniversary month, every year, the month you originally registered. The state sends renewal notices, but the deadline stands with or without them. Put it on a watched calendar →
$70 for profit entities, with a $25 delinquency charge the day the month closes unfiled. 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 $25 delinquency lands first, then the real clock: ninety days past due, the Secretary of State administratively dissolves the entity. Reinstatement stays open five years, at a $140 penalty plus every missed fee.
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A $25 warning shot, then ninety days of fuse
The Washington annual report is $70, due by the last day of your anniversary month, filed against your UBI. A $25 delinquency charge lands when the month closes unfiled, administrative dissolution follows at ninety days, and reinstatement stays open for five years at a $140 penalty plus back fees. Orderly, shared across agencies, and unforgiving of the fourth month.
Where you stand decides what you do next
Inside your month, file now at $70 and be done. Past it, the $25 is already attached, but filing this week keeps the ninety-day fuse from mattering.
The five-year window is open: reinstatement with the $140 penalty and missed fees restores the record and the UBI’s standing everywhere it reaches. We assemble the full package at once.
The UBI ties your Secretary of State record to Revenue, Labor, and licensing, so a dissolved registry record echoes everywhere. A multi-entity dashboard keeps the whole chain green from one place.
One missed month, echoed through the UBI
We missed our anniversary month during a product launch, paid no attention to the $25 letter, and learned about the ninety-day rule from our contractor-license renewal, which failed because the UBI showed dissolved. One registry miss, three agencies wide. Reinstatement fixed the record; explaining it to the licensing board took longer. In Washington, the UBI means never failing privately.
Representative composite drawn from customer outcomes.
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Compliance CalendarYour deadlines tracked, so the record stays boring
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What is the annual report filed with the Washington Secretary of State?
A once-a-year filing against your UBI, the Unified Business Identifier shared by every Washington agency, confirming addresses, registered agent, and officials. It is not a tax return; the Department of Revenue runs its own calendar. We prepare and file it on time as part of annual report service.
When is the Washington annual report due?
By the last day of your anniversary month, every year, the month you registered. The state sends renewal notices as the month approaches, but the deadline stands regardless, which is why it belongs on a watched calendar at the month’s start.
How much does the Washington annual report cost?
$70 for profit entities, set by statute, with a $25 delinquency charge once the month closes unfiled. 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 Washington annual report deadline?
The $25 delinquency charge attaches immediately, and at ninety days past due the Secretary of State administratively dissolves the entity, a status every UBI-linked agency can see. Reinstatement stays open for five years, at a $140 penalty plus all missed fees.
What is a UBI number?
The Unified Business Identifier: a nine-digit number Washington assigns at registration and shares across the Secretary of State, Department of Revenue, and licensing agencies. It is why one registry lapse surfaces in unrelated renewals, and why one clean record pays off everywhere. Exact-match searches use it too.
Do foreign-registered entities file a Washington annual report too?
Yes, by the same last-day-of-anniversary-month deadline at the same $70, against their Washington UBI, on top of home-state filings. Our multi-entity dashboard tracks every state you operate in.
Can File.Business file my Washington annual report?
Yes. We put your anniversary month on a watched calendar, file early in it, verify your UBI’s standing after it posts, and keep the record green across every agency that reads it, with the state fee, transaction fee, and our service fee itemized up front, one-time or automated.
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