Florida Annual Report Filing
The one deadline that quietly ends Florida companies. It takes us ten minutes.
Our service fee is $49. Florida's $138.75 annual report fee is passed through at cost. Filed after May 1, Florida adds a $400 late penalty it will not waive — that is the state's charge, not ours.
The deadline, and what happens if you miss it
Every Florida LLC must file an annual report between January 1 and May 1, every year, starting the calendar year after the year the company was formed. There is no grace period and no reminder in the mail you are likely to notice.
| What happens | When |
|---|---|
| Filing window opens | January 1 |
| Report due — $138.75 | May 1 |
| $400 late penalty attaches — non-negotiable | May 2 |
| Administrative dissolution of the LLC | 4th Friday of September |
The $400 is the part that stings, because it is larger than the filing itself and Florida does not waive it for a good reason, a first offence, or a business that made no money. After dissolution, getting the company back costs the $100 reinstatement fee plus every owed report — see reinstatement.
Yes, even if…
- …nothing changed. The report is still required. Most are identical to last year's.
- …the business made no money. Still required. The report is not a tax return.
- …you never opened for business. Still required, for as long as the LLC exists on the state's records.
- …you want to close the company. Then file a dissolution rather than simply stopping — otherwise the penalty accrues against you first.
What we do for the $49
- Pull your current Sunbiz record and check it against what you tell us, so last year's stale address does not get re-filed.
- Confirm your registered agent still satisfies Florida's requirement — a resigned or unreachable agent can cause a report to bounce.
- Prepare and file the report, well before May 1, and email you the state's confirmation.
- Diarise next year's deadline and tell you about it in February, not in April.
If you would rather never think about this again, our Compliance service is $99 a year and includes the report preparation and filing every year, with Florida's $138.75 still passed through at cost.
You can also file it yourself, free of our fee, at Sunbiz — that link is here on purpose. We charge for doing it on time, correctly, every year, so that you do not have to remember.
Official sources
- Florida Division of Corporations (Sunbiz)
- Sunbiz fee schedule — the official cost of every filing named on this page.
- Florida annual report — deadline, fee, and late penalty.
- Sunbiz record search — free.
If anything on this page ever disagrees with those pages, they are right and we are wrong — tell us and we will fix it.
Every Florida filing we do
- Registered agent service — $99/yr
- Reinstatement — $149 + state fees
- LLC amendment — $79 + $25
- Out-of-state company into Florida — $199 + $125
- Fix a rejected Sunbiz filing — $49
- Dissolve an LLC — $99 + $25
- Change your address — free
- Form a new Florida LLC — $0 + $125 state fee
Every price above is our fee plus Florida's own charge, shown separately. Priority handling is $49 on any filing and speeds up our queue, never the state's.