Stay in good standing in every US state,
every year.
State tax filing is the yearly obligation your LLC owes to its state: annual report, franchise tax, sometimes gross receipts. Miss any deadline and you lose entity status, bank access and the right to operate. Monezzi files in every state your LLC is registered.
Focus on your customers, we will handle the bureaucracy.
Sources: each state Secretary of State publishes annual report filing rules — see Wyoming, Delaware, Florida, New Mexico, plus the IRS state-by-state business guide.
Why ongoing state compliance is non-negotiable
A missed annual report does not just cost a late fee. It cascades — entity status, bank account, Stripe payouts, federal obligations — all at once.
Administrative dissolution risk
Miss the state annual report long enough and the state administratively dissolves your entity. A dissolved LLC cannot legally hold a bank account, cannot enforce contracts, and cannot sue.
Bank account auto-close
US banks re-verify entity good standing periodically. Once your Certificate of Good Standing expires, your business account moves to a hold list and outgoing wires get frozen within weeks.
Stripe verification re-runs
Stripe re-runs entity verification roughly every six months. A delinquent state filing surfaces immediately and your Stripe payouts pause until the entity is back in good standing.
Federal penalty cascade
State dissolution does not end your federal filing obligation. The IRS still expects every year you owed, and penalties keep compounding on top of the state mess. See Federal Tax Filing for the federal layer.
Why do founders lose entities filing on their own?
Three deadline logics exist across US states — anniversary date, fixed calendar date, and biennial. Across 50 states that means 50 different filing dates to memorize. Tracking it manually is how founders miss the deadline.
The default authorized-shares calculation method can bill a startup with 10 million authorized shares a $200,000 invoice. We file under the assumed-par-value method, which puts most early-stage corporations at the state minimum. The state portal will not warn you which method is cheaper.
Once the state dissolves the entity, reinstating it costs more than five years of annual filings combined — back fees, late penalties, reinstatement fee, plus delays before banks and Stripe re-validate you.
"We've seen founders pause their LLC for two years thinking 'I'll file when I have income' — that is not how state law works. The state administratively dissolves you, the IRS still wants its filings, and reinstating costs more than five years of annual filing. Compliance is binary: you file every year or you lose the entity."
Missed prior-year filings? We reinstate and catch up.
Critical deadline tracking on your behalf — 60-day advance reminder, then we file on your behalf before the late fee window opens. If you have already missed years, we run the audit, file the back reports, and reinstate the entity.
Audit prior years
We pull your entity history from the state portal, identify every missed annual report, and calculate back fees and late penalties so you know exactly what you owe before we file.
Reinstate dissolved entities
If the state administratively dissolved your LLC, we file the reinstatement paperwork alongside the missing annual reports and the back fees, and follow the case through state acceptance.
Enroll in continuous monitoring
Every entity you own is enrolled in 365-day deadline monitoring. You get a 60-day advance notice; Monezzi files on your behalf so the same thing does not happen twice.
Every US state where Monezzi files
Sortable comparison of fees, deadline logic, tax rates and privacy profile across all formation-allowed US states. Click any column header to sort. Click a deadline cell to expand the per-state rule.
| State | LLC formation fee | Annual report fee | Deadline logic | Personal income tax | Corporate income tax | Sales tax | Privacy | Investor suit. | Formation days | Detail |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Florida Popular | $125 | $139 | 0% | 5.5% | 6% | Low | Medium | 1–3 | Read more → | |
| Florida · Annual report deadline rule: Due by May 1st to avoid $400 late fee. | ||||||||||
| Wyoming Popular | $104 | $60 | 0% | 0% | 4% | High | Low | 1–3 | Read more → | |
| Wyoming · Annual report deadline rule: Due on the first day of the anniversary month. | ||||||||||
| New Mexico Popular | $52 | $0 | 5.9% | 5.9% | 5% | High | Low | 1–3 | Read more → | |
| New Mexico · Annual report deadline rule: LLC: No report. Corp: Biennial by April 15th. | ||||||||||
| Delaware Popular | $110 | $300 | 6.6% | 8.7% | 0% | High | High | 1–3 | Read more → | |
| Delaware · Annual report deadline rule: LLCs due June 1st, Corps due March 1st. | ||||||||||
| Texas Popular | $310 | $0 | 0% | 0% | 6.25% | Medium | High | 1–3 | Read more → | |
| Texas · Annual report deadline rule: Franchise Tax Report due by May 15th. | ||||||||||
| Alabama | $236 | $100 | 5% | 6.5% | 4% | Low | Low | 1–3 | — | |
| Alabama · Annual report deadline rule: Business Privilege Tax due by March 15th. | ||||||||||
| Alaska | $250 | $100 | 0% | 9.4% | 0% | Medium | Low | 1–3 | — | |
| Alaska · Annual report deadline rule: Biennial report due Jan 2nd every even/odd year. | ||||||||||
| Arizona | $85 | $0 | 2.5% | 4.9% | 5.6% | Medium | Medium | 1–3 | — | |
| Arizona · Annual report deadline rule: Corps: Anniversary date. LLCs: No annual report required. | ||||||||||
| Arkansas | $45 | $150 | 4.4% | 5.3% | 6.5% | Low | Low | 1–3 | — | |
| Arkansas · Annual report deadline rule: Franchise Tax due by May 1st. | ||||||||||
| California | $90 | $20 | 13.3% | 8.84% | 7.25% | Low | High | 1–3 | Read more → | |
| California · Annual report deadline rule: LLC Statement every 2 years, Corps every year. | ||||||||||
| Colorado | $50 | $10 | 4.4% | 4.4% | 2.9% | Medium | Medium | 1–3 | Read more → | |
| Colorado · Annual report deadline rule: Periodic Report due on anniversary month. | ||||||||||
| Connecticut | $120 | $80 | 6.99% | 7.5% | 6.35% | Low | Medium | 1–3 | — | |
| Connecticut · Annual report deadline rule: Annual Report due between Jan 1st and March 31st. | ||||||||||
| District of Columbia | $99 | $300 | 10.75% | 8.25% | 6% | Low | Medium | 1–3 | — | |
| District of Columbia · Annual report deadline rule: Two-year report due April 1st. | ||||||||||
| Georgia | $110 | $50 | 5.49% | 5.75% | 4% | Low | Medium | 1–3 | Read more → | |
| Georgia · Annual report deadline rule: Registration due between Jan 1st and April 1st. | ||||||||||
| Hawaii | $51 | $15 | 11% | 9.6% | 4% | Medium | Low | 1–3 | — | |
| Hawaii · Annual report deadline rule: Due during the anniversary quarter. | ||||||||||
| Idaho | $104 | $0 | 5.8% | 5.8% | 6% | Medium | Low | 1–3 | — | |
| Idaho · Annual report deadline rule: No fee, but annual report due on anniversary month. | ||||||||||
| Illinois | $154 | $75 | 4.95% | 9.5% | 6.25% | Low | Medium | 1–3 | Read more → | |
| Illinois · Annual report deadline rule: LLC: Anniversary month. Corp: Before March 1st. | ||||||||||
| Indiana | $98 | $30 | 3.05% | 4.9% | 7% | Medium | Low | 1–3 | — | |
| Indiana · Annual report deadline rule: Business Entity Report due every 2 years on anniversary month. | ||||||||||
| Iowa | $50 | $45 | 3.9% | 5.5% | 6% | Medium | Low | 1–3 | — | |
| Iowa · Annual report deadline rule: Biennial report due April 1st of odd years (LLC) or even years (Corp). | ||||||||||
| Kansas | $166 | $55 | 5.7% | 4% | 6.5% | Low | Low | 1–3 | — | |
| Kansas · Annual report deadline rule: Due on the 15th day of the 4th month after tax year end. | ||||||||||
| Kentucky | $40 | $15 | 4% | 5% | 6% | Medium | Low | 1–3 | — | |
| Kentucky · Annual report deadline rule: Due between Jan 1st and June 30th. | ||||||||||
| Louisiana | $105 | $30 | 3% | 5.5% | 4.45% | Low | Low | 1–3 | — | |
| Louisiana · Annual report deadline rule: Due on the anniversary of formation. | ||||||||||
| Maine | $228 | $85 | 7.15% | 8.93% | 5.5% | Low | Low | 1–3 | — | |
| Maine · Annual report deadline rule: Due by June 1st. | ||||||||||
| Maryland | $155 | $300 | 5.75% | 8.25% | 6% | Low | Medium | 1–3 | — | |
| Maryland · Annual report deadline rule: Annual Report and Personal Property Tax due April 15th. | ||||||||||
| Massachusetts | $520 | $500 | 5% | 8% | 6.25% | Low | High | 1–3 | Read more → | |
| Massachusetts · Annual report deadline rule: LLC: Anniversary. Corp: March 15th. | ||||||||||
| Michigan | $50 | $25 | 4.25% | 6% | 6% | Medium | Medium | 1–3 | — | |
| Michigan · Annual report deadline rule: LLC: Feb 15th. Corp: May 15th. | ||||||||||
| Minnesota | $155 | $0 | 9.85% | 9.8% | 6.87% | Low | Low | 1–3 | — | |
| Minnesota · Annual report deadline rule: No fee, but must file by Dec 31st. | ||||||||||
| Mississippi | $54 | $0 | 5% | 5% | 7% | Medium | Low | 1–3 | — | |
| Mississippi · Annual report deadline rule: Due by April 15th. | ||||||||||
| Missouri | $52 | $0 | 4.95% | 4% | 4.22% | Medium | Low | 1–3 | — | |
| Missouri · Annual report deadline rule: LLC: None. Corp: Anniversary month. | ||||||||||
| Montana | $35 | $20 | 6.75% | 6.75% | 0% | Medium | Low | 1–3 | — | |
| Montana · Annual report deadline rule: Due by April 15th. | ||||||||||
| Nebraska | $104 | $10 | 5.84% | 5.58% | 5.5% | Medium | Low | 1–3 | — | |
| Nebraska · Annual report deadline rule: Biennial: LLC odd years, Corp even years. | ||||||||||
| Nevada Popular | $436 | $350 | 0% | 0% | 6.85% | High | Medium | 1–3 | Read more → | |
| Nevada · Annual report deadline rule: Annual List and Business License due by end of anniversary month. | ||||||||||
| New Hampshire | $102 | $100 | 0% | 7.5% | 0% | Medium | Low | 1–3 | — | |
| New Hampshire · Annual report deadline rule: Annual Report due by April 1st. | ||||||||||
| New Jersey | $130 | $75 | 10.75% | 9% | 6.63% | Medium | Medium | 1–3 | Read more → | |
| New Jersey · Annual report deadline rule: Annual Report due by the end of the anniversary month. | ||||||||||
| New York | $205 | $9 | 10.9% | 7.25% | 4% | Low | High | 1–3 | — | |
| New York · Annual report deadline rule: Biennial Statement due on anniversary month. | ||||||||||
| North Carolina | $128 | $200 | 2.25% | 2.25% | 4.75% | Medium | Medium | 1–3 | Read more → | |
| North Carolina · Annual report deadline rule: Due by April 15th. | ||||||||||
| North Dakota | $135 | $50 | 2.5% | 1.41% | 5% | Medium | Low | 1–3 | — | |
| North Dakota · Annual report deadline rule: LLC: Nov 15th. Corp: Aug 1st. | ||||||||||
| Ohio | $99 | $0 | 3.99% | 0% | 5.75% | Medium | Medium | 1–3 | Read more → | |
| Ohio · Annual report deadline rule: No annual report required. | ||||||||||
| Oklahoma | $105 | $25 | 4.75% | 4% | 4.5% | Medium | Low | 1–3 | — | |
| Oklahoma · Annual report deadline rule: LLC: Anniversary. Corp: July 1st. | ||||||||||
| Oregon | $100 | $100 | 9.9% | 6.6% | 0% | Low | Medium | 1–3 | Read more → | |
| Oregon · Annual report deadline rule: Due on anniversary of formation. | ||||||||||
| Pennsylvania | $125 | $7 | 3.07% | 8.99% | 6% | Medium | Medium | 1–3 | — | |
| Pennsylvania · Annual report deadline rule: Annual Report due by June 30th (starting 2025). | ||||||||||
| Rhode Island | $156 | $50 | 5.99% | 7% | 7% | Low | Low | 1–3 | — | |
| Rhode Island · Annual report deadline rule: Due by May 1st. | ||||||||||
| South Carolina | $125 | $0 | 6.4% | 5% | 6% | Medium | Low | 1–3 | — | |
| South Carolina · Annual report deadline rule: LLC: None. Corp: March 15th with tax return. | ||||||||||
| South Dakota | $150 | $50 | 0% | 0% | 4.2% | High | Low | 1–3 | — | |
| South Dakota · Annual report deadline rule: Due by the first day of anniversary month. | ||||||||||
| Tennessee | $309 | $300 | 0% | 6.5% | 7% | Low | Medium | 1–3 | — | |
| Tennessee · Annual report deadline rule: Due by the 1st day of the 4th month after fiscal year end. | ||||||||||
| Utah | $59 | $20 | 4.65% | 4.65% | 6.1% | Medium | Medium | 1–3 | — | |
| Utah · Annual report deadline rule: Due on the anniversary of formation. | ||||||||||
| Vermont | $155 | $35 | 8.75% | 8.5% | 6% | Low | Low | 1–3 | — | |
| Vermont · Annual report deadline rule: Due within 2.5 (Corp) or 3 (LLC) months after fiscal year end. | ||||||||||
| Virginia | $100 | $50 | 5.75% | 6% | 5.3% | Medium | Medium | 1–3 | — | |
| Virginia · Annual report deadline rule: Due by the end of the anniversary month. | ||||||||||
| Washington | $200 | $60 | 0% | 0% | 6.5% | Medium | Medium | 1–3 | — | |
| Washington · Annual report deadline rule: Due by the last day of the anniversary month. | ||||||||||
| West Virginia | $101 | $25 | 5.12% | 6.5% | 6% | Low | Low | 1–3 | — | |
| West Virginia · Annual report deadline rule: Due by July 1st. | ||||||||||
| Wisconsin | $130 | $25 | 7.65% | 7.9% | 5% | Medium | Low | 1–3 | — | |
| Wisconsin · Annual report deadline rule: Due at the end of the anniversary quarter. | ||||||||||
Frequently Asked Questions
Answers to common questions about state annual reports and multi-state compliance for non-US LLC founders.
We file annual reports in every US state where company formation is allowed. From Wyoming and Delaware to Texas, Florida, New Mexico, Nevada, California — wherever your entity is registered, we prepare the annual report, pay the state fee on your behalf, and store the confirmation in your Documents vault.
The state stops treating your entity as in good standing. Late fees stack month by month. If the entity stays delinquent long enough, the state administratively dissolves it — which kills your US bank account, freezes Stripe payouts, ends your right to sue, and forces you to pay every back year of fees plus penalties before reinstating. The cheap route is filing on time.
Yes. We handle prior-year catch-up filings and entity reinstatement. We audit what is missing, calculate the back fees and penalties, file the missing reports, and submit the reinstatement paperwork. Once accepted, your LLC is back in good standing and we enroll it in continuous monitoring so the same thing does not happen again.
They are separate obligations and you owe both every year. The state cares about the annual report (entity good standing). The IRS cares about the federal tax return (Form 5472 for foreign-owned single-member LLCs, plus Pro-Forma 1120). One does not substitute for the other. We cover both layers — see our Federal Tax Filing page for the federal side.
Three deadline logics exist across US states. Anniversary: the annual report is due on the anniversary month of your formation date — every LLC has its own date. Fixed: a calendar date the same for everyone in that state. Biennial: filed every two years instead of every year. The comparison table above shows which logic applies for each state.
Annual report fees vary state by state and are listed in the comparison table above. The fee itself is published by the state Secretary of State — Monezzi files on your behalf, pays the state fee, and stores the confirmation. The cost of missing the deadline is consistently many multiples of the filing fee itself.
Every entity you own is enrolled in continuous monitoring. We track the exact filing deadline per state and per entity — anniversary date for states like Wyoming, fixed calendar date for states like Delaware and Florida. You get a 60-day advance notice and Monezzi files on your behalf before the late fee window opens.
Yes — name search is included. Before we file, we check your preferred entity name against every state Secretary of State database where you might form. If the name is taken in your first-choice state, we suggest viable alternatives and run parallel checks in Wyoming, Florida, Delaware, New Mexico and Texas so you do not lose days bouncing between portals.