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LLC Annual Report Deadlines by State (2026)

Every state treats LLC compliance differently: some want a flat tax on a fixed date, some tie your deadline to the month you formed, some count from the end of your fiscal year, some only ask every second year, and a few ask for nothing at all. Here is a working reference for the 40 states and D.C. that EntiGuard tracks today.

Last reviewed: October 7, 2026 · General information, not legal advice

Why "annual report" means something different in every state

Most states require LLCs to file a periodic report to stay in good standing, but the name, frequency and trigger date vary. Delaware doesn't call it an annual report at all: it charges a flat annual tax. Wyoming and Nevada tie the deadline to your formation month. New York and California only ask every second year. Arizona, Ohio, Missouri, South Carolina and New Mexico ask LLCs for no annual report (other obligations may still apply).

That inconsistency is why a portfolio of LLCs across several states is hard to track with one calendar reminder: you don't have one deadline, you have as many rules as you have states.

State-by-state reference

The five deadline patterns, in plain English

1. A fixed calendar date

Arkansas, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Maine, Maryland, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Montana, New Hampshire, North Carolina, North Dakota, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Texas and West Virginia use one date for every LLC in the state, whenever it was formed. Easy to remember, and easy to mix up with the dates of other states once you own entities in several of them: April 1, April 15, May 1, June 1 and June 30 are each some state's deadline.

2. Tied to your formation month

Wyoming, Nevada, Illinois, Colorado, Washington, Virginia and New Jersey set the deadline relative to the month you formed the LLC. Every entity in your portfolio can have a different date, even within one state. Colorado and Illinois add a twist: Illinois wants the report before your formation month begins, and Colorado's on-time window runs until the end of the second month after it. Wisconsin and Hawaii use the calendar quarter instead of the month: an LLC formed in May files by June 30.

3. Counted from the end of your fiscal year

Vermont doesn't look at the formation date: its report is due within three months after the fiscal year on record with the state ends. For an LLC on a calendar year that means March 31. For Vermont the tracker asks for the month your fiscal year ends instead of the formation month.

4. Every second year

California and New York only require a filing every two years, counted from the year the LLC was formed, in the formation month. Alaska and Kansas also count from the formation year, but on a fixed date: an LLC formed in an even year files in even years, one formed in an odd year in odd years. The District of Columbia counts from the formation year too, but starts one year after it: an LLC formed in 2026 files by April 1, 2027, then in 2029. To know which year is a filing year you need the formation year, which is why the tracker asks for it in these five places. Iowa and Nebraska are different again: every LLC files in odd-numbered years, whatever year it was formed.

5. No annual report at all

Arizona, Ohio, South Carolina, Missouri and New Mexico don't ask LLCs for an annual report (in South Carolina that holds for an LLC that is not taxed as a corporation). Don't read that as "no obligations": you may still owe a business license renewal, a tax filing, or a registered-agent fee depending on your entity.

States the tracker doesn't cover yet, and why

We add a state only when its rule can be read on the state's own pages and turned into a date without guessing. As of October 7, 2026 these are left out on purpose:

• Louisiana, Massachusetts, Oklahoma and Oregon set the due date on the exact anniversary day of the filing, not on a month (sources: La. R.S. 12:1308.1, mass.gov, Oklahoma Secretary of State, Oregon Secretary of State). The tracker asks for a month, not a day, so it would show the wrong date.
• South Dakota changes its rule on January 1, 2027: each entity will choose between its anniversary month and January 31 (SDCL 59-11-25). Which one applies can't be worked out from the formation date.
• Utah has a new statute in force since October 1, 2026 that makes the report due on the last day of the anniversary month unless the Division of Corporations sets a different period by rule (Utah Code § 16-1a-212). We could not confirm the Division's current practice, so we are waiting.
• Alabama has a Business Privilege Tax return instead of a report with one date: the Department of Revenue ties the due date to the start of the LLC's taxable year, and says no return is required when the tax comes to $100 or less. That depends on facts the tracker doesn't ask for.
• Idaho, Indiana and Tennessee: we have not yet been able to read the rule on the state's own pages ourselves, so we are not guessing.

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