Colorado LLC Periodic Report: Due Date, Fee and What Happens If You Miss It

How the Periodic Report works in Colorado

Colorado calls its yearly LLC filing the Periodic Report, and it is filed only online with the Secretary of State for $25. The deadline is tied to the LLC's periodic report month, which is normally the month it was formed and is shown on the Business Summary page. The filing window is unusually wide: it opens two months before that month and closes at the end of the second month after it, giving five months to file without penalty. Missing the window moves the LLC to Noncompliant status and adds a $50 late penalty. Sixty more days without filing makes the LLC Delinquent. The report itself is short, confirming the principal office address and registered agent. Colorado charges no franchise tax with it, and a resigned registered agent must be replaced within 30 days to avoid the same noncompliance path.

First report: The first Periodic Report is due in the year after formation, in the window around the month the LLC was formed.

When your Periodic Report is due: worked examples

If you miss the deadline

• If the report is not filed by the end of the window, the LLC becomes Noncompliant and a $50 late filing penalty is added, for $75 total, during the following 60 days.
• An LLC that stays Noncompliant for 60 days without filing becomes Delinquent (C.R.S. 7-90-901), loses good standing, and cannot bring a lawsuit in Colorado to collect its debts until the delinquency is cured. After 400 days its name is altered to add 'delinquent' and the date, and the original name becomes available to others.
• Fixing a dissolved or forfeited LLC is covered in our Colorado LLC reinstatement guide.

How to file the Colorado Periodic Report

• Online only at the Colorado Secretary of State website: search the LLC by name or 11-digit ID number, then file the Periodic Report from the Business Summary page, confirming the principal office and registered agent.
• What becomes public: The report updates the principal office address and registered agent name and address, which appear on the public business record.
• Filed or paid alongside it: No franchise or annual tax is paid with the Periodic Report; income tax filings with the Colorado Department of Revenue follow the LLC's federal tax classification.
• Official filing page: file with the state

What Colorado charges over five years

Counts only the formation fee and the Periodic Report fee. No franchise or annual tax is paid with the Periodic Report; income tax filings with the Colorado Department of Revenue follow the LLC's federal tax classification. Registered agent service, if you use one, typically adds $100 to $300 a year.

Colorado compared with nearby states

Mistakes Colorado owners make

• Trying to mail a paper Periodic Report, when Colorado accepts the filing only online.
• Assuming the deadline is the anniversary date, when the window actually closes at the end of the second month after the periodic report month.
• Not replacing a resigned registered agent within 30 days, which makes the LLC Noncompliant even if the report was filed.
• Ignoring Noncompliant status, which turns into Delinquent after 60 days and then costs $100 to cure instead of a $75 late report.