Florida LLC Annual Report: Due Date, Fee and What Happens If You Miss It

How the Annual Report works in Florida

Every Florida LLC files an annual report with the Division of Corporations, usually called Sunbiz, between January 1 and May 1. The fee is $138.75, and the first report is due in the year after the LLC is formed, so an LLC organized in December still files the following spring. Florida's late penalty is one of the steepest in the country: a report filed even one day after May 1 adds a flat $400 that the Division cannot waive, even if the reminder emails never arrived. The report confirms the principal office, the federal EIN, the registered agent and at least one manager or authorized member, and those details appear in public Sunbiz records. Florida charges LLCs no franchise tax. An LLC that still has not filed by the third Friday of September is administratively dissolved on the fourth Friday of September.

First report: The first annual report is due between January 1 and May 1 of the calendar year after the year the articles of organization took effect (Fla. Stat. 605.0212).

When your Annual Report is due: worked examples

Next statewide deadline after October 30, 2026: May 1, 2027. If a deadline falls on a weekend or holiday, check whether Florida moves it to the next business day.

If you miss the deadline

• A $400 late fee applies to LLC annual reports filed after May 1, for a total of $538.75; the Division has no authority to waive or reduce it, even if reminder notices were not received.
• An LLC that has not filed by the third Friday of September is administratively dissolved at the close of business on the fourth Friday of September. Until it files, it also cannot maintain or defend a lawsuit in Florida courts (Fla. Stat. 605.0212).
• Fixing a dissolved or forfeited LLC is covered in our Florida LLC reinstatement guide.

How to file the Florida Annual Report

• File online at Sunbiz (dos.fl.gov/sunbiz) using the LLC's document number, paying by credit card or with a check and printed payment voucher; changes to principal address, managers and registered agent can be made on the report.
• What becomes public: The report lists the principal office and mailing address, federal EIN, the registered agent, and the name, title and address of at least one person with authority to manage the LLC, all shown in Sunbiz public records.
• Filed or paid alongside it: No franchise or privilege tax is paid with the report. An LLC taxed as a corporation files Florida corporate income tax with the Department of Revenue; most single-member and partnership-taxed LLCs have no state income tax filing.
• Official filing page: file with the state

What Florida charges over five years

Counts only the formation fee and the Annual Report fee. No franchise or privilege tax is paid with the report. An LLC taxed as a corporation files Florida corporate income tax with the Department of Revenue; most single-member and partnership-taxed LLCs have no state income tax filing. Registered agent service, if you use one, typically adds $100 to $300 a year.

Florida compared with nearby states

Mistakes Florida owners make

• Filing after May 1 and expecting the $400 late fee to be waived, which the Division has no authority to do.
• Skipping the first report because the LLC was formed late in the prior year, when every LLC files in the year after formation.
• Responding to mailed solicitations that charge more than the $138.75 state fee instead of filing directly on Sunbiz.
• Filing a second annual report to make changes without realizing Florida treats it as an amendment rather than a new report.