Annual report
Massachusetts Annual Report Filing
Every Massachusetts LLC, corporation and nonprofit files an annual report with the Corporations Division. LLCs pay $500 on or before the anniversary of their formation date. Business corporations pay $100 when filed online, due two and a half months after the fiscal year ends, which is March 15 for a calendar year. Nonprofits pay $15 by November 1. We file LLC reports for $149 and corporation or nonprofit reports for $129, plus the state fee.
Massachusetts fees re-checked against the Massachusetts General Laws and the Corporations Division Filing Fees page: November 11, 2026
Heads up: we are an independent company that prepares and submits Massachusetts filings for owners. We are not the Secretary of the Commonwealth or its Corporations Division, and we do not give legal advice. Every state charge passes through at the exact amount billed, shown separately from our service fee.
- Filed with the Massachusetts Corporations Division
- We track your Massachusetts annual report
- Cited to M.G.L. chapters 156C and 156D
- Talk to a filer: (386) 465-3937
Massachusetts Annual Report Filing: the Massachusetts specifics
Annual report: three different calendars
An LLC files a $500 annual report on or before the anniversary date of its original certificate of organization (c. 156C, § 12). A business corporation files within two and a half months after its fiscal year ends, so March 15 for a calendar year, for $100 online, $125 on paper or $150 if late (c. 156D, § 16.22). A nonprofit under chapter 180 files a $15 report by November 1.
Check it: Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Corporations DivisionWhat the report contains
For a corporation: name, registered agent and office, principal office, names and addresses of directors and the president, treasurer and secretary, a brief description of business activity, and authorized and issued shares by class (c. 156D, § 16.22). For an LLC, the information required in its certificate of organization, brought up to date (c. 156C, § 12).
Check it: M.G.L. c. 156D, § 16.22Online is cheaper for corporations
The corporation report is $125 on paper, $100 filed electronically and $150 once it is late. The Division adds a small electronic processing charge on online filings under its fee schedule. We pass that through at cost on its own line.
Check it: Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Corporations DivisionWhat missed reports set in motion
Massachusetts does not cancel a company the day after a missed report. The Secretary may start administrative dissolution once an LLC has failed to file annual reports for two consecutive years, giving 90 days' notice to cure (c. 156C, § 70). Corporations face the same two-year trigger for missed reports or unpaid corporate excise (c. 156D, §§ 14.20, 14.21). Reinstatement is a $100 filing plus the missing reports.
Check it: M.G.L. c. 156C, § 70Reading your Massachusetts due date correctly
LLCs use the anniversary date of the original certificate of organization, so an LLC filed on September 9 reports by September 9 each year, starting a year after formation. Corporations count from their fiscal year end: two and a half months later, so March 15 for a December 31 year end and June 15 for a March 31 year end (c. 156D, § 16.22). Nonprofits use November 1 regardless of when they formed (c. 180, § 26A).
Foreign companies follow the same rule as their domestic counterparts: an LLC by its registration anniversary, a corporation by its fiscal year end plus two and a half months.
Source: malegislature.gov
Late math for each entity
A corporation that misses its date pays $150 instead of $100. The LLC fee schedule lists no separate late charge; the $500 is the same whether you file early or late, but the company drops out of good standing until it files. A nonprofit's report stays at $15.
The bigger cost is the two-year trigger. Once an LLC or corporation has missed reports for two consecutive years, the Secretary can begin administrative dissolution after 90 days' notice, and reinstatement then costs $100 plus every missing report.
Source: www.sec.state.ma.us
What we file for you
We pull your last filing, ask you to confirm managers, officers, directors, addresses and, for corporations, authorized and issued shares, and submit the report electronically. If your agent or principal office is changing, we file the change first so the report matches.
You receive the filed report and a reminder for next year's date.
Source: malegislature.gov
Massachusetts Annual Report Filing: questions
On or before June 3 every year, starting the year after formation. It is tied to the anniversary date, not the end of the month.
Check it: Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Corporations DivisionYes. Chapter 156C, § 12 sets the LLC annual report fee at five hundred dollars, the same as the formation fee. Foreign LLCs registered here pay $500 too.
Check it: M.G.L. c. 156C, § 12The company stops showing in good standing. After two consecutive missed years the Secretary may begin administrative dissolution with 90 days' notice. Filing the missing reports before that ends the problem.
Check it: M.G.L. c. 156C, § 70Yes. Corp USA prepares and submits your Massachusetts filing with the Corporations Division for you. The official state fee is passed through at cost, with our service fee shown separately at checkout, so you never have to work through the state's filing system yourself.
Check it: Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Corporations DivisionFile before your annual report due date.
Heads up: we are an independent company that prepares and submits Massachusetts filings for owners. We are not the Secretary of the Commonwealth or its Corporations Division, and we do not give legal advice. Every state charge passes through at the exact amount billed, shown separately from our service fee.