Florida Annual Report: Deadline, Fees, and What Happens If You Miss It

The deadline and the fees

The annual report is due by 11:59 PM Eastern on May 1 each year. It is not a tax return and it is not based on revenue. It confirms the company's current information with the state. As of June 2026 the fees are $138.75 for a limited liability company, $150.00 for a profit corporation, and $61.25 for a nonprofit corporation.

The report is filed online through the state. Filing early in the year avoids any risk of the late penalty below.

The $400 late fee

Miss the May 1 deadline and the state imposes a $400 late fee on all profit corporations, limited liability companies, limited partnerships, and limited liability limited partnerships. Nonprofit corporations are exempt from this penalty. The late fee is flat, so it does not grow the longer you wait, but the bigger risk is what comes in September.

What happens if you never file

A company that has not filed must do so by the third Friday in September to avoid administrative dissolution. If it still has not filed, the state dissolves or revokes the entity at the close of business on the fourth Friday of September. For 2026 that puts the practical cutoff in late September.

A dissolved company loses the legal protections of the entity until it is reinstated. Reinstatement is usually possible by filing the missing report and paying the reinstatement fee, but contracts signed while dissolved can be exposed in the gap.

How to know your status before the deadline

You do not have to wait for a notice. A free lookup shows the last annual report year on file and flags an entity whose report looks overdue, so you can act before the late fee or dissolution hits. If you manage several companies, checking them in one place each spring is the simplest way to avoid a surprise in September.

Sources

• Florida Department of State — Annual Report (deadline, fees, late penalty, dissolution timing) (verified 2026-06-23)