How to Complete and File the Pennsylvania Annual Report (DSCB:15-146)

Pennsylvania’s annual report on Form DSCB:15-146 is filed with the Department of State through the Business Filing Services portal at file.dos.pa.gov. The fee is $7 for most for-profit entities and $0 for nonprofits. Your deadline depends on what kind of entity you have, and the filing window opens every January 1.1Pennsylvania Department of State. Annual Reports

When Your Report Is Due

The due date turns on entity type, not fiscal year:

  • Corporations, for-profit and nonprofit, domestic and foreign: January 1 through June 30.
  • Limited liability companies, domestic and foreign: January 1 through September 30.
  • All other associations, including limited partnerships and limited liability partnerships: January 1 through December 31.

Both for-profit and nonprofit corporations share the June 30 deadline. The December 31 date is for partnerships and other non-corporate entities, not for nonprofits.2Pennsylvania General Assembly. 15 Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes 146 – Annual Report

The Department mails a reminder to your registered office address at least two months before your deadline. If that address is out of date you won’t see the notice, and missing the notice does not excuse you from filing.1Pennsylvania Department of State. Annual Reports

What It Costs

The filing fee is $7 for business corporations, LLCs, limited partnerships, and limited liability partnerships. Nonprofit corporations, and any LP or LLC organized for a not-for-profit purpose, pay $0. If you need to correct information after you’ve already filed for the year, you can submit a revised report at no additional charge; the statute bars the Department from charging for that update.3Pennsylvania General Assembly. 15 Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes 146 – Annual Report – Section: (f) Change of Information

What to Have in Front of You

Every field on the report must reflect current information as of the date you file, not what was true last year or on your original formation documents.4Pennsylvania General Assembly. 15 Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes 146 – Annual Report – Section: (a) Required Contents Gather:

  • Your exact legal entity name as it appears on your original articles, certificate, or registration. A missing comma or an abbreviated word can trigger a rejection.
  • The entity number assigned by the Department of State.
  • Jurisdiction of formation. Pennsylvania for domestic entities, or the home state or country for foreign entities.
  • Registered office address. This must be a physical street address where legal process can be served. P.O. boxes don’t qualify. If you use a commercial registered office provider, enter that provider’s name in place of an address.
  • Principal office address.
  • The name of at least one governor, meaning a director, manager, general partner, or equivalent depending on entity type.
  • Names and titles of principal officers, such as president, secretary, or treasurer for a corporation, or managing member for an LLC.

Filing Online

Online filing is the fastest route and gives you immediate confirmation. The steps:

  • Set up a Business Filing Services account if you don’t have one. That requires a Keystone Login, Pennsylvania’s unified state authentication. If you had the older PALogin, migrate it to Keystone Login first.
  • Log in at file.dos.pa.gov and use Business Search to pull up your entity.
  • Click the Annual Report icon next to your entity. No PIN is needed to file the annual report.
  • Review the pre-populated fields. The form loads whatever the Department currently has on file, and this is where you fix any address, officer, or governor information that has changed.
  • Pay by credit card or electronic check and submit.

Once processed, the filing appears in the Department’s public business entity database and your “Last Report Filed” field updates. That record is useful proof of compliance for banks, lenders, and business partners.1Pennsylvania Department of State. Annual Reports

Filing by Mail

If you’d rather use paper, download the blank DSCB:15-146 form from the Department of State’s website, complete it, and mail it with any fee to:

Pennsylvania Department of State
Bureau of Corporations and Charitable Organizations
P.O. Box 8722
Harrisburg, PA 17105-8722

Paper filings are processed in the order received, and the Department does not publish a fixed turnaround time. The online form auto-populates your existing information, which cuts down on the small errors that hold up paper submissions.1Pennsylvania Department of State. Annual Reports

What Happens If You Miss the Deadline

Pennsylvania does not charge a late fee. The penalty is heavier: administrative dissolution, termination, or cancellation of the entity, and loss of protection for the entity name. Once that happens the business is no longer in good standing and loses its legal authority to operate.

Because the annual report requirement started in 2025, the Department is running a transition period. No entity will be dissolved or terminated for failing to file a report due in 2025 or 2026. Full enforcement begins with reports due in 2027; entities that miss the 2027 deadline become subject to dissolution or termination six months after the due date.1Pennsylvania Department of State. Annual Reports

The transition period is not a reason to skip the filing. Banks, insurers, and licensing agencies routinely check entity status, and a missing report reads as a warning sign even when no dissolution has occurred.

If Your Entity Has Already Been Dissolved

If your entity was dissolved or terminated for failing to file, Pennsylvania law lets you apply for reinstatement under 15 Pa.C.S. § 383. Your application must include:

  • The entity name at the time of dissolution. If that name is no longer available, propose a new one that meets Pennsylvania’s naming rules.
  • The current registered office address, or the name of a commercial registered office provider.
  • The principal office address as of the reinstatement application.
  • The most recent annual report that was not previously filed, along with the fee for each missed report.

Once the Department receives a complete application, it has 30 days to cancel the prior dissolution and file a statement of reinstatement. The entity is then treated as though the dissolution never happened.5Pennsylvania General Assembly. 15 Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes 383 – Reinstatement A separate reinstatement fee applies under the Department’s fee schedule, on top of the unpaid annual report fees.