How to File a Florida LLC Annual Report: Deadlines and Fees

Your Florida LLC annual report is due between January 1 and May 1 each year, filed online through Sunbiz for $138.75. Miss that May 1 deadline and a flat $400 late fee is added, with no waivers granted for any reason. Skip the filing entirely and the state will administratively dissolve your LLC in late September. The report itself isn’t a financial statement; it just confirms or updates your LLC’s contact information, registered agent, and management details so the state’s records stay accurate.¹

When the Report Is Due

The filing window opens January 1 and closes May 1. This applies to domestic LLCs formed in Florida and to foreign LLCs registered to do business here.²

If your LLC was formed or authorized during the current calendar year, you owe nothing this year. Your first report is due between January 1 and May 1 of the following year. An LLC formed in October 2025 files its first report by May 1, 2026.²

After the first filing, you file every year the LLC remains active. There’s no exemption for a year with no business activity, and no exemption for a year where nothing changed.¹

What It Costs

The base fee is $138.75, paid at the time you submit.³ There’s no invoice option.

File on or after May 2 and a $400 penalty is added, bringing the total to $538.75. The Division of Corporations has no authority to waive or reduce this fee, even if you never received a notice.⁴ Owners call every year to ask. The answer is always no.

Two optional charges to know about:

A Certificate of Status, which is the state’s official confirmation your LLC is active and in good standing, can be added to your filing for $5. It’s emailed after the report posts, and only one certificate can be ordered per filing.⁵
An amended annual report, if you need to correct something after submitting, costs $50.³

What to Gather Before You File

Have everything below in front of you before you log in. The whole filing takes about five minutes when you’re prepared.

Document number. The 6- or 12-digit number the Division of Corporations assigned when your LLC was formed or registered.⁶ If you don’t have it, search your entity name on Sunbiz.org and it will appear in the results.

FEIN. Your federal Employer Identification Number from the IRS. If your LLC hasn’t obtained one yet, leave the field blank and update it later.⁶

Principal office and mailing addresses. The principal address must be a physical street address. The mailing address can be a P.O. Box. Neither needs to be in Florida.⁷

Registered agent. Every Florida LLC must maintain a registered agent with a physical street address in Florida. The report shows the current agent, and you can change agents through the filing. If you designate someone new, that person or company must sign the report to accept the role.⁷

Manager or member names and addresses. The report must list current names and street addresses of all managers (if manager-managed) or members (if member-managed). The form pre-populates from your last filing, so read it carefully and overwrite anything outdated.⁶

Filing Online Through Sunbiz

The report is filed through the Sunbiz portal. Here’s how it goes:

Open the Sunbiz Annual Report filing portal and enter your document number.
The form loads with your existing information. Walk through every field and correct anything that’s changed since last year.
Confirm the registered agent, or enter new agent details and get the required acceptance.
Review the summary screen before paying. Corrections after submission cost $50.
Pay and submit. The portal accepts Visa, Mastercard, American Express, and Discover credit cards; debit cards carrying a Visa or Mastercard logo; a pre-established Sunbiz E-file account; or check or money order. Card payments process immediately. Check payments require you to print a voucher and mail it within 10 business days.⁸
Save the PDF confirmation as soon as it appears. An email confirmation also goes to the address on file once the report posts.

Card-paid reports usually post to Sunbiz right away.⁴ Check payments won’t post until the Division receives and processes the payment.

Fixing a Mistake After You Submit

If you catch a typo or wrong address after submitting, file an amended annual report through the same Sunbiz portal. The fee is $50, and the process mirrors the original filing: pull up your record, make the corrections, and pay. The amended report replaces the original data in the state’s records.¹

What Happens If You Miss the Deadline

The consequences escalate on a fixed timeline, and none of them are gentle.

After May 1. The $400 late fee attaches immediately. You can still file late and keep your LLC active, but you’ll pay $538.75 instead of $138.75.⁴

Third Friday of September. With no report filed, your LLC is flagged for administrative dissolution.¹

Fourth Friday of September. The dissolution becomes effective at close of business. Your LLC is no longer in active status.

An administratively dissolved LLC can only perform activities tied to winding down: settling debts, distributing assets, notifying creditors. It cannot conduct normal business. It also loses the ability to file or defend any lawsuit in Florida courts until the report is filed and all outstanding fees are paid.² That last one catches people off guard. Being sued and discovering your LLC can’t respond because it was dissolved over a missed $138.75 filing is not a position you want to be in.

Reinstating a Dissolved LLC

If your LLC has already been administratively dissolved, you can apply for reinstatement at any time. There’s no deadline that closes the door, but the cost grows each year you wait.

You’ll file a Reinstatement Application through Sunbiz. This application replaces the missed annual reports.⁹ The fees:

Reinstatement fee: $100
Back annual report fees: $138.75 for each year the report was missed³

Two years dissolved runs $100 plus $277.50, or $377.50 total. Three years runs $516.25. The math is the reason filing the $138.75 report on time is the cheapest option every year.

Once the Division approves the application and payment clears, the reinstatement takes effect retroactively to the date of dissolution. Legally, it’s as if the dissolution never happened, and your LLC can resume normal business.¹⁰ Paying by check or money order generates a voucher that must be mailed within 10 business days; reinstatement won’t process until payment clears.⁹

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Florida Department of State. File Annual Report – Division of Corporations
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Florida Senate. Florida Code 605.0212 – Annual Report for Department
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Florida Department of State – Division of Corporations. LLC Fees
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Florida Department of State – Division of Corporations. Annual Report Overview and Filing Instructions
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Florida Department of State – Division of Corporations. Limited Liability Company Annual Report Help
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Division of Corporations – Florida Department of State. Corporation Records – Search Guide
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Division of Corporations – Florida Department of State. Annual Report Instructions
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Florida Department of State – Division of Corporations. Introduction to Filing an Annual Report Online
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Florida Department of State – Division of Corporations. Instructions for Filing an Online Reinstatement Application
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Florida Senate. Florida Code 605.0715 – Reinstatement