Every Pennsylvania LLC must file an annual report with the Department of State and pay a $7 fee by September 30 each year, using Form DSCB:15-146.1Pennsylvania Department of State. Business Reports – Section: Annual Reports The filing itself is short. Missing it is expensive, because Pennsylvania skips the late-fee approach and moves straight toward dissolving your LLC.
Who Files and by When
Every LLC formed in Pennsylvania and every out-of-state LLC registered to do business in Pennsylvania must file. Foreign LLCs follow the same rules and the same deadline as domestic ones.2Pennsylvania General Assembly. Pennsylvania Code Title 15 Chapter 1 Section 146 – Annual Report
The filing window opens January 1 and closes September 30. The statute phrases the deadline as “before October 1,” so September 30 is the last safe day.2Pennsylvania General Assembly. Pennsylvania Code Title 15 Chapter 1 Section 146 – Annual Report If you also own a corporation or a limited partnership in Pennsylvania, note that those entities have different deadlines (June 30 for corporations, December 31 for LPs).3Pennsylvania Department of State. Annual Reports
Your first report is due the calendar year after your LLC becomes subject to the statute. An LLC formed in 2025 has its first annual report due by September 30, 2026.2Pennsylvania General Assembly. Pennsylvania Code Title 15 Chapter 1 Section 146 – Annual Report
What the Report Asks For
Form DSCB:15-146 collects six items:2Pennsylvania General Assembly. Pennsylvania Code Title 15 Chapter 1 Section 146 – Annual Report
- The LLC’s legal name and jurisdiction of formation.
- The registered office address in Pennsylvania.
- At least one governor, meaning a member or manager with governing authority.
- Names and titles of any principal officers, as determined by the governors.
- The principal office address, which can be outside Pennsylvania.
- The entity number the Department of State assigned when the LLC was formed or registered.
Online, the system pre-populates these fields from state records. In most years you are checking what is already there and updating only what changed.3Pennsylvania Department of State. Annual Reports
How to File and Pay the $7
The Department of State recommends filing online through its Business Filing Services portal at file.dos.pa.gov. Create an account, use Business Search to pull up your LLC, complete the pre-filled form, and pay the $7 fee. You get an immediate confirmation.3Pennsylvania Department of State. Annual Reports
Paper filing is allowed. Mail a completed Form DSCB:15-146 with the $7 fee to the Department of State in Harrisburg.4Pennsylvania Department of State. Annual Report – DSCB 15-146 Paper takes longer and lacks the online system’s error checks, so give yourself extra runway if you file this way.
The $7 fee is a Department of State filing fee, separate from anything you owe the Pennsylvania Department of Revenue. LLCs organized for a not-for-profit purpose pay no fee.3Pennsylvania Department of State. Annual Reports
What Happens If You Miss September 30
There is no flat late fee. Instead, under 15 Pa. C.S. § 382, the Department of State sends a written notice to your registered office and to the principal office address on your most recent filing.5Pennsylvania General Assembly. Pennsylvania Code Title 15 Chapter 3 Section 382 – Procedure and Effect
You then have 60 days from delivery of that notice to file the missing annual report. File within the window and the matter closes. Miss the 60 days and the department issues a statement of administrative dissolution, ending your LLC’s legal existence.5Pennsylvania General Assembly. Pennsylvania Code Title 15 Chapter 3 Section 382 – Procedure and Effect
A dissolved LLC loses authority to conduct business in Pennsylvania and loses good standing. That has real consequences beyond the state records: banks, landlords, other states you have registered in, and some license and insurance renewals routinely ask for a certificate of subsistence, which is Pennsylvania’s certificate of good standing, and a dissolved LLC cannot get one. The certificate itself costs $40 when you can get it.6Pennsylvania Department of State. Fees and Payments
Reinstating a Dissolved LLC
Reinstatement is available under 15 Pa. C.S. § 383. The application includes your LLC’s name, registered office address, and principal office address, plus either proof that the grounds for dissolution did not exist or the missing annual report and fees for each report skipped.7Pennsylvania General Assembly. Pennsylvania Code Title 15 Chapter 3 Section 383 – Reinstatement
Costs stack up:
- Online reinstatement application: $35.
- Paper reinstatement application: $40.
- Each missing annual report: $15 penalty plus the $7 filing fee.3Pennsylvania Department of State. Annual Reports
Two missed years filed online run about $79 ($35 plus two reports at $22 each). Three years put you near $115. Once approved, reinstatement relates back to the date of dissolution, so the LLC’s activities during the gap are treated as if the dissolution never happened.7Pennsylvania General Assembly. Pennsylvania Code Title 15 Chapter 3 Section 383 – Reinstatement
One trap: if another entity registered your LLC’s name during the dissolution period, you will have to pick a new available name to reinstate. The department has 30 days to process a complete reinstatement application.7Pennsylvania General Assembly. Pennsylvania Code Title 15 Chapter 3 Section 383 – Reinstatement