Florida annual report requirements.

Who has to file

Every active Florida corporation, nonprofit corporation, limited liability company and limited partnership (including LLLPs) — and every out-of-state business registered to do business in Florida — files an annual report every year, starting the year after it was formed or registered.

If the business has closed, you don’t need to file. (Dissolving it formally is a separate filing with the state.)

When it’s due, and what it costs

The report can be filed between January 1 and May 1. If it isn’t filed by 11:59 PM Eastern on May 1, Florida adds a $400 late fee to corporations, LLCs, limited partnerships and LLLPs. The state can’t waive it. Nonprofit corporations don’t pay a late fee.

The state also offers an optional certificate of status ($5 for an LLC, $8.75 for other types). We don’t add one unless you ask.

If the report isn’t filed

• After May 1, the $400 late fee applies (except nonprofits).
• A business that still hasn’t filed by the third Friday in September is administratively dissolved — or, for an out-of-state business, has its authority revoked — at the close of business on the fourth Friday in September.
• A dissolved or revoked business can apply for reinstatement, paying the state’s reinstatement fee plus every annual report fee that’s due.

What the report contains — and what you can change

The annual report confirms or updates the business’s details on file with the state:

• Principal address — the street address of the principal office. A P.O. box is not accepted. It can be outside Florida.
• Mailing address — where the state sends mail. A P.O. box is fine.
• Registered agent — a person or company with a Florida street address (no P.O. box or drawer) who accepts legal papers for the business. A business can’t be its own registered agent. If you change the agent or the agent’s address, the new agent must accept by typing their name on the report; for a company agent, a person authorized by that company signs.
• Officers, directors, managers or authorized members — at least one, each with a title, name and street address. One person can hold more than one title.
• FEI/EIN — the federal employer identification number, or that one has been applied for, or that the business doesn’t have one. Never a Social Security number.
• Email address — required. The state sends its confirmation and future notices there.

What the annual report can’t change:

• The business’s name — that takes an amendment filed with the state by mail.
• For limited partnerships, which general partners are listed — adding or removing one takes a Certificate of Amendment. Their addresses can be updated on the report.
• A report that’s already been filed this year — that’s an amended annual report ($61.25 for a corporation, $50 for an LLC).

Who can sign, and how

The report is signed electronically by one of the people listed on it — an officer, director, manager, authorized member or person, or general partner — by typing their name and title. Under Florida law a typed name has the same legal effect as a handwritten signature.

Typing someone’s name without their permission is forgery, and knowingly filing a false document is a third-degree felony in Florida. That’s why our form only lets you choose a signer from the people on the report, and asks you to confirm you are that person or are authorized by them.

After it’s filed

The state emails its confirmation to the address on the report, and the filed report appears in the business’s record on Sunbiz. When we file for you, we email you when it’s submitted and again when it shows in the state’s records.

How we handle it

• Florida requiresFile between January 1 and May 1 to avoid the $400 late fee.On our formEach business page shows what’s due and counts down the days to May 1. Any late fee is shown on its own line before you pay.
• Florida requiresPrincipal address: a street address, no P.O. box.On our formThe form won’t accept a P.O. box as the principal address.
• Florida requiresRegistered agent: Florida street address; a new agent must accept.On our formChanging the agent requires a Florida street address and the new agent’s typed acceptance. A business can’t be its own agent.
• Florida requiresAt least one officer or manager, each with a title, name and street address.On our formEvery person you add or change is checked for a title, name and street address.
• Florida requiresSigned by someone listed on the report.On our formYou pick the signer from the people on the report — nobody else can be chosen.
• Florida requiresThe name can’t change on an annual report; LP general partners can only change by amendment.On our formThe name isn’t editable, and general-partner changes are flagged for our team before anything is filed.

Before you pay, a short checklist confirms each of these is met. More questions?

Ready to file?

Find your business and we’ll fill in everything from the state’s record. Or file it yourself directly with the state and pay only the state fee.