2026 LLC compliance calendar: every deadline that matters
Updated April 2026
Missing a compliance deadline is the number one reason LLCs lose their good standing. The problem is rarely that business owners don't care — it's that they don't know when things are due. Deadlines are scattered across 50 different state agencies with 50 different calendars, and no single government resource puts them all in one place.
This calendar does. Every major LLC compliance deadline for 2026, organized by month, with the state, the filing, and the fee. Bookmark this page and check it at the start of every month.
January
January 2 — Alaska biennial report due (even-year filers). $100 fee.
January 1 through March 15 — Vermont annual report filing window opens. $35 fee. Must be filed by March 15.
January 1 through April 1 — Georgia annual registration window opens. $50 fee. Must be filed by April 1.
February
February 15 — Michigan LLC annual statement due. Late penalty of $50 assessed immediately. Two consecutive missed filings trigger administrative dissolution. One of the tightest dissolution triggers in the country.
March
March 1 — Delaware annual franchise tax and annual report due. $300 annual report fee. Franchise tax varies by calculation method — choosing the wrong method can result in bills of $100,000+.
March 15 — Vermont annual report filing window closes. $35 fee. Penalties for late filing compound over time.
April
April 1 — Georgia annual registration deadline. $50 fee. Failure to file results in administrative dissolution.
April 1 — Tennessee LLC annual report due (for calendar-year LLCs). $300 minimum fee ($50 per member, scales up to $3,000). 60-day grace period after deadline.
April 1 — Nebraska biennial report due (odd-year filers — next due April 1, 2027). $10 fee.
April 15 — Kentucky LLET (Limited Liability Entity Tax) due. $175 minimum. Filed with Department of Revenue, separate from the annual report.
April 15 — Alabama Business Privilege Tax Return due. $100 minimum.
April 15 — Kansas LLC annual report due. $55 fee.
April 15 — Mississippi LLC annual report due. $25 fee.
April 15 — Montana LLC annual report due. $20 fee.
April 15 — North Carolina LLC annual report due. $200 fee. Separate $200 privilege tax also applies.
April 15 — Maryland Personal Property Return due with SDAT. Required even if you own no business property.
April is the single busiest compliance month of the year. More LLC filings are due in April than any other month.
May
May 1 — Florida LLC annual report due. $138.75 fee. Automatic $400 late penalty with no grace period — one of the harshest in the nation. Three consecutive missed filings trigger dissolution.
May 1 — Arkansas LLC franchise tax report due. $150 fee.
May 15 — Texas franchise tax report due. Must be filed even if you owe $0 tax (businesses under the $2.47 million no-tax-due threshold). Failure to file results in forfeiture of the right to transact business in Texas.
June
June 1 — Maine LLC annual report due. $85 fee. Two consecutive missed filings trigger revocation.
June 30 — Kentucky annual report due with Secretary of State. $15 fee. This is a separate filing from the LLET that was due April 15 — two agencies, two deadlines.
June 30 — Louisiana LLC annual report due for some entities (others use anniversary date). $35 fee.
July
July 1 — West Virginia LLC annual report due. $25 fee. Mid-year deadline falls when most owners have mentally moved past "filing season."
August through September
September 1 through November 1 — Rhode Island annual report filing window. $50 fee. The two-month window creates confusion about the exact deadline.
November
November 15 — North Dakota LLC annual report due. $50 fee. The November deadline is unusual and falls during a period when most owners are focused on year-end operations.
December
December 31 — Minnesota LLC annual renewal due. $0 fee. Free filing but mandatory — dissolution for non-filing.
Anniversary-based deadlines (varies by LLC)
Many states use your LLC's formation date — not a fixed calendar date — to determine when filings are due. If your LLC was formed on August 15, your annual report is due on or around August 15 (or the anniversary month) each year. These states include:
California (biennial, anniversary month), Colorado (anniversary month), Connecticut (anniversary date), Hawaii (anniversary quarter), Idaho (anniversary month), Illinois (before anniversary month), Louisiana (anniversary date), Massachusetts (anniversary date), Nevada (anniversary month), New Jersey (anniversary date), New York (biennial, anniversary month), Oklahoma (anniversary date), Oregon (anniversary date), South Carolina (anniversary date), South Dakota (anniversary date), Utah (anniversary date), Virginia (anniversary month), Washington (anniversary date), Wisconsin (anniversary quarter), and Wyoming (anniversary date).
For these states, your specific deadline depends on when you formed your LLC. Check your state's compliance guide for the exact rules.
Federal deadlines that apply to all states
In addition to state filings, all LLCs with employees have federal compliance deadlines: quarterly payroll tax returns (Form 941) are due the last day of the month following each quarter end, annual federal unemployment tax (Form 940) is due January 31, W-2 and 1099 filings are due January 31, and federal income tax returns are due March 15 (partnerships and S-Corps) or April 15 (sole proprietors and single-member LLCs).
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