Florida Annual Report 2027: Deadline, Fees and How to File

The Florida annual report keeps your business information current with the Division of Corporations. It is not an income-tax return or a financial statement. An LLC or corporation generally still needs to file even if its address, ownership contacts and business activity have not changed.

For 2027 planning, the normal filing window is January 1 through May 1. The currently published state fees are $138.75 for an LLC, $150 for a profit corporation, and $61.25 for a nonprofit corporation. A $400 late fee applies after May 1 to LLCs and profit corporations, but not nonprofit corporations.

The direct filing route is Sunbiz’s annual-report page. You do not need to buy a private filing package to submit the report.

Important 2027 planning note

The source guide was checked November 9, 2026, and its standing rules were rechecked November 12, 2026. The live Sunbiz instructions still describe the 2026 filing season in their year-specific notices. The 2027 report window has not opened, and this guide does not claim that a 2027 agency calendar has already been posted.

The dates below apply the current statutes and standing Sunbiz guidance to 2027. Recheck the state page when filing opens for any new fees, operating instructions, extensions or payment cutoffs.

May 1, 2027 falls on a Saturday. Do not assume the deadline automatically moves to Monday. The published standing rule is May 1; no 2027 weekend extension was verified. Filing well before the final weekend avoids that uncertainty.

Who needs to file?

The Division requires annual reports for covered entities to maintain active status. This guide focuses on LLCs, profit corporations and nonprofit corporations, including the applicable registered foreign entities.

For an LLC, section 605.0212 addresses the annual-report requirement. Profit corporations and nonprofits have corresponding provisions in section 607.1622 and section 617.1622.

Under the current rules, the first annual report is due in the calendar year following formation or registration. For example, an LLC formed in 2026 generally files its first annual report in 2027.

Do not confuse a corporation’s annual report with a fictitious-name renewal, professional-license renewal or local business tax receipt. They are different obligations. A sole proprietorship with only a fictitious name should not buy a corporation annual-report service just because it received a letter.

The current state-fee table

Entity	Timely annual-report fee	$400 late fee?	Ordinary total after May 1
LLC	$138.75	Yes	$538.75
Profit corporation	$150.00	Yes	$550.00
Nonprofit corporation	$61.25	No	$61.25

These amounts come from the Division’s fee schedules and annual-report instructions, checked for this guide.

The nonprofit exception means no $400 annual-report late fee, not no filing duty. A nonprofit can still face administrative dissolution for failing to file.

Optional documents and private-service charges are separate. If a checkout total is higher, identify whether it includes a certificate of status, another optional item or a private preparer’s fee.

The 2027 calendar to put in your reminders

• January 1, 2027: normal annual-report filing period begins under the current rules.
• May 1, 2027: normal deadline before the $400 late fee applies to covered for-profit entities.
• September 17, 2027: the third Friday in September, applying Sunbiz’s standing annual-report guidance.
• September 24, 2027: the fourth Friday in September, the corresponding administrative dissolution/revocation date under that standing guidance.

The September dates are calendar projections, not verified 2027 payment-processing announcements. Sunbiz’s currently posted standing guidance says reports should be filed by the third Friday to avoid dissolution and identifies close of business on the fourth Friday for administrative dissolution or revocation.

Year-specific payment instructions can distinguish mailed payments from online card payments. Do not use the fourth-Friday projection as a reason to delay. Recheck the 2027 announcement and file early.

Step 1: Find the correct entity

Enter through Sunbiz and find the company’s detail page. Check the exact legal name, document number, entity type and current status.

If you manage multiple companies, create a separate line for each. A holding company, operating LLC and management corporation can have separate report obligations even when the same person owns them.

Review the most recent annual-report year in the filing history. Do not assume a reminder email means nothing was filed, or that a credit-card charge alone proves the correct company’s report was accepted.

If the record already shows administrative dissolution or revocation, investigate reinstatement. The ordinary annual-report process may no longer be the right filing.

Step 2: Gather the information to review

Have the legal name, document number, principal and mailing addresses, registered-agent details and required officer, director, manager or authorized-person information ready.

Check the entity’s federal employer identification number information and the state form’s instructions if it has not yet been assigned. Do not insert a personal Social Security number into an unrelated public field.

Confirm who has authority to file. If the registered agent is changing, follow the form’s consent and acceptance requirements rather than listing an agent who has not agreed.

The report should reflect current information as required by the applicable statute. It is not a convenient place to make an unsupported ownership claim or resolve a disagreement among members.

Step 3: Open the annual-report filing from the state page

Use the official annual-report entry page and follow the state’s instructions. Check the domain before entering payment details.

Once the 2027 system is available, confirm that the filing is for the correct report year. A company that still owes a prior-year filing or needs reinstatement may have a different transaction.

Read each field rather than blindly accepting the prior year’s data. Old addresses and departed officers often remain in records because someone treated the report as a payment screen.

If a needed change is outside what the annual-report form permits, use the appropriate amendment or agency procedure. Filing the report does not make every possible entity change effective.

Step 4: Pay the state fee and retain evidence

Review the entity type and charge before submitting payment. Follow the state page’s current payment options and any voucher instructions for noninstant methods.

For the current standing May 1 rule, Sunbiz says the required voucher and check or money order must be postmarked and mailed on or before May 1. Recheck the report-year instructions; September receipt and processing cutoffs may differ. Allow mailing and processing time rather than applying one deadline rule to every payment method.

Save the completed filing, payment receipt and confirmation email. Sunbiz currently notes that a filing confirmation goes to the entity’s email address on file, which is another reason to keep that address accurate.

Do not close the task merely because the browser displayed a payment screen. Verify the filed report in the public record.

Step 5: Check the public record

Return to the company detail page and confirm that the 2027 annual report appears once processed. Review the report image or filing details for the information you intended to update.

Keep the accepted filing in your company records. If a bank or customer asks for a certificate of status, determine whether it needs that separate document or merely evidence of an active record.

Then mark the report complete in your internal calendar. For multiple entities, identify the person responsible for each and record the filing confirmation—not just “bookkeeper handled it.”

What happens after May 1?

Under the currently published rule, a covered LLC or profit corporation that files late owes the additional $400. The ordinary LLC total becomes $538.75; the profit-corporation total becomes $550.

The Division warns that the late fee is required and does not provide a general discretionary waiver. Do not rely on a claim that a private preparer can negotiate it away because your company had no revenue or never received a reminder.

Filing in the summer is still different from waiting until the entity is dissolved. If the report is missing, act promptly and confirm which transaction the current record requires.

If a future emergency order or agency announcement changes a deadline, follow that actual announcement. This guide does not assume an extension that has not been issued.

What happens in September?

Sunbiz’s standing guidance warns that entities failing to file face administrative dissolution or revocation in the fall. After that event, restoring the entity requires a reinstatement application and associated fees.

The current reinstatement schedule is $100 plus report-year fees for an LLC; $600 plus report-year fees for a profit corporation; and $175 plus report-year fees for a nonprofit corporation. See the state reinstatement instructions.

Do not deliberately wait for dissolution as a fee strategy. Apart from filing costs, impaired entity status can affect business relationships and create legal questions. A contractor should also check DBPR business qualification and insurance separately.

How to recognize misleading annual-report letters

The Division’s consumer-notice page warns about misleading business solicitations. A letter can include your real company name, document number and deadline because those details are public.

Look for the sender, return address, payment destination and disclosures. A private company may lawfully offer a filing service, but it should not imply that it is the state or that its extra service charge is a mandatory government fee.

Be cautious about envelopes styled as government notices, “certificate” packages described as universally required, and totals that do not separate state fees from private charges.

The safest check is to type the Sunbiz address yourself, inspect the entity record and compare the official fee. Do not pay a second solicitation after filing just because it sounds urgent.

Choose the right next step

For a field-by-field filing session, use the Sunbiz annual-report walkthrough; it concentrates on the e-file form rather than the annual-report rules. If you are already late, check the deadline and dissolution timeline before selecting a transaction. An administratively dissolved company may need reinstatement instead of the ordinary report form.

Put this report alongside your tax, license and local renewal reminders in the Florida business compliance calendar. If you are forming a new entity near year-end, read the January 1 effective-date explanation before assuming that a report is due in the next filing season. The effective date, not simply the month you submit a document, can change the first report year.

General filing information, not legal or tax advice. FileMyFlorida is independent and is not affiliated with the State of Florida, Sunbiz or FinCEN.