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Maryland Annual Report Filing
Maryland annual report filing is due April 15. The state fee is $300. ClearFormation tracks the due date, pre-fills the report, and files after you approve.
Annual report
+ $300 state fee
- Due-date tracking and email reminders
- Pre-filled report for your review
- Filed with the state after you approve
What is the Maryland LLC annual report?
Maryland requires the Annual Report / Personal Property Return every year. Maryland annual report filing updates your addresses, registered agent, and managers with the Maryland SDAT.
It is not a federal tax return, and it is not a city or county business license.
Maryland also has a separate tax obligation (None (annual report fee instead)). That is not part of this report. An accountant or tax software handles it.
Who must file in Maryland?
- LLCs formed in Maryland
- LLCs formed elsewhere and registered to do business in Maryland
You still file if nothing changed since the last report.
How to file your Maryland LLC annual report
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Confirm you must file
- LLCs formed in Maryland, and LLCs registered to do business there, both file.
- You still file if nothing changed.
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Gather the details
Have your file number, legal name, addresses, registered agent, and managers or members ready.
- 3
Confirm your Maryland registered agent
- The report must list a registered agent with a street address in Maryland.
- If your agent resigned, appoint a new one before you file.
- A resigned agent is the usual reason a report is rejected.
- 4
File and pay
- Submit the Annual Report / Personal Property Return to the Maryland SDAT.
- Pay $300.
- ClearFormation pre-fills the report and files after you approve.
- 5
Save the confirmation
- Download the receipt and confirmation number.
- Banks and other states may ask for it.
File your Maryland report
We track the due date, pre-fill the report, and file after you approve.
What happens if you miss it
Missing the deadline can add a late penalty on top of the report fee. The Maryland SDAT can also mark the LLC not in good standing, and after enough missed reports it can dissolve the company.
Banks and other states can refuse to work with an LLC that is not in good standing.
After you file
Save the confirmation the day you file. Banks and other states may ask for it.
If someone needs official proof, order a certificate of good standing from Maryland while the record is current.
The next report is due on the same date next year. Keep your Maryland registered agent active so state mail still reaches you.
Maryland annual report FAQs
Also for Maryland: Form an LLC · Registered agent · Foreign qualification · Good standing