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Massachusetts Annual Report Filing
Massachusetts annual report filing is due Anniversary date. The state fee is $500. ClearFormation tracks the due date, pre-fills the report, and files after you approve.
Annual report
+ $500 state fee
- Due-date tracking and email reminders
- Pre-filled report for your review
- Filed with the state after you approve
What is the Massachusetts LLC annual report?
Massachusetts requires the Annual Report every year. Massachusetts annual report filing updates your addresses, registered agent, and managers with the Massachusetts Secretary of State.
It is not a federal tax return, and it is not a city or county business license.
Massachusetts also has a separate tax obligation (None for LLCs). That is not part of this report. An accountant or tax software handles it.
Who must file in Massachusetts?
- LLCs formed in Massachusetts
- LLCs formed elsewhere and registered to do business in Massachusetts
You still file if nothing changed since the last report.
How to file your Massachusetts LLC annual report
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Confirm you must file
- LLCs formed in Massachusetts, and LLCs registered to do business there, both file.
- You still file if nothing changed.
- 2
Gather the details
Have your file number, legal name, addresses, registered agent, and managers or members ready.
- 3
Confirm your Massachusetts registered agent
- The report must list a registered agent with a street address in Massachusetts.
- 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 to the Massachusetts Secretary of State.
- Pay $500.
- 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 Massachusetts 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 Massachusetts Secretary of State 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 Massachusetts while the record is current.
The next report is due on the same date next year. Keep your Massachusetts registered agent active so state mail still reaches you.
Massachusetts annual report FAQs
Also for Massachusetts: Form an LLC · Registered agent · Foreign qualification · Good standing