North Carolina Annual Reports: $200, Due Every April 15

North Carolina charges more for its annual report than almost any state: $200 base, due April 15, filed with the Secretary of State under N.C.G.S. § 57D-2-24. Miss the date and there is no late fee, just a dissolution process with a 60 day fuse. Details below.

Key Filing Facts

Detail	Info
Frequency	Annual
Due date	April 15 (window opens January 1)
Base fee	$200
Online totals	$202 by ACH, $203 by credit card
Filed with	NC Secretary of State
Statute	N.C.G.S. § 57D-2-24
Who files	LLCs, business corporations, LLPs

Due Date: April 15, Window Open from January 1

• The state accepts reports starting January 1; the deadline is April 15.
• New companies skip their formation year. The first report lands on April 15 of the following year.
• The report is owed even in a year with zero business activity.
• Foreign LLCs registered in NC file the identical report on the identical schedule.
• Business corporations run on a fiscal year offset instead: the 15th day of the 4th month after year end, which is April 15 for calendar year filers.

The North Carolina Annual Report Fee: $200 Base

Paper is exactly $200. Online filing adds the state's electronic processing charge: $2 for an ACH draft, so $202 total, or $3 for a credit card, so $203 total. LLPs pay the same $200 as LLCs, business corporations pay a smaller $25 report fee, and for LLC filers the money goes to the Secretary of State rather than the Department of Revenue.

Filing the Report: Four Steps

1. Open the state's online annual report service, which runs in real time around the clock, or download the pre-populated form from the paper filing page.
2. Confirm or update the record: company name, registered agent and office, principal office and phone, company officials, nature of business. The registered office address can change online; a new agent name cannot. That swap takes the paper report or a separate Form BE-06 filing.
3. Pay: $200 on paper, $202 or $203 online.
4. Submit. Online reports finish in one session. Paper goes to P.O. Box 29525, Raleigh, NC 27626-0525.

Miss April 15? No Late Fee, but a 60 Day Clock

North Carolina attaches no statutory late penalty to this filing. The consequence is structural instead. After April 15 the entity is delinquent, and the Secretary of State mails a notice of grounds for administrative dissolution. File within 60 days of that notice or the state can dissolve the LLC under N.C.G.S. § 57D-6-06. Foreign LLCs face the parallel outcome, revocation of the Certificate of Authority under § 57D-7-10. Coming back means reinstatement paperwork, more fees, and a visible gap in good standing.

Who Is Exempt

Nonprofit corporations, professional corporations, professional LLCs, and plain limited partnerships file no North Carolina annual report. Standard LLCs, business corporations, LLPs, and LLLPs all do.

How We Keep You Ahead of April 15

As your registered agent we watch the deadline so you do not have to:

• Advance reminders before the filing window closes
• Same-day scanning of Secretary of State compliance notices, posted to your portal
• First three routine government mailings each calendar year scanned free, then per piece; physical forwarding of originals available per piece as well

The report itself stays between you and the state. We do not submit it or collect the fee. Our job is making sure April 15 never arrives unannounced.

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