District of Columbia Dept. of Consumer and Regulatory Affairs Biennial Report Filing InstructionsHow to file your District of Columbia Annual Report:All entities type file the BRA-25 form or complete the form online. When is the District of Columbia Annual Report due?DC reports are due April 15th for corporations, June 16th for LLCs, Jan. 15th for non-profits and Feb. 15th for LLPs.You must file an initial report, and then your reports are biennial. Let's say you file a new District of Columbia corporation, or qualify your corporation to do business in DC on January 15th, 2010. Your first report is due April 15th, 2010. Then your next report is due April 15th, 2012. Let's say you form a DC corporation April 14th, 2010. You will then have your first report due the very next day. If you mail the report, the DCRA goes off of the day they RECEIVE your filing. So, when they open your letter, that's the file stamped date you'll get on your company. They may open your mail and then take 2-3 weeks to process it, so if you're getting close to one of these dates, understand you could literally find out your company was filed 6-15-2009 (and find this out in July sometime, 2 weeks later) and then be late on your initial report that was due 6-16-2009. Guess what? If you're late, you can be forced to pay a late fee UP TO $1000.00. Isn't that crazy!! And this is the head of our Country. If you hold off and they receive the filing on 6-19-2009, your first report will be due 6-16-2010, and then biennial after that. Reports get mailed to your DC registered agent, so it's important to pick one you can trust, like Northwest Registered Agent Service, Inc. What is the cost to file the initial and biennial report?Corporations and LLCs cost $300.00.Non-profit corporations and LLCs: $80.00. Late fees?Please call DCRA to get a quote: 202-442-4432.Payment options?Check, if you mail it in.Credit card if you file the DC Biennial report online. How do I get notified?You should get the actual report mailed to your Washington DC registered agent.Who can file District of Columbia annual reports?Corporations have to have an officer or director sign, and LLCs have to have members or managers sign.Are original signatures needed?Corporations have to be originally signed. LLCs do not.Is an original report needed?You can download the forms, if you didn't get the original.You can download and search for the forms on the District of Columbia website: As you can see by the links above, the website is crazy complicated and the pages are always changing. If these links quit working (which they do almost every other month), please take off a few of the end characters and that should get you to a folder with a link to the forms section. |
Northwest Registered Agent Service, Inc.
Washington, DC 20036 District of Columbia
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