Massachusetts Annual Report
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Each year, all Massachusetts corporations, LLCs, nonprofits, LPs, and LLPs must file an annual report with the Secretary of the Commonwealth, Corporations Division. Let’s go over important due dates, filing fees, required information, and answers to any questions you may have along the way!
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Massachusetts Annual Report Due Dates and Fees
To file your annual report, you’ll need to first figure out when it’s due and how much you’ll need to pay in filing fees. All online and faxed filings are considered expedited in Massachusetts, so if you go that route, you’ll owe a little more in expedite fees.
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Massachusetts Annual Report Fee Schedule |
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Business Type |
Mail or In-Person |
Online or Fax |
Due Date |
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Corporations – foreign and domestic |
$125 |
$100 plus $10 expedite fee |
2.5 months after fiscal year end. |
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LLCs – foreign and domestic |
$500 |
$500 plus $20 expedite fee |
Anniversary Date |
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Nonprofits, Cooperatives, and Religious Corporations |
$15 |
$15 plus $3.50 expedite fee |
November 1 |
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LP – foreign and domestic |
$500 |
$500 plus $20 expedite fee (fax) $450 plus $15 expedite fee (online) |
Anniversary Date |
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LLP – foreign and domestic |
$500 |
$500 plus $20 expedite fee* |
Last day of February |
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Late Fees: Massachusetts only assesses corporations – foreign and domestic – a late fee ($25) for failing to file an annual report. However, all business entities will be administratively dissolved if they are delinquent for more than two years. *The annual report for Massachusetts LLPs can only be submitted by mail, in person, or by fax. |
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If you can’t remember the exact date you formed your Massachusetts LLC or LP, you can find your anniversary date by searching the Massachusetts Business Database.
How to File Your Massachusetts Annual Report
Most Massachusetts Annual Reports can be filed online or with paper forms. Once you’ve determined your due date, fee, and the filing method you’d like to use, you can follow these instructions.
To File Online:
- Enter your Customer ID number and PIN. If you don’t have either number, you can contact the Commonwealth of Massachusetts via email (corpcid@sec.state.ma.us) to obtain both.
- Fill in the required information.
- Then, select submit.
To file online, log in to the Corporations Division’s online filing portal.
To File with Paper Forms:
- Click the File by Mail or Walk in link – follow this path for fax filings also.
- Select the link for your specific business entity.
- Then, under the heading Annual Reports click the link for your appropriate form. The annual report form will automatically appear on your screen.
- Print the form.
- Fill in the required information.
- Mail or hand-deliver your completed form to:
Secretary of the Commonwealth
One Ashburton Place, Room 1717
Boston, Massachusetts 02108-1512 - Or, fax the form (along with a payment voucher) to (617) 742-4538.
To file a paper form, you’ll need to download and print one from the file by mail or walk-in section of the Corporation Division’s website.
Required Information for the Massachusetts Annual Report
Different types of business entities have different requirements for their Massachusetts Annual Report. Here’s a complete list of the information you’ll need to include, verify, or update on a Massachusetts Annual Report for every type of business:
- Business Federal ID number.
- Business name.
- Principal address.
- Massachusetts address where business records are maintained.
- Brief statement of purpose.
- Resident agent information: include their full name and address.
- Managers and/or persons authorized to validate documents filed with the Massachusetts Commonwealth, Corporations Division: include full names and addresses.
- Person(s) authorized to validate and record information regarding real property: include their full name and address.
- Signature of person filing the annual report.
- Business name.
- Foreign corporation information: include the state your corporation was initially formed in.
- Registered agent information: include their full name and Massachusetts address.
- Principal address.
- Board of directors, president, treasurer, secretary, and, if different, the chief executive and financial officer names and addresses.
- Brief statement of purpose.
- Stock information: include class, total authorized, and total issued
- Signature, name, and title of person filing the annual report.
- Identification number. You can find your ID number by searching the Massachusetts Business Database.
- Business name and address.
- Date of last annual meeting.
- President, treasurer, and clerk or secretary information: include each individual’s name and address.
- Name and address of all directors or officers with director powers.
- Signature, name, and title of person filing the annual report.
- Name of business.
- Brief statement of purpose.
- Principal address.
- Resident agent information: include their full name and address.
- General partner information: include each person’s name and address.
- Contact information of person filing the annual report: include their name, address, email, and phone number.
- Dissolution date, if any.
- Signature of person filing the annual report.
- Business name.
- Principal address.
- Business FEIN.
- Brief statement of purpose.
- Signature of person filing the annual report.
Note: If you own a foreign or domestic LLP, you’ll need to create your own Massachusetts Annual Report with this information and mail it to the Secretary of the Commonwealth. Massachusetts does not provide a standardized form for those entities.
How Our Massachusetts Annual Report Service Works
With Northwest’s elite Massachusetts Annual Report Service (sometimes called compliance service,) you can trust that your business will stay compliant and in good standing, so you never have to worry about costly late fees or your company being administratively dissolved.
For $100 plus the state-mandated report fee, we’ll file your annual report.
Run your business on your terms by adding or canceling Massachusetts Annual Report Service anytime.
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You can sign up for this service by itself or add it on to an existing service. Compliance service is automatically added when you hire us to provide your MA Registered Agent Service or form your Massachusetts corporation, Massachusetts LLC, or Massachusetts nonprofit.
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Once you’ve signed up for compliance service, you’ll pay nothing up front. We’ll send you a reminder at least 90 days before the report is due, and the auto charge your saved preferred method of payment a few days later.
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Annual Report Service Benefits
At Northwest, you don’t have to figure out how to opt out of exposing your personal information. That’s because we practice Privacy by Default®. We automatically minimize the exposure of your data, without being asked.
Massachusetts Annual Reports are public record. Any information you list on the form is easily searchable online. So we’ve designed our annual report service to protect your privacy.
Instead of your own information, we’ll use:
- Our contact information, including our street address when possible
- Our IP address, which limits the connection between your cell phone, personal computer, and work computers to make it harder for advertisers to find you
- Our bank and credit card information
We believe everyone has the right to keep their information private. That’s why privacy is our guiding principle when we create every service and product.
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Massachusetts Annual Report FAQs
No. New businesses don’t have to file an initial report.
Massachusetts corporations are the only business entities that will be assessed a late fee ($25) for failing to file an annual report. However, all companies will be administratively dissolved if they remain delinquent for two or more years.
Regardless of how you choose to file, your Massachusetts Annual Report will be processed in 24 to 36 hours.
After starting a business in Massachusetts, your Massachusetts Annual Report can be filed by an officer, member/manager, or someone your business hires to file on its behalf. When you hire Northwest Registered Agent, we’ll take care of submitting your report for you.
No. While some states require original signatures on state forms, Massachusetts allows you to file an annual report with electronic signatures and photocopies of documents.
