LLC Annual/Biennial Compliance and Good-Standing Packet

FLORIDA LLC ANNUAL/BIENNIAL COMPLIANCE AND GOOD-STANDING PACKET

Annual-report packet, not a financial statement or tax return. This packet addresses the Florida Department of State annual report, entity-record maintenance, and status evidence. It excludes tax returns, payroll/sales tax, regulated renewals, and legal opinions concerning delinquency or inactive-period acts.

Dating rule. Every fee, deadline, portal, and certificate fact must be rechecked before each filing season and on the filing date. Dated facts below were verified on 2026-07-27.

1. ENTITY RECORD

Attach the current Sunbiz entity record, last accepted annual report, payment receipt, and any Department notice.

2. ANNUAL-REPORT CALENDAR

Under Fla. Stat. § 605.0212, the first annual report is due between January 1 and May 1 of the year after the calendar year in which the articles became effective or the foreign LLC obtained authority. Each later annual report is due between January 1 and May 1 every year.

As of 2026-07-27, the official annual-report page states that a filing submitted after May 1 is assessed the statutory late fee. Section 605.0714 permits administrative dissolution if the report is not delivered by 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time on the third Friday in September, with annual-report dissolution occurring on the fourth Friday in September.

☐ First-year timing calculated from the effective year, not the anniversary date.

☐ Filing season and internal target entered on the compliance calendar.

☐ A post-May-1 filing is treated as late even if submitted before the September dissolution cutoff.

3. CURRENT DATED FILING FACTS

As of 2026-07-27, Sunbiz requires the LLC annual report to be submitted online. The base annual-report fee is $138.75 if filed between January 1 and May 1. A $400 late fee applies after May 1. An optional Certificate of Status requested with the report costs $5.

The portal-calculated total controls the payment workflow. Save the emailed confirmation and payment receipt.

4. REPORT INFORMATION REVIEW

Section 605.0212 requires current information as of delivery, including the LLC name, principal and mailing addresses, formation information, FEIN status, and at least one person authorized to manage the company.

☐ At least one authorized manager or managing member is listed.

☐ If the registered agent changes, the new agent's acceptance is completed and retained.

☐ A name change is routed to Articles of Amendment; it is not attempted through the annual report.

☐ The first report filed in the calendar year is identified as the annual report; any later report that year is treated as an amended report.

5. STATUS AND CERTIFICATE REVIEW

As of 2026-07-27, Sunbiz states that its Certificate of Status confirms that the LLC is filed or registered and has paid fees due to the Division through December 31. The certificate may be requested with the annual report or later online.

Confirm the requesting party's freshness requirement. Do not represent that a certificate resolves tax, license, local, foreign-qualification, or private-contract compliance.

6. DELINQUENCY AND CURE GATE

Section 605.0212 provides that an LLC failing to file a compliant annual report may not maintain or defend an action in a Florida court until the report and amounts due are paid, and may be subject to administrative dissolution or cancellation of foreign authority.

☐ Current official status and each missing report year identified.

☐ Portal-calculated fees and penalties reconciled before payment.

☐ If already administratively dissolved, the separate Florida LLC reinstatement/revival packet is used.

☐ No opinion is given here about inactive-period acts, litigation consequences, licenses, or retroactive effect.

7. EXCLUDED COMPLIANCE INVENTORY

☐ Federal or Florida tax returns and payments.

☐ Payroll, unemployment, sales/use tax, property tax, or information returns.

☐ Professional, regulated-industry, local, or operational licenses and renewals.

☐ Foreign qualification and annual reports in other jurisdictions.

☐ Contractual lender, investor, landlord, insurer, bank, or marketplace certifications.

8. NEXT-SEASON CONTROL

9. COMPLETION CERTIFICATE

Prepared by: [________________________________]

Official sources rechecked on: [__/__/____]

Authorized filer: [________________________________]

Signature: [________________________________] Date: [__/__/____]

SOURCES AND REFERENCES

• Florida Statutes § 605.0212
• Florida Statutes § 605.0714
• Florida Division of Corporations, annual-report filing page
• Sunbiz, LLC annual-report help and fees
• Sunbiz, annual-report filing service

Statute, fee, deadline, portal, and certificate facts were verified on 2026-07-27. Reverify before each January filing-season opening and again on the filing date.