Vermont Annual Report Filing: Due Date, Fee & How to File

Every LLC and corporation registered with the Vermont Secretary of State files a recurring report to keep its good standing. Vermont ties the deadline to your fiscal year rather than a fixed calendar date, which trips up more businesses than the fee itself does. This page covers the due date, the current fee, the filing steps, and what happens when a report goes unfiled.

What the Vermont Annual Report Covers

The annual report is an administrative update, not a financial disclosure. For an LLC, 11 V.S.A. § 4033(a) sets the required contents: the company name, the state or country of organization, the street and mailing address of the designated office, and the registered agent's name, email address, and street and mailing address. The current statute requires the registered agent's email, not just a mailing address, so have that on hand.

Beyond those statutory items, the online filing also collects your business email and the names, addresses, and capacities (Member or Manager) of the LLC's principals. One thing the report cannot do: change your registered agent or your business name. Those require separate filings, and we explain the agent version on our change of registered agent page.

When the Vermont Annual Report Is Due

A Vermont LLC's report is due within three months after the end of the fiscal year the state has on record, under 11 V.S.A. § 4032. For a calendar-year LLC, that means the window runs January 1 through March 31. If your LLC uses a different fiscal year, the three-month window shifts with it. The deadline is not anniversary-based, and it is not a single fixed date for every business.

Corporations work on a tighter clock: their report is due within two and a half months after fiscal year end (January 1 to March 15 for calendar-year corporations, under 11A V.S.A. § 16.22). Nonprofit corporations file on a different rhythm entirely, a biennial report due between January 1 and April 1 of the report year.

Vermont Annual Report Fee: $45

The official state fee for a domestic LLC annual report is $45, set by the fee schedule in 11 V.S.A. § 4012. Plenty of older guides still quote $35; that figure predates the current schedule and is no longer correct.

Other entity types pay different amounts. A foreign LLC registered in Vermont pays $170 for the same report. Domestic corporations pay $60 and foreign corporations pay $250. Nonprofits pay $35 for their biennial report, or nothing at all if they certify that no officer, director, or employee was compensated in the prior calendar year.

How to File a Vermont Annual Report

Vermont handles annual reports online only, through the Secretary of State's Online Business Service Center. There is no paper form to mail in. The filing itself breaks down like this:

1. Sign in to the Online Business Service Center and pull up your business record.
2. Confirm the entity shows an active status. Only active entities can file the report online, so a lapsed record needs attention first.
3. Review the statutory items: your LLC's name, its jurisdiction of organization, the designated office street and mailing addresses, and the registered agent's name, email, and address.
4. Update the listed principals, with each person tagged as a Member or a Manager. This is how the state reflects member-managed versus manager-managed structure.
5. Pay the $45 state fee and submit. Save the confirmation for your records.

Late Filing and Administrative Dissolution

The report becomes delinquent the first day after your three-month window closes. Vermont does not build in a grace period. A late penalty applies on top of the filing fee; the state does not publish one flat statutory figure, and the amount is commonly cited in the $25 to $35 range.

The larger risk is standing, not the penalty. An LLC that keeps ignoring the report faces administrative dissolution under 11 V.S.A. § 4039. Reinstatement is available, but it means catching up on filings and fees while your loss of good standing sits in public records for lenders, partners, and customers to find. A foreign LLC that skips the report risks revocation of its authority to do business in Vermont.

How We Help with Annual Report Compliance

While we do not prepare or file annual reports on your behalf, our $99 annual service includes compliance tracking and reminders tuned to your entity type and fiscal year. Before your window closes, we let you know, so there is time to gather information and file with the Vermont Secretary of State.

When the state sends correspondence about annual reports or other requirements to your registered office, we scan and forward those documents the same day. Official notices reach you promptly even if a reminder slips past you. That tracking works alongside our core registered agent service, including document forwarding, online portal access, and privacy protection for your address.

Order Here Have questions about Vermont annual reports or registered agent service? Visit our FAQ page or contact us at support@vtregisteredagent.org, Monday through Friday, 9am to 5pm ET.