Does a Missouri LLC file on the same schedule as a corporation?

No. A Missouri corporation files every year, while a Missouri LLC files no report at all. The two entity types are on different cycles in this state, which is a common reason owners of both miss one of the deadlines.

Missouri Corporation Annual Report

By Edmond Hui · Facts verified July 29, 2026 against primary state sources

A Missouri corporation files the state corporate report every year and pays $20. By the end of the corporation's anniversary month of incorporation or qualification (for entities formed/qualified after July 1, 2003); earlier entities keep the month shown on their prior report, and Missouri statutes do not allow the month to be changed. Late filing adds $15 per 30-day period.

Filing for an LLC instead? See the Missouri LLC annual report.

Missouri corporation annual report requirements: Missouri files an annual corporate report for $20. Missouri imposes a corporate income tax. — The report fee shown is the state filing charge only; income or franchise tax, where owed, is covered separately on this page. Source: MyStateLLC 50-state corporation dataset, compiled from state filing offices and revenue departments, July 2026; any figure we could not confirm is labeled on the page.

Filing cadenceEvery year

Report fee$20

Corporate income taxYes

What Missouri requires

Missouri corporate report

Frequency	every year
Due	By the end of the corporation's anniversary month of incorporation or qualification (for entities formed/qualified after July 1, 2003); earlier entities keep the month shown on their prior report, and Missouri statutes do not allow the month to be changed. Late filing adds $15 per 30-day period.
Fee	$20

Missouri is one of 41 states on an annual corporate reporting cycle. Nationally, 41 states require an annual corporate report, 7 require one every two years, and 2 require none.

What the filings cost over five years

State filing charges only, incorporation plus five years of reporting, annualized. Corporate income tax and franchise tax are excluded, because both depend on income or net worth.

Period	State filing charges
Incorporation	$58
Each year after (report, annualized)	$20
Five-year equivalent (annualized)	$158

That ranks Missouri 11th cheapest of 49 states on five-year corporate filing charges.

Missouri corporation vs Missouri LLC

State filing charges only. Corporate income tax and franchise tax are excluded because both depend on income or net worth, so no flat figure exists for either entity.

	Corporation	LLC
Formation filing fee	$58	$50
Report cadence	Every year	Not required
Report fee	$20	No report required

An LLC is $8 cheaper to file here. That is a one-off charge, so it should not decide the entity type on its own.

Full Missouri LLC cost breakdown · LLC vs C-corp explained · LLC vs S-corp explained

State taxes a Missouri corporation pays

Corporate income tax

Applies	Yes
Rate	4% of Missouri taxable income for tax years beginning on or after January 1, 2020 (6.25% for 2019 and prior)

Franchise or gross-receipts tax

Missouri's corporation franchise tax has been repealed. Form MO-FT survives only to AMEND franchise tax years 2001-2015; no franchise, privilege or capital-stock tax is imposed on Missouri corporations for current years.

What these totals leave out: the filing-charge figures on this page are what you pay the business filing office. They exclude corporate income tax and any franchise or gross-receipts tax, because both depend on income, net worth or receipts. The section above sets out what Missouri levies, or that it levies neither. Where a state's franchise tax carries a flat minimum, that minimum is an unavoidable annual cost these totals do not include, and over five years it can be the larger number.

C-corp return: Form MO-1120, Corporation Income Tax Return (due the 15th day of the 4th month after the close of the tax year)

Frequently Asked Questions

: $20, filed every year.
: By the end of the corporation's anniversary month of incorporation or qualification (for entities formed/qualified after July 1, 2003); earlier entities keep the month shown on their prior report, and Missouri statutes do not allow the month to be changed. Late filing adds $15 per 30-day period.
: No. A Missouri corporation files every year, while a Missouri LLC files no report at all. The two entity types are on different cycles in this state, which is a common reason owners of both miss one of the deadlines.

Where these numbers come from

This page covers the recurring report a for-profit corporation files with Missouri. Every figure was checked against Missouri's own published sources on July 29, 2026, the state business filing agency's fee schedule, the governing statute, and where a state tax applies, the state Department of Revenue. Commercial formation-service pages were used as leads only and are never cited. Anything the review could not confirm from an official source is left blank on this page rather than filled with an estimate.

Corporate income tax and franchise tax are quoted as the state publishes them, as rate schedules and thresholds, and are excluded from every dollar total here. They depend on income or net worth, so there is no flat figure that would be true for every corporation.

Primary sources:

This guide is general information, not legal or tax advice, and reading it does not create an attorney-client relationship. It describes rules that can differ from state to state, and fees, rates, forms and deadlines can change after we review them. It cannot tell you what applies to your own business: that turns on where the business is formed, where it operates and how it is taxed. Confirm anything you rely on with the state or federal agency concerned, or with a licensed attorney or CPA, before you act on it.

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Edmond Hui · Founder, MyStateLLC

Edmond Hui is a software engineer and serial entrepreneur based in New York who has founded multiple online businesses across e-commerce, media, and information publishing. Before transitioning into tech, he spent years as a commercial real estate professional closing deals totaling over 100,000 square feet, giving him firsthand experience with business formation and entity structuring. He built MyStateLLC to provide the free, state-specific LLC guidance he wished existed when forming his own companies.

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