How much is the Pennsylvania corporation annual report?

$7, filed every year. It is filed as the Annual Report [DSCB:15-146].

Pennsylvania Corporation Annual Report

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

A Pennsylvania corporation files the Annual Report (DSCB:15-146) every year and pays $7. Corporations (business and nonprofit, domestic and foreign): filing window January 1, June 30 each year. (LLCs: January 1, September 30; LPs, LLGPs, business trusts and professional associations: January 1, December 31.)

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

Pennsylvania corporation annual report requirements: Pennsylvania files an annual corporate report for $7. Pennsylvania 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$7

Corporate income taxYes

What Pennsylvania requires

Annual Report (DSCB:15-146)

Frequency	every year
Due	Corporations (business and nonprofit, domestic and foreign): filing window January 1, June 30 each year. (LLCs: January 1, September 30; LPs, LLGPs, business trusts and professional associations: January 1, December 31.)
Fee	$7
Form	Annual Report [DSCB:15-146]

Pennsylvania 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	$125
Each year after (report, annualized)	$7
Five-year equivalent (annualized)	$160

That ranks Pennsylvania 12th cheapest of 49 states on five-year corporate filing charges.

Pennsylvania corporation vs Pennsylvania 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	$125	$125
Report cadence	Every year	Every year
Report fee	$7	$7

Both entities cost $125 to file in Pennsylvania, so the filing fee is not a reason to pick one over the other.

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

State taxes a Pennsylvania corporation pays

Corporate income tax

Applies	Yes
Rate	Corporate Net Income Tax 7.49% for tax year 2026. Phase-down set by a 2022 Pennsylvania law: 8.99% (2023), 8.49% (2024), 7.99% (2025), 7.49% (2026), 6.99% (2027), 6.49% (2028), 5.99% (2029), 5.49% (2030), 4.99% (2031 and after). A 2025 Pennsylvania law did not change this schedule.

Franchise or gross-receipts tax

None. Pennsylvania's Capital Stock / Foreign Franchise Tax was eliminated for tax years beginning on or after January 1, 2016. There is no minimum corporate tax and no annual franchise or privilege tax on corporations.

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 Pennsylvania 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: RCT-101 (PA Corporate Net Income Tax Report)

Frequently Asked Questions

: $7, filed every year. It is filed as the Annual Report [DSCB:15-146].
: Corporations (business and nonprofit, domestic and foreign): filing window January 1, June 30 each year. (LLCs: January 1, September 30; LPs, LLGPs, business trusts and professional associations: January 1, December 31.).

Where these numbers come from

This page covers the recurring report a for-profit corporation files with Pennsylvania. Every figure was checked against Pennsylvania'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:

https://www.pa.gov/agencies/dos/programs/business/types-of-filings-and-registrations/annual-reports
https://www.pa.gov/agencies/dos/programs/business/fees-and-payments
https://www.pa.gov/agencies/revenue/resources/tax-rates/corporation-tax-rates
https://www.pa.gov/agencies/revenue/resources/tax-types-and-information/corporation-taxes/corporate-net-income-tax/act-45-of-2025
https://www.pa.gov/agencies/revenue/resources/tax-types-and-information/partnerships-s-corporations-llcs
https://www.pa.gov/content/dam/copapwp-pagov/en/dos/programs/business/forms/offsite-forms/15-1306-Art-of-Incorp-For-Profit.pdf
Pennsylvania statute: Act 67 of 2006 (automatic Pennsylvania S corporation status)
Pennsylvania statute: Act 53 of 2022 (Corporate Net Income Tax phase-down)
Pennsylvania statute: Act 45 of 2025 (left the phase-down schedule unchanged)

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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