Illinois LLC annual reports are due Anniversary month of LLC formation and cost $75 to file. See details below.
Filing the Illinois annual report, with the state's own fee and deadline. Source: Illinois Secretary of State.
Annual Report at a Glance
Due Date
Anniversary month of LLC formation
Fee
$75
Filing Method
Online or mail
Late Penalty
$100 under 805 ILCS 180/50-15(b)(1) once the report is unfiled past the first day of the second month after your anniversary month, plus $100 for each further year
Collect your LLC's current registered agent information, principal office address, and member/manager details. You'll also need your Illinois File Number from your original formation documents.
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Access the Illinois Secretary of State Website
Visit the Illinois Secretary of State business services portal at ilsos.gov. Look for the LLC annual report filing section or business entity search to locate your LLC.
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Complete the Annual Report Form
Fill out the annual report with current information about your LLC, including any changes to addresses, registered agent, or management structure since your last filing.
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Pay the $75 Filing Fee
Submit payment for the $75 annual report fee online using a credit card or electronic check. If filing by mail, include a check payable to the Illinois Secretary of State. A series LLC pays $75 plus $50 for each series it has established.
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Submit and Confirm Filing
Review all information for accuracy before submitting, and get the report on file before the first day of your LLC's anniversary month. Keep a copy of your filed report and confirmation receipt for your business records.
Ready to file your annual report?
Go directly to the Illinois Secretary of State portal.
This guide is general information, not legal or tax advice, and reading it does not create an attorney-client relationship. It reports what each state publishes about filing deadlines, fees, and the consequences of missing them, with the sources this page cites. It cannot tell you what your own company owes: the date turns on when and where you formed, states change these rules between our reviews, and in several states an entity-level tax falls due in a year when no report does. Confirm your own dates with the filing office named on this page before you rely on one here, because the penalty for missing a deadline can be administrative dissolution of the company.
Frequently Asked Questions
Illinois gives you a short window past the deadline and then charges a penalty that compounds. The annual report is due before the first day of your LLC's anniversary month under 805 ILCS 180/50-15(a). If it is still not on file by the first day of the second month after that anniversary month, 805 ILCS 180/50-15(b)(1) adds a $100 penalty on top of the $75 report fee, then another $100 for each year or fraction of a year beginning with the second year you stay delinquent. An LLC three years behind can owe $300 in penalties on top of $225 in unpaid report fees. An LLC that stays delinquent can be administratively dissolved by the Secretary of State, which ends its authority to carry on business other than winding up. 805 ILCS 180/35-30(b) gives 120 days from the date of the notice of delinquency, after which the Secretary of State shall dissolve the company. Reinstating an administratively dissolved Illinois LLC costs $200 under 805 ILCS 180/50-10, on top of the back report fees and penalties. File the overdue report through the Business Services section of ilsos.gov as soon as you notice the miss.
File the annual report with the Illinois Secretary of State, Department of Business Services, either online at ilsos.gov or on paper. The fee is $75 either way, and a series LLC adds $50 for each series. Online filers pay by credit card or electronic check and get an immediate confirmation, which avoids mail delays. To file by mail, send the completed Form LLC-50.1 annual report with a check payable to the Secretary of State to the Department of Business Services, 501 S. Second Street, Springfield, IL 62756. Have your Illinois file number, registered agent name and address, principal place of business, and current member or manager details ready before you start. The report is due before the first day of your LLC's anniversary month under 805 ILCS 180/50-15(a), and the $100 statutory penalty attaches once you pass the first day of the second month after that anniversary month. The Illinois Secretary of State publishes no standard processing time for this filing, so file early rather than counting on same-day turnaround.
The filing fee for an Illinois LLC annual report is $75, payable to the Illinois Secretary of State, and the amount is the same whether you file online through the Business Services portal or by mail. A series LLC pays $75 plus $50 for each series. Online filers can pay by credit card, debit card, or electronic check during the filing process; mail filers include a check or money order with the completed report sent to the Department of Business Services in Springfield. Treat the $75 as a recurring annual cost of keeping the LLC in good standing and file before the first day of your anniversary month. If the report goes past the first day of the second month after that anniversary month, 805 ILCS 180/50-15(b)(1) adds $100, plus another $100 for each year or fraction of a year from the second year of delinquency onward. Related filings are priced separately: a certified copy or a certificate of good standing costs $25, and reinstatement after administrative dissolution costs $200.
Illinois ties the deadline to your own formation date rather than one statewide date. Under 805 ILCS 180/50-15(a) the annual report is due before the first day of your LLC's anniversary month, the month in which the Secretary of State accepted your articles of organization. If your LLC was formed in March, each year's report should be on file before March 1.
Illinois does not penalize you the instant that day passes. The $100 penalty under 805 ILCS 180/50-15(b)(1) attaches only once you have failed to file before the first day of the second month after the anniversary month, so a March LLC reaches the penalty on May 1. Do not treat that later date as the deadline, because each additional year of delinquency adds another $100.
The fee is $75 and the report is filed with the Secretary of State online or by mail through ilsos.gov. Check the file-stamped date on your articles of organization for the exact month, then set a recurring reminder for the month before it.
All active Illinois LLCs file an annual report with the Illinois Secretary of State every year, $75 plus $50 per series for a series LLC, before the first day of the anniversary month. There is no small-business, no-revenue, or first-year exemption. An LLC that has wound up and put articles of dissolution on record stops filing from that point forward. An LLC the Secretary of State has already administratively dissolved cannot file a standard annual report at all; it applies for reinstatement, which costs $200 under 805 ILCS 180/50-10, and pays the back report fees and penalties. Being dormant is not an exemption either: an inactive LLC that files nothing still picks up the $100 penalty under 805 ILCS 180/50-15(b)(1) once it passes the first day of the second month after its anniversary month, and another $100 for each year or fraction of a year from the second year on. Confirm your LLC's current status with the business entity search at ilsos.gov before assuming you owe nothing.
Sources
Each entry below is a document recorded in our verified Illinois sources, and each entry says what the document is. Some statutory text is read from an accurate mirror rather than from the state's own host, and those say so.
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