Stay compliant with Vermont's annual reporting requirements. Vermont charges no flat late fee, but a missed report terminates your articles of organization, so file on time.
Your Vermont LLC annual report is due within three months after the end of your LLC's fiscal year, not on your formation anniversary. Vermont keys the deadline to the fiscal year end on record for the company, so a new LLC's first report is due within three months after its first fiscal year end. For calendar-year LLCs the filing window runs January 1 through March 31, with the report due March 31. Contact the Vermont Secretary of State if you're unsure of your fiscal year end.
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Gather Required Information
Collect your LLC's current registered agent information, principal office address, member/manager details, and any changes from the previous year that need to be reported.
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Access the Vermont Filing System
Visit the Vermont Secretary of State website at sos.vermont.gov and open the Online Business Service Center under business services. Vermont treats online filing as its preferred method, and it is the fastest way to submit the annual report.
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Complete and Submit Your Report
Fill out all required fields accurately, including any business changes. Pay the $45 annual report fee using accepted payment methods (credit card for online filing or check for mail submissions).
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Keep Confirmation Records
Save your filing confirmation receipt and any correspondence from the Secretary of State. Store these documents with your LLC records for future reference and compliance tracking.
Ready to file your annual report?
Go directly to the Vermont 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
If you file your Vermont LLC annual report late, there is no flat monetary late fee. Vermont's LLC fee statute sets no late penalty at all, so the cost of being late is not a fine. It is the loss of good standing and, in time, termination. Losing good standing prevents you from obtaining a certificate of good standing, blocks business licenses and financing, and undermines your credibility when entering contracts.
Under 11 V.S.A. § 4034 the articles of organization terminate on failure to file the annual report. Reinstating a terminated Vermont LLC costs a $35 reinstatement fee plus the $45 annual report fee for each year missed, and the LLC loses the right to retain its name if the report is not filed within five years of its due date. Contact the Vermont Secretary of State's Business Services Division at (802) 828-2386 if you've missed the deadline. Provide your LLC's name and filing number to confirm your status, then file every overdue report with its $45 fee and the $35 reinstatement fee for each missed year to restore good standing.
Vermont LLCs file the annual report with the Vermont Secretary of State through the Online Business Service Center at sos.vermont.gov, which is the state's preferred method, the fastest option, and the one that generates immediate filing confirmation. Paper submissions go to the Vermont Secretary of State's Business Services Division in Montpelier. The annual report filing fee is $45, due within three months after the end of your LLC's fiscal year, so for calendar-year LLCs that means by March 31 each year. If your LLC does not use a calendar year, count three months from the fiscal year end on record for the company rather than from your formation anniversary, and that same rule sets your first report's deadline. Vermont charges no late fee, but failing to file terminates your articles of organization under 11 V.S.A. § 4034, and reinstatement then costs $35 plus $45 for each year missed. Visit sos.vermont.gov/business-services to reach the online filing portal immediately.
Vermont's LLC annual report filing fee is $45, payable to the Vermont Secretary of State and set by 11 V.S.A. § 4012(a)(15). This fee applies regardless of your LLC's size or revenue and must be submitted with your annual report.
You can pay the $45 fee online via credit card when filing through the Secretary of State's Online Business Service Center, or by check when filing on paper. The fee is non-refundable, even if your report is rejected for errors.
This $45 annual cost is a fixed compliance expense for every Vermont LLC. Vermont adds no late fee when you miss the deadline, but budgeting the fee helps you avoid the real cost of falling behind: your articles of organization terminate under 11 V.S.A. § 4034, and getting back on the register costs a $35 reinstatement fee plus the $45 report fee for every year missed.
File your annual report at sos.vermont.gov within three months of your fiscal year end, which is March 31 for calendar-year LLCs.
Your Vermont LLC annual report is due within three months after the end of your LLC's fiscal year, as tracked by the Vermont Secretary of State's Business Services Division. Vermont keys the deadline to the fiscal year end on record for the company rather than to your formation date, so a new LLC's first report is due within three months after its first fiscal year end. Most LLCs operate on a calendar year, which means the filing window opens January 1 and the report is due March 31 each year. The filing fee is $45, payable to the Vermont Secretary of State. You'll submit your annual report electronically through the Secretary of State's Online Business Service Center or by mail to the Business Services Division in Montpelier. Vermont charges no flat late fee, but missing the deadline costs your LLC its good standing and, under 11 V.S.A. § 4034, terminates your articles of organization. Restoring a terminated LLC costs a $35 reinstatement fee plus the $45 report fee for each year missed, and the company loses the right to retain its name if the report goes unfiled for five years after its due date. Confirm your fiscal year end now, then set a calendar reminder for early in the filing window each year.
All active Vermont LLCs must file annual reports with the Vermont Secretary of State's Business Services Division. There are no exemptions based on business size, revenue, or employee count, and none for a brand new LLC: its first report is simply due within three months after its first fiscal year end. The only entities excused from filing are LLCs that have been formally dissolved or administratively withdrawn from Vermont's registry. If your LLC has filed a certificate of dissolution or a withdrawal of registration, you no longer have filing obligations. However, if you've merely ceased operations without officially dissolving, you remain liable for annual report filing and the associated $45 filing fee. Vermont imposes no late fee, but failure to file terminates your articles of organization under 11 V.S.A. § 4034, and reinstatement costs $35 plus $45 for each year missed. Contact the Vermont Secretary of State at (802) 828-2386 if your LLC's status is unclear. To determine your filing requirement, verify your current registration status through the online Business Services portal before your deadline, which is March 31 for calendar-year LLCs.
Sources
Each entry below is a document recorded in our verified Vermont 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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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.
