What happens if I file my Wisconsin LLC annual report late?

Wisconsin sets no flat late fee for a missed LLC annual report. Neither Wisconsin's LLC fee statute nor the Department of Financial Institutions' fee rule provides one, and DFI cures delinquent status by having you file a current annual report and pay the back annual report fees, at $25 each online or $40 each on paper. What you face instead is your entity status, on a slower clock than most states use. Under Wisconsin law, a ground for administrative dissolution arises only once the annual report has been unfiled for one year after it was due. DFI may then send notice to your registered agent, and the LLC has 60 days from the effective date of that notice to cure before DFI may dissolve it. Exclusive rights to your company name terminate on the dissolution date. Reinstatement costs $100 plus all fees and penalties owed and relates back to the dissolution date. This page does not have a confirmed deadline for applying, so confirm it with DFI. File the overdue report at dfi.wi.gov and check your entity record afterward to confirm the status cleared.

How do I file my Wisconsin LLC annual report?

You can file your Wisconsin LLC annual report online through the Department of Financial Institutions at dfi.wi.gov, or on paper. Online costs $25 and paper costs $40, so the mail adds $15 for the same filing. The report asks you to verify and update your registered agent's name and Wisconsin street address, your member or manager information, and your principal office address. Pay online by credit card or electronic check; DFI states that online filings are in most cases accepted upon receipt with immediate notice, and it publishes no standard turnaround time for paper. Your deadline is the calendar year quarter containing the anniversary of your articles' effective date, which in practice means March 31, June 30, September 30, or December 31, and your first report is not due until the year after the calendar year in which the articles became effective. To proceed, go to dfi.wi.gov, open Business Entities, and select the annual report filing for your LLC.

How much does it cost to file a Wisconsin LLC annual report?

A Wisconsin LLC annual report costs $25 filed online with the Department of Financial Institutions, or $40 on paper. The fee is the same for every domestic LLC regardless of size or revenue, and a foreign LLC registered in Wisconsin pays $65 online or $80 on paper. Online you can pay by credit card or electronic check. An LLC taxed as a partnership owes no Wisconsin entity-level income or franchise tax and no economic development surcharge, so for most small LLCs the annual report is the only recurring state filing cost. An LLC that elects C-corporation or S-corporation treatment can come into scope for the surcharge once it has at least $4,000,000 in gross receipts for the taxable year. Wisconsin charges no flat late fee. Delinquency is cured by filing the current report and paying the back annual report fees, but a report left unfiled for a year becomes a ground for administrative dissolution, and reinstatement after that costs $100 plus everything owed. To proceed, gather your LLC's current information and file during the calendar quarter containing the anniversary of your articles' effective date, through the portal at dfi.wi.gov.

When is my Wisconsin LLC annual report due?

Your Wisconsin LLC annual report is due during the calendar year quarter that contains the anniversary of the effective date of your Articles of Organization. In practice that means March 31, June 30, September 30, or December 31: form in January to March and you file by March 31, form in April to June and you file by June 30, and so on for the later quarters. An LLC formed on February 15, 2024 files its 2026 report by March 31, 2026. Your first report is not due until the year following the calendar year in which the articles became effective, so an LLC formed at any point in 2026 files its first annual report in 2027. The fee is $25 online or $40 on paper. Wisconsin charges no flat late fee, but a report left unfiled for a year is a ground for administrative dissolution, after which DFI notices your registered agent and the LLC has 60 days to cure. File online through the Wisconsin DFI portal at dfi.wi.gov to keep your LLC in good standing.

Are there any exemptions from filing Wisconsin LLC annual reports?

All active Wisconsin LLCs, domestic and foreign, must file an annual report with the Department of Financial Institutions. There are no exemptions based on business size, revenue, or member count, and being inactive or dormant does not excuse the filing. What ends the obligation is ending the entity: an LLC that has been formally dissolved through DFI, merged into another entity, or withdrawn from Wisconsin is no longer filing reports. That is a consequence rather than a benefit. An LLC that DFI administratively dissolves after a report has gone unfiled for a year can be reinstated for $100 plus all fees and penalties owed. This page does not have a confirmed deadline for applying, so confirm it with DFI. The fee is $25 online or $40 on paper in every case. What varies is the deadline, not the obligation: you file during the calendar quarter containing the anniversary of your articles' effective date, and not at all until the year after the calendar year in which those articles became effective. Check your LLC's status and filing history on the entity record at dfi.wi.gov before assuming you have nothing to file.

Wisconsin LLC Annual Report: $25, Filed Every Year

Wisconsin's annual report costs $25 filed online or $40 on paper, and it is due during the calendar year quarter that contains the anniversary of your articles' effective date.

By Edmond Hui · Last updated: October 2026

Wisconsin LLC annual reports are due anniversary quarter and cost $25 online, $40 paper to file. See details below.

Filing for a corporation instead? See the Wisconsin corporation annual report.

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When is the Wisconsin LLC annual report due, and what does it cost?

Due Date	Anniversary quarter
Fee	$25 online, $40 paper
Filing Method	Online or mail
Late Penalty	No monetary late fee, delinquent status and eventual administrative dissolution (Wisconsin DFI: 'no late fees or penalties')
Official state page	dfi.wi.gov

Step diagram for filing the Wisconsin LLC annual report, $25 online, $40 paper filing fee, due Anniversary quarter. — Filing the Wisconsin annual report, with the state's own fee and deadline. Source: Wisconsin Department of Financial Institutions.

How do you file the Wisconsin LLC annual report?

1
Determine Your Filing Quarter
Find the effective date of your Articles of Organization. Wisconsin law makes the report due during the calendar year quarter that contains the anniversary of that date, so the practical deadline is March 31, June 30, September 30, or December 31 depending on the quarter you formed in. An LLC formed in February files by March 31, not on its February anniversary. Your first report is not due until the year after the calendar year in which the articles became effective, so an LLC formed at any point in 2026 files its first annual report in 2027.
2
Gather Required Information
Collect your LLC's current registered agent name and Wisconsin address, principal office address, member or manager information, and any changes from the previous year.
3
Access the Wisconsin DFI Filing System
Visit the Wisconsin Department of Financial Institutions at dfi.wi.gov and open the Business Entities section to reach the online filing portal. The older wdfi.org address no longer resolves, so update any bookmark that still points there.
4
Complete and Submit Your Report
Fill out the annual report with your LLC's current information, review it for accuracy, and pay the fee by credit card or electronic check. A domestic Wisconsin LLC pays $25 online against $40 on paper, so using the portal saves $15 a year for the same filing.
5
Save Your Confirmation
Print or save your filing confirmation and receipt, and keep it with your formation documents as proof that the report was filed on time.

Do You Need a Paid Service to File?

No. You can file this report yourself, using the filing method in the table above, and pay only the state's own fee shown there, with no service fee on top.

Hiring a registered agent service is a separate choice, and it is optional too. Every LLC must keep a registered agent, but in most states the LLC's owner, or another individual who qualifies, may serve as its registered agent themselves, generally subject to that state's rules on keeping a street address in the state and being available there during normal business hours. The Wisconsin registered agent requirements set out what Wisconsin itself asks.

Registered agent services for Wisconsin LLCs

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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 missing a deadline can cost the company its good standing or, in many states, its existence.

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Frequently Asked Questions

: Wisconsin sets no flat late fee for a missed LLC annual report. Neither Wisconsin's LLC fee statute nor the Department of Financial Institutions' fee rule provides one, and DFI cures delinquent status by having you file a current annual report and pay the back annual report fees, at $25 each online or $40 each on paper. What you face instead is your entity status, on a slower clock than most states use. Under Wisconsin law, a ground for administrative dissolution arises only once the annual report has been unfiled for one year after it was due. DFI may then send notice to your registered agent, and the LLC has 60 days from the effective date of that notice to cure before DFI may dissolve it. Exclusive rights to your company name terminate on the dissolution date. Reinstatement costs $100 plus all fees and penalties owed and relates back to the dissolution date. This page does not have a confirmed deadline for applying, so confirm it with DFI. File the overdue report at dfi.wi.gov and check your entity record afterward to confirm the status cleared.
: You can file your Wisconsin LLC annual report online through the Department of Financial Institutions at dfi.wi.gov, or on paper. Online costs $25 and paper costs $40, so the mail adds $15 for the same filing. The report asks you to verify and update your registered agent's name and Wisconsin street address, your member or manager information, and your principal office address. Pay online by credit card or electronic check; DFI states that online filings are in most cases accepted upon receipt with immediate notice, and it publishes no standard turnaround time for paper. Your deadline is the calendar year quarter containing the anniversary of your articles' effective date, which in practice means March 31, June 30, September 30, or December 31, and your first report is not due until the year after the calendar year in which the articles became effective. To proceed, go to dfi.wi.gov, open Business Entities, and select the annual report filing for your LLC.
: A Wisconsin LLC annual report costs $25 filed online with the Department of Financial Institutions, or $40 on paper. The fee is the same for every domestic LLC regardless of size or revenue, and a foreign LLC registered in Wisconsin pays $65 online or $80 on paper. Online you can pay by credit card or electronic check. An LLC taxed as a partnership owes no Wisconsin entity-level income or franchise tax and no economic development surcharge, so for most small LLCs the annual report is the only recurring state filing cost. An LLC that elects C-corporation or S-corporation treatment can come into scope for the surcharge once it has at least $4,000,000 in gross receipts for the taxable year. Wisconsin charges no flat late fee. Delinquency is cured by filing the current report and paying the back annual report fees, but a report left unfiled for a year becomes a ground for administrative dissolution, and reinstatement after that costs $100 plus everything owed. To proceed, gather your LLC's current information and file during the calendar quarter containing the anniversary of your articles' effective date, through the portal at dfi.wi.gov.
: Your Wisconsin LLC annual report is due during the calendar year quarter that contains the anniversary of the effective date of your Articles of Organization. In practice that means March 31, June 30, September 30, or December 31: form in January to March and you file by March 31, form in April to June and you file by June 30, and so on for the later quarters. An LLC formed on February 15, 2024 files its 2026 report by March 31, 2026. Your first report is not due until the year following the calendar year in which the articles became effective, so an LLC formed at any point in 2026 files its first annual report in 2027. The fee is $25 online or $40 on paper. Wisconsin charges no flat late fee, but a report left unfiled for a year is a ground for administrative dissolution, after which DFI notices your registered agent and the LLC has 60 days to cure. File online through the Wisconsin DFI portal at dfi.wi.gov to keep your LLC in good standing.
: All active Wisconsin LLCs, domestic and foreign, must file an annual report with the Department of Financial Institutions. There are no exemptions based on business size, revenue, or member count, and being inactive or dormant does not excuse the filing. What ends the obligation is ending the entity: an LLC that has been formally dissolved through DFI, merged into another entity, or withdrawn from Wisconsin is no longer filing reports. That is a consequence rather than a benefit. An LLC that DFI administratively dissolves after a report has gone unfiled for a year can be reinstated for $100 plus all fees and penalties owed. This page does not have a confirmed deadline for applying, so confirm it with DFI. The fee is $25 online or $40 on paper in every case. What varies is the deadline, not the obligation: you file during the calendar quarter containing the anniversary of your articles' effective date, and not at all until the year after the calendar year in which those articles became effective. Check your LLC's status and filing history on the entity record at dfi.wi.gov before assuming you have nothing to file.

Sources

7 documents

Each entry below is a document recorded in our verified Wisconsin 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. Where we hold the citation but no stable public link, the citation is printed on its own rather than pointed at a guessed address.

Wisconsin statute: Wis. Stat. 183.0212(3)(a) (annual report quarter)
Wisconsin statute: Wis. Stat. 183.0122 (LLC filing fees)
Wisconsin rule: DFI-CCS 10.01 (filing fees)
Wisconsin statute: Wis. Stat. 183.0708(1)(b) (grounds for administrative dissolution)
Wisconsin statute: Wis. Stat. 183.0709 (reinstatement)
dfi.wi.gov/Pages/BusinessServices/BusinessEntities/GeneralInformation.aspxWisconsin Department of Financial Institutions: business entity filings
docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/statutes/statutes/183/ii/0212/5Wisconsin statute: Annual Report

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