Montana Annual Report: $20, Due April 15, Do Not Be Late

Montana requires an annual report from every LLC and corporation. The fee is $20. The deadline is April 15 each year. Miss that date and you owe an additional $15 late penalty — turning your $20 obligation into $35. Continue ignoring it and the state can dissolve your business. Here is what you need to know.

At a Glance

What the Annual Report Contains

Your filing confirms current business details with the Secretary of State:

• Entity name and ID number
• Registered agent name and address
• Principal office address
• Names and addresses of members/managers (LLCs) or directors/officers (corporations)
• Description of business activity

Most information carries forward from your previous filing. You update anything that changed and confirm the rest. The online filing system makes this straightforward.

What Happens If You Miss April 15

Immediate: The $15 late penalty applies to any report filed after the deadline. Your cost jumps from $20 to $35.

Extended delinquency: If you continue to ignore the filing, the Montana Secretary of State can administratively dissolve your business entity.

Dissolution consequences:

• Loss of liability protection — your personal assets may be exposed
• Cannot conduct business or enforce contracts under the entity name
• Loss of name protection (another entity could take your name)
• Reinstatement required to restore the entity, involving additional filings and accumulated fees

How We Help

As your registered agent, we track your annual report deadline and send reminders before April 15 arrives. You receive advance notification with enough time to log into the Secretary of State's system, review your information, and submit.

We also forward any state correspondence about your annual report the same day it arrives. If the Secretary of State sends a reminder, warning, or delinquency notice, you know about it immediately.

This compliance tracking is included in your $99/year service. No additional charge.

Filing Your Annual Report

The Montana Secretary of State provides online filing at sosmt.gov:

1. Log in with your entity ID
2. Review the information on file
3. Update any fields that changed since last year
4. Confirm accuracy of unchanged information
5. Pay the $20 fee
6. Submit

The process takes a few minutes if your details have not changed. Montana's online system is straightforward and user-friendly.

Montana's Business-Friendly Context

Montana keeps business costs low across the board:

• LLC formation: $35 (lowest in the nation)
• Annual report: $20
• Change of agent: Free
• State sales tax: None

Your total annual compliance cost as a Montana LLC with our service: $119 ($20 annual report + $99 registered agent). That is among the cheapest ongoing business maintenance costs in any state.

Other Montana Compliance Notes

• Registered agent: Must be maintained at all times. Montana prohibits self-appointment by the entity itself.
• Address changes: Update the Secretary of State if your principal office address changes.
• Entity amendments: Name changes or structural modifications require separate filings.
• Agent changes: Free to file with the state at any time.

Keep Your $20 Filing at $20

The annual report is inexpensive and straightforward. With our deadline reminders, there is no reason it should ever cost you the late penalty. $99/year for agent service includes compliance tracking that keeps your $20 filing from becoming a $35 problem.

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