The Connecticut Annual Report in 2026: Window, Fee, and Procedure

Connecticut assigns every LLC the same annual report deadline: on or before March 31, inside a filing window that runs January 1 through March 31. The fee is $80, the filing is online only, and the enforcement model is unusual, with no late fee but escalating consequences. Below is the requirement in full, sourced to the statute.

Connecticut Annual Report Due Date: The January to March Window

Corporations operate on a separate track, filing on their anniversary date at $150 for a domestic stock corporation. If you run an LLC, only the March window matters.

The $80 Connecticut Annual Report Fee

Every LLC annual report carries an $80 state fee, identical for domestic and foreign filers. The figure dates to July 1, 2020, when the state raised it from $20; any source still citing $20 is years out of date.

Filing Procedure, Step by Step

The report is filed online only, through the CT Business One Stop. Connecticut maintains no routine mail-in version of the standalone report; paper exists solely for the combined reinstatement-and-annual-report filing.

1. Open the annual report filing flow on the official state portal, business.ct.gov, between January 1 and March 31.
2. Locate your entity by name or ALEI. The ALEI is the state's Business ID; it is neither a state nor a federal tax number.
3. Update the permitted fields: principals (at least one member or manager, listed with name, title, residence address, and business address), principal office address, mailing address, NAICS code, and business email. Street addresses are mandatory everywhere except mailing addresses, where a PO box is acceptable.
4. Note the two changes the report cannot process. Registered agent updates require a separate agent change filing carrying the incoming agent's signed acceptance, and a name change requires a Certificate of Amendment.
5. Execute and submit with the $80 payment. Reports are executed under penalty of False Statement.

Late Filing: The Penalty Amount and the Dissolution Timeline

Connecticut's late penalty is exactly $0. No late fee attaches to a report filed after March 31. The state's leverage operates differently:

• Good standing freezes. The Secretary of the State will not issue a Certificate of Legal Existence to an entity with an outstanding annual report. Financing, licensing, and transactional work stall until the report is filed.
• The dissolution clock runs. An LLC more than one year in default of its annual report obligation is subject to administrative dissolution. A foreign LLC faces administrative revocation of its Connecticut registration at the same threshold.
• Reinstatement is the expensive path. Coming back from dissolution means the combined reinstatement-and-annual-report filing, every delinquent report, and every accumulated fee.

How Our Service Supports Annual Report Compliance

We do not file the annual report for you — that requires your entity login and takes about ten minutes. But we ensure you never miss it:

Advance deadline reminders arrive when the January window opens and again as March 31 approaches, with enough lead time to prepare and submit without rushing.

Same-day scanning of any Secretary of the State correspondence about your report or compliance status. If the state sends a warning, you see it the same day, in your inbox.

Portal archive stores all compliance-related correspondence for easy reference when filing time arrives.

This compliance monitoring is built into your $99/year service at no additional cost.

The Math

Missing the deadline carries no line-item penalty, but the downstream numbers are worse:

• Annual report, filed on time: $80
• Our service, which keeps you on schedule: $99/year
• A loan or license stalled while good standing is frozen: unquantifiable
• Reinstatement after administrative dissolution: back reports, accumulated fees, and paperwork

Keeping a $99/year reminder system between your LLC and administrative dissolution is inexpensive insurance.

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