Annual reports · Massachusetts
File Your Massachusetts Annual Report Online
Massachusetts's Annual Report is filed online with the Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth at sec.state.ma.us. It is due your formation anniversary date each year. We prepare it from your company's details and submit it to the state for you, so it is done before the deadline and off your list.
Have it filed for you
One short form. We check your details against Massachusetts's record and file it.
File My Massachusetts Annual ReportMassachusetts Annual Report at a Glance
- Filing
- Annual Report
- Filed with
- Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth
- Where online
- sec.state.ma.us (account required)
- State fee (LLC)
- $520
- Due
- Your formation anniversary date each year
- Filing window
- Your formation anniversary date; the window opens 60 days before the due date
- Frequency
- Every year
- State late penalty
- None (the state adds no late fee)
- If you miss it
- Massachusetts keeps taking the late report, with no late fee, through December 31 of the report year. Massachusetts administratively dissolves or revokes an LLC that is two reports behind, and the company then has to be reinstated.
Updated November 1, 2026. The fee, the deadline and the penalty above are Massachusetts's own, from the state's published schedule and statute, and the penalty is paid to the state, not to us. Every state's report is listed on the annual report directory.
Forming a new company instead? Form an LLC in Massachusetts online, or read what the Massachusetts Certificate of Organization asks for.
What the Massachusetts Form Asks
Massachusetts takes the Annual Report online at sec.state.ma.us, behind an account login. It is run by the Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, the office that keeps the company's record.
The Annual Report confirms what the state has on file for the LLC: the principal office and mailing address, the registered agent and registered office, and the managers or members (some states' screens say governors, officials or principals). Anything that changed since the last filing is updated on it, and an authorized person signs it electronically before the state fee is paid.
Formed this year?
An LLC formed on March 15, 2026 owes nothing for 2026; its first Annual Report is due March 15, 2027, its formation anniversary date. After that it files by the same date every year.
Have ready before you start
- The company's exact legal name as Massachusetts registered it
- Its Massachusetts file or entity number, from the state's record or the formation approval
- The principal office street address and the mailing address, if different
- The registered agent's name and Massachusetts street address
- The names and addresses of the managers or members on record
- The name and title of the person signing, and a card for the state fee
Our order form asks for the same items, in the same order the Massachusetts screens do.
Massachusetts Annual Report Dates
| Formed in | First Annual Report due | Window opens |
|---|---|---|
| January 2026 | January 15, 2027 | November 16, 2026 |
| February 2026 | February 15, 2027 | December 17, 2026 |
| March 2026 | March 15, 2027 | January 14, 2027 |
| April 2026 | April 15, 2027 | February 14, 2027 |
| May 2026 | May 15, 2027 | March 16, 2027 |
| June 2026 | June 15, 2027 | April 16, 2027 |
| July 2026 | July 15, 2027 | May 16, 2027 |
| August 2026 | August 15, 2027 | June 16, 2027 |
| September 2026 | September 15, 2027 | July 17, 2027 |
| October 2026 | October 15, 2027 | August 16, 2027 |
| November 2026 | November 15, 2027 | September 16, 2027 |
| December 2026 | December 15, 2027 | October 16, 2027 |
How to File It Yourself
1. Open the Massachusetts filing site
The Annual Report is filed with the Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth at sec.state.ma.us. It asks you to sign in or create an account first. Massachusetts takes it your formation anniversary date; the window opens 60 days before the due date.
2. Find your company
Look it up by its Massachusetts file or entity number, the number on the company's Massachusetts record, not by name alone. Two companies can have near-identical names, and a report filed under the wrong number files the wrong company's report.
3. Confirm or update the details
The principal office and mailing address, the registered agent and registered office, and the managers or members on record. Anything that changed since the last filing goes in now; a new registered agent is a separate change filing in Massachusetts.
4. Sign and pay the state
Sign as an authorized person and pay Massachusetts's fee ($520 for an LLC). Save the confirmation; it is your proof of filing until the state's record shows the report.
Rather skip the state's site? We file it for you, and the state's confirmation comes to your inbox. To file it yourself, start at the Massachusetts filing site.
| File it yourself | Have it filed | |
|---|---|---|
| Account | Your own login on sec.state.ma.us | Our filer's account; nothing is created in your name |
| Finding the company | You enter the Massachusetts file or entity number | We look up the record and match it to your order |
| The details | You retype the addresses, the agent and the managers or members on the state's screens | You confirm them once on our form; we check them against the Massachusetts record before filing |
| Signing | An authorized person signs electronically | You authorize the filing at checkout and name the signer; the state's signature line is completed the way the state allows |
| State fee | Paid to the state by card at the end | Paid to the state on your behalf and itemized on the order review step |
| Timing | Any time the window is open (your formation anniversary date; the window opens 60 days before the due date) | Order any time; a report the state is not taking yet is held and filed the day the window opens |
| Confirmation | Shown on screen; save it yourself | The state's confirmation is emailed to you and kept on your order page |
| Registered agent change | A separate change filing with the Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth | Chosen on the order form; we file the change with the report order |
- Registered agent and registered office
- The person or company at a Massachusetts street address that receives lawsuits and state notices for the LLC; a post office box does not qualify, and the agent's address is public.
- Principal office and mailing address
- Where the business is run, and the address the state should write to if that differs; both appear on the public record.
- Managers or members
- Who runs the LLC. The Annual Report lists them, usually with a business address for each, and some state screens call them governors, officials or principals.
- Massachusetts file or entity number
- The number Massachusetts gave the company when it was formed. It is on the approved formation document and on the state's business search, and it is how the filing finds the right record.
- Good standing, dissolution and reinstatement
- Good standing is the status a company keeps by filing on time. Administrative dissolution (some states say revocation or forfeiture) is what the state does to one that stops filing, and reinstatement is the filing that brings it back, with the missed reports and fees.
What Goes Wrong on the Massachusetts Annual Report
- Filing an Annual Report for the year the LLC was formed: a company formed in 2026 owes its first in 2027, and the state is not waiting for one before that.
- Filing outside the window: the Annual Report is due your formation anniversary date, and the window opens 60 days before the due date; the state's system does not take it earlier.
- Looking the company up by name instead of its Massachusetts file or entity number: two companies can carry near-identical names, and the report then updates the wrong record.
- Trying to change the registered agent on the Annual Report: Massachusetts takes the agent change as its own filing, before or after the report.
- Waiting too long: Massachusetts keeps taking the late report, with no late fee, through December 31 of the report year. Massachusetts administratively dissolves or revokes an LLC that is two reports behind, and the company then has to be reinstated.
After you file
sec.state.ma.us shows a confirmation and sends a receipt to the filer's email; keep it with the company's records, because it is the proof of filing until the Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth posts the Annual Report to the public record. Once posted, the company's status on the Massachusetts business search stays active, which is what a bank, a lender, a landlord or a licensing board checks before it opens an account, extends credit or renews a license. A certificate of status or good standing, where one of them asks for paper proof, is a separate document the state issues on request. The next thing the Massachusetts business registry expects is the next Annual Report, a year later; taxes and licenses run on their own calendars with other agencies.
Changing Your Registered Agent
Massachusetts's Annual Report confirms the registered agent on record but does not replace it. A new agent is its own change-of-agent filing with the Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, filed before or after the report.
Registered agent service through America LLC Filing
Our registered agent partner's Massachusetts address goes on the public record instead of yours, and legal and state mail is scanned and forwarded the same business day. We file Massachusetts's change-of-agent form for you with the report order. Choose it on the order form.
File my report and switch my agent →How our registered agent service worksMassachusetts Annual Report: Questions
Can I file the Massachusetts Annual Report online?+
Yes. Massachusetts takes it online through the Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth (sec.state.ma.us), after you sign in or create an account. If you would rather not, we file it for you: one short form with your company's details, and we submit it to the state.
When is the Massachusetts Annual Report due?+
Your formation anniversary date each year. The window opens 60 days before the due date. Order any time: if Massachusetts is not accepting the report yet, we hold it and file it the day the state opens.
What if I missed the Massachusetts deadline?+
Massachusetts adds no late fee. Massachusetts keeps taking the late report, with no late fee, through December 31 of the report year. Massachusetts administratively dissolves or revokes an LLC that is two reports behind, and the company then has to be reinstated. We file late reports while the state still takes them; the state's penalty, where there is one, is paid to the state with its fee.
Is the Massachusetts Annual Report every year?+
Every year. The deadline is your formation anniversary date, and it does not move with the calendar: a weekend or holiday deadline is still the deadline unless Massachusetts says otherwise, so file ahead of it.
My LLC was formed this year. Do I file an Annual Report?+
Not this year. An LLC formed on March 15, 2026 owes nothing for 2026; its first Annual Report is due March 15, 2027, its formation anniversary date. After that it files by the same date every year. A report filed for the formation year is not required, and the state's system will either refuse it or treat it as next year's.
What do I need to file it?+
The company's exact legal name and its Massachusetts file or entity number, the principal and mailing address, the registered agent on record, and the managers or members. We ask for the same on our order form, so nothing is missing when we file.
Do I need an account on sec.state.ma.us?+
Yes. The Massachusetts filing site asks you to sign in or register before it opens the Annual Report When we file for you, our filer's account is used and nothing is created in your name.
Can I change my Massachusetts registered agent at the same time?+
Yes. Massachusetts takes the agent change as its own filing, separate from the Annual Report; choose our registered agent service on our order form and we file that change for you with the report order, so our partner's Massachusetts address replaces yours on the record.
Is America LLC Filing the Massachusetts state office?+
No. America LLC Filing is a private filing service, not a government agency and not a law firm, and it is not affiliated with Massachusetts. The state's fee is the same whether you file at sec.state.ma.us yourself or we file for you.
Annual reports in nearby states
- Connecticut: Annual Report, due March 31 each year
- New Hampshire: Annual Report, due April 1 each year
- New York: Biennial Statement, due the last day of your anniversary month in each report year
- Rhode Island: Annual Report, due May 1 each year
- Vermont: Annual Report, due March 31 each year
Get Your Massachusetts Annual Report Filed
One short form. Filed with the state, confirmation by email.
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