Florida Companies Must File 2013 Annual Report by May 1
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Annual reports for Florida corporations, limited liability companies and partnerships are due on May 1, 2013. If you submit your company’s annual report after this date, you will be required to pay a $400 late fee. The only exception is for non-profit corporations; all other business entities will be subject to the late filing fee after May 1st – even if the business did not receive an annual report filing notice.
If a company does not file its annual report by the third Friday of September, the Florida Department of State – Division of Corporations will dissolve or revoke the business entity from its records. Please note this is not a tax-related filing, so an income tax extension will not extend the period to file this legal report.
You can search to see if an entity has filed its 2013 annual report at the following Florida Division of Corporations website: http://sunbiz.org/search.html
If you have any questions about filing your company’s annual report, please contact me or one of our other professionals.
Carlos A. Somoza, JD, LL.M., is a International Tax Principal at Kaufman Rossin, one of the Top 100 CPA and advisory firms in the U.S.
Thanks for the reminder!
so if I allow the state to dissolve my co. in sept. am I absolved of paying the $400 fee as I had no businees at all this year, and as I understand it, someone else can pick up the co. name or not. At some later date I can select the same name again if it is not taken and just pay a reactivation fee. Is that correct info. Obviously I want to know if the state can still come after me for the $400 fee if I allow the state to dissolve the corp. Is there any down side to me doing that other than I could lose the name??