Filing the Kentucky Annual Report

Kentucky LLCs and corporations file an annual report with the Secretary of State every year. The governing statute is KRS 14A.6-010, the fee is a flat $15, and the deadline is June 30. Here is the full picture.

The Basics

• Frequency: Every year
• Window: January 1 through June 30
• Deadline: On or before June 30
• Filing fee: $15, all entity types
• Filed with: Kentucky Secretary of State
• Statute: KRS 14A.6-010

When the Kentucky Annual Report Is Due

The window opens January 1 and closes June 30. File any time inside it. Your first report lands the year after your entity was formed, and foreign entities start the year after qualifying in Kentucky. The deadline is fixed; it does not shift with your formation month or fiscal year. June 30, every year, for everyone.

The $15 Kentucky Annual Report Fee

Fifteen dollars, flat. Domestic or foreign, LLC or corporation or nonprofit, the official fee stays $15. Few states charge less for their yearly filing, and Kentucky adds no payment tiers or entity-type surcharges on top.

What the State Pre-Fills

Kentucky builds the report for you as a pre-populated, postcard-style filing pulled from your existing record. You verify the entity name, jurisdiction, principal office, and the leadership block: officers and directors for corporations, managers for manager-managed LLCs.

Two fields are locked. The annual report cannot change your registered agent or your principal office. Those updates take form RAC (Statement of Change of Registered Agent and Office) or form POC (Statement of Change of Principal Office), $10 apiece. The report also skips items other states demand: no EIN, no NAICS code, no business purpose.

Filing the Kentucky Annual Report Step by Step

1. Once January 1 arrives, look up your entity in the state's online annual report tool.
2. Check every pre-filled field against reality.
3. Route any registered agent or principal office change through RAC or POC separately, since the report cannot carry those updates.
4. Pay the $15 fee and submit on or before June 30. Online submissions take effect immediately and trigger an emailed receipt.
5. Watch the mail afterward: the state returns a file-stamped postcard to your principal office once the filing is processed.

Penalties After June 30: The Dissolution Timeline

No late fee appears on July 1. What appears instead is worse:

• July 1: your entity drops into bad standing and the state mails a 60-Day Notice.
• The cure window: get the report in by roughly August 31 and good standing returns, no penalty attached.
• After the cure window: domestic entities are administratively dissolved. Foreign entities have their certificate of authority revoked.

Reinstating a dissolved entity takes more paperwork and more fees than the $15 report ever would have. File inside the window.

The LLET: A Separate Obligation

Kentucky imposes a Limited Liability Entity Tax on most LLCs and pass-through entities. The minimum is $175 per year, calculated on gross receipts or Kentucky gross profits. This is not part of the annual report but is another annual compliance item you cannot ignore.

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