Updated September 5, 2026. Quick answer: Pennsylvania requires a annual report; Since the 2024/2025 transition from decennial to annual reports, a domestic or foreign LLC must file its Annual Report each year before October 1 (filing window opens January 1).
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Whether Pennsylvania requires one, and how often
Pennsylvania requires LLCs to file an annual report every year. $7.
When it’s due
Since the 2024/2025 transition from decennial to annual reports, a domestic or foreign LLC must file its Annual Report each year before October 1 (filing window opens January 1). (15 Pa.C.S. §146(c)(2))
What it costs
$7 (source, read 2026-08-06).
What happens if you miss it
The statute itself imposes no separate dollar late fee for a missed Annual Report (the filing fee is just $7); the only consequence in statute is the dissolution track below. Confirmed on the Department of State’s own annual-report page, which lists only the $7 fee. (15 Pa.C.S. §153(a)(18); Pa. Dept. of State Annual Reports page)
What eventually happens if it stays unfiled: The Department may administratively dissolve a domestic filing entity (LLC) that fails to deliver its annual report within 6 months after it is due, following a 60-day cure notice; this dissolution track applies only to annual reports due on or after January 4, 2027 (earlier years are a penalty-free transition period). (15 Pa.C.S. §381(a)-(b) (grounds); §382 (notice/procedure)) “The department may commence a proceeding under section 382 … to administratively dissolve a domestic filing entity … if the entity does not deliver an annual report to the department within six months after the annual report is due. … Subsection (a) applies with respect to annual reports due on or after January 4, 2027.”
Where to file
File at https://file.dos.pa.gov/. Pennsylvania Department of State’s official online business filing portal, used to file the Annual Report (DSCB:15-146).
What this page does not answer
State income tax, franchise tax and federal (IRS) filing obligations are separate from this report and follow their own deadlines and rules. This page does not source those. We have the state periodic-report answer at primary and nothing else.
The annual/biennial report fee above is a recurring cost of keeping the LLC active, separate from what it cost to form. See what an LLC costs in Pennsylvania for the full cost picture.
Sources
Every citation on this page is the state’s own Secretary of State site or official statute text. No formation service, no registered-agent marketing page and no aggregator is cited anywhere in this cluster as a source of law.
- State fee schedule / hub table source: https://www.palegis.us/statutes/consolidated/view-statute?txtType=PDF&ttl=15&div=0&chapter=1§ion=153&subsctn=0
- Due date: https://www.legis.state.pa.us/WU01/LI/LI/CT/HTM/15/00.001.046.000..HTM
- Late penalty: https://www.pa.gov/agencies/dos/programs/business/types-of-filings-and-registrations/annual-reports
- Administrative dissolution: https://www.legis.state.pa.us/WU01/LI/LI/CT/HTM/15/00.003.081.000..HTM
Related: Pennsylvania’s registered agent requirements, including who can serve and what happens if you don’t have one.