Updated September 4, 2026. Quick answer: Kansas requires a biennial report; Businesses formed in even years file in each succeeding even year; formed in odd years file in each succeeding odd year. Due April 15 of the filing year.
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Whether Kansas requires one, and how often
Kansas requires LLCs to file a biennial report every two years (biennially). $90 online / $110 by paper, filed BIENNIALLY.
When it’s due
Businesses formed in even years file in each succeeding even year; formed in odd years file in each succeeding odd year. Due April 15 of the filing year. (K.S.A. 17-76,139)
What it costs
$90 filed online, $110 filed on paper, once every two years, not every year. The Secretary of State’s own instruction sheet for the Information Report (form ILC, Rev. 1/23/26) carries the schedule outright: “The filing fee for the Information Report is as follows”, then $90 for the online report and $110 for the paper one. The statute sets only part of it: K.S.A. 17-76,139(f) requires “a fee in an amount equal to $80, plus the amount specified in rules and regulations of the secretary”, so the published total comes from the Secretary’s own form rather than from the statute alone. Beware third-party pages quoting $53/$55: that is the older annual report form, not the biennial Information Report.
What happens if you miss it
$75. K.S.A. 17-76,139(g) makes the corporate penalty provisions “shall be applicable to the articles of organization of any domestic limited liability company” that fails to file or pay within 90 days, and the provision it points to, K.S.A. 17-7509(a), fixes the amount: “such corporation shall be subject to a penalty of $75”. K.S.A. 17-7510(a) is the forfeiture half of the same cross-reference. (K.S.A. 17-76,139(g); 17-7509(a))
What eventually happens if it stays unfiled: A three-month (90-day) delinquency interval applies after the report becomes delinquent; if it lapses, the LLC’s articles are forfeited and it cannot file any other document until past-due reports are submitted and it is reinstated. (K.S.A. 17-76,146) “If the three-month delinquency interval has passed, a business will forfeit… won’t be able to file any other document with the Secretary of State until it has submitted past due reports and has been reinstated.”
Where to file
File at https://www.sos.ks.gov/businesses/information-reports.html. Kansas SOS Information Reports filing page.
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 Kansas 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.
- Due date: https://sos.ks.gov/businesses/information-reports.html
- Filing portal: https://www.sos.ks.gov/businesses/information-reports.html
- Fee schedule: Kansas Secretary of State, Instructions for Filing an Information Report (form ILC, Rev. 1/23/26), read September 6, 2026: sos.ks.gov form ILC (PDF)
- Fee and penalty statutes, Kansas Office of Revisor of Statutes, read September 6, 2026: K.S.A. 17-76,139, K.S.A. 17-7509, K.S.A. 17-7510
Related: Kansas’s registered agent requirements, including who can serve and what happens if you don’t have one.