Hawaii LLC Annual Report Deadlines Run on Honolulu Time

Which Quarter Your LLC Files In, and the Year It Starts

The date an LLC was organized or registered in Hawaii places it in one of four calendar quarters, and it stays there. Under HRS § 428‑210, as BREG’s Form LLC‑INFO sets it out, the report is due when that quarter closes: March, June, September or December, on the month’s last day.

The year of registration is skipped. An LLC registered on November 20, 2025 files nothing for 2025 and owes its first report by December 31, 2026.

LLC‑INFO counts the date of “organization or registration in this State,” so an LLC formed in Delaware in 2019 and registered in Hawaii on August 3, 2024 files in the third quarter, July through September.

BREG’s July 1, 2026 notice says the report “can be filed at any time during the quarter in which the filing is due,” and a news release on its home page opens every quarter, the first one covering January through March.

Midnight in Honolulu Is Already Morning on the Mainland

BREG gives the deadline as midnight (HST) on the quarter’s last day; a report filed after that carries the late fee. Hawaii keeps standard time all year, so the mainland hour that matches it shifts when daylight saving time starts and ends.

A deadline falling on a Sunday (September 30, 2029 is one) may move to Monday under HRS § 1‑29, but BREG’s notices name the quarter’s last day, so filing by that Sunday settles the question.

Hawaii LLC Annual Fees: $12.50 Online, $15 on Paper

Every domestic limited liability company files one, and so does any out-of-state LLC holding a Hawaii registration, at the same price: $12.50 online or $15 on paper.

• $12.50Annual report filed online on Hawaii Business Express.
• $15.00Annual report filed on paper, mailed to BREG at P.O. Box 40, Honolulu, HI 96810.
• $10.00Late fee “per year delinquent,” in BREG’s words, added when a late report is filed.
• $0Email reminder the following year, sent after an online filing.

LLC‑INFO still prints the statutory ceiling, “a penalty not exceeding $100.00 for each thirty-day period that the delinquency continues”; the $10 per year delinquent is what BREG’s quarterly notices assess.

Read as $10 for each missed report, two missed years filed online together come to $45.00: twice $12.50 plus twice $10.00. The wording also allows $10 for each year a single report is late, so the amount is worth confirming with BREG by calling 1‑844‑808‑3222, then option 2, before paying.

Four Screens on Hawaii Business Express, From Search to Signature

The former address, hbe.ehawaii.gov/annuals, now opens a notice that the portal has moved to hbe.dcca.hawaii.gov. The annual report screens there open without a login and run in this order:

1. Find your business. Enter the LLC’s name in the search box at the top of the annual report page and choose it; the results give each file number and status.
2. Pick the year. A table lists each filing year, its report due date and its status. Delinquent reports have to be filed before the current year’s report.
3. Verify the company information. Mailing and principal office addresses, nature of business (optional), registered agent, member-managed or manager-managed, and each member or manager, all with an Edit link.
4. Certify and sign. A manager, a member, a court-appointed fiduciary or an attorney-in-fact types a full name; abbreviated names are not processed.

On time means approved, according to the filing screen: a report submitted before the deadline but processed after it leaves the LLC out of good standing until BREG processes it.

No financial figures are asked anywhere in these screens. BREG also says it does not use or endorse any outside company to collect or file annual reports.

What Form X‑4 Asks of a Terminated Hawaii LLC

Once an LLC has gone two years without filing its annual report, the director of the Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs may terminate a domestic LLC administratively (HRS § 428‑809). A Hawaii business entity search result whose status reads Adm. Terminated has crossed that line.

Coming back runs through BREG’s Application for Reinstatement, Form X‑4, filed under HRS § 428‑811.

Deadline

Two years from the date the termination took effect. Only domestic entities can apply, so a foreign LLC has no X‑4 route.

Item 3

The date of the director's decree or order that terminated the LLC.

Item 4

The years of the delinquent reports, each of which is filed with the application.

Item 5

A writing from the Hawaii Department of Taxation: taxes paid, a payment arrangement, or unpaid taxes contested on appeal.

Payment

$25.00, not refundable.

Signature

By a member if the LLC is member-managed, or by a manager if it is manager-managed; the form is typed or printed in black ink.

Articles of Termination (Form LLC‑11) Stop the Annual Reports

Form

Articles of Termination, LLC‑11

Fee

$25.00, nonrefundable (no personal or business checks)

Online

Forms tab of the LLC's record in Business Name Search, per BREG's FAQ