New Hampshire LLC Annual Report: Your April 1 Deadline and First Filing Year

What the New Hampshire Annual Report Costs: $100 by Law, $102 on QuickStart

The annual report filing fee in RSA 304‑C:191 is $100, the same for a domestic LLC and for a foreign LLC. Filed online, the report costs $102, because the Corporations Division’s LLC fee page adds a $2 handling charge to fees received electronically. A paper report paid by check carries no handling charge.

Annual report filing feeDomestic and foreign LLCs, professional LLCs included

$100

QuickStart handling chargeAdded to fees paid online

+ $2

Late filing feeReport or fee not filed by April 1; the Corporations Division does not waive it

+ $50

Certificate of good standingOrdered from QuickStart

$5

Reinstatement applicationDomestic LLC, within 3 years of an administrative dissolution

$135

Late reinstatementDomestic LLC, more than 3 years after the dissolution

$500

The Corporations Division’s FAQ names one thing that keeps an LLC in good standing in later years: the annual report and its fee, due by April 1 every year after the year of registration. Only an LLC that makes its returns to the insurance commissioner is exempt (RSA 304‑C:194 I).

Filing on NH QuickStart With Information as of January 1

Everything on the report must reflect the facts on January 1 of the year it is due. The Division does not accept “no change” or a reference to last year’s report: every field is completed again, even when nothing moved.

1. Open the NH QuickStart account that holds the LLC, or create one, and pick the annual report for the year due.
2. With no change to the business or principal information, One Click filing skips the full form.
3. Otherwise, update the fields listed below. A registered agent change is filed separately on Form 10, for $15.
4. Pay by MasterCard, Visa or Discover. Cards with a billing address outside the United States are refused, so a foreign owner may need a US card or the paper form.
5. Keep the invoice from the QuickStart receipts mailbox. The filed report can be viewed from the LLC’s page in the Business Record Search.

The content requirements come from RSA 304‑C:194:

• the LLC’s legal name, plus the state or country of formation
• the registered agent’s name and the registered office address in New Hampshire
• the principal office address
• the names and business addresses of its managers or, with no managers, at least one member
• a brief description of what the business does

With two reports missing, the FAQ’s method is to file last year’s report first, then repeat the process for the current year. A change after filing (a manager, a mailing address) goes by email to annualreports@sos.nh.gov or on letterhead.

Paper filers request the form from the Corporations Division first, according to its March 2025 reminder. Reports are also taken in person at 28 School Street in Concord, and the Division answers annual report questions at (603) 271‑3246.

For mail, the Secretary of State’s reminder of March 5, 2025 asked for a postmark of April 1 or earlier. A report sent back as incomplete is treated as filed on time if the corrected version arrives within 30 days after the Division’s notice (RSA 304‑C:194 IV).

The First Report Year, and the December Exception in RSA 304‑C:194

Under RSA 304‑C:194, the first annual report goes in from January 1 through April 1 of the year after formation. For a foreign LLC, the statute counts from the year it registered to do business in New Hampshire.

Paragraph III(b) adds an exception: an LLC formed, or a foreign LLC registered, between “December 1 of the preceding year” and April 1 does not file in that year. Only a December date changes the answer: it pushes the first report back a year, a point worth weighing when choosing a formation date.

Under RSA 21:35, a report due on a Saturday, Sunday or legal holiday may arrive on the following business day: April 1, 2028 is a Saturday, so Monday, April 3 still counts. The tool above applies it.

Two Missed Years, 60 Days Each, Before a Dissolution

The day after the deadline, an LLC with no report on file owes the $50 late fee and shows as “Not in Good Standing” in the Business Record Search. A $5 certificate of good standing (RSA 304‑C:191) reflects that status, so the overdue report goes in before ordering one.

Dissolution takes longer: under RSA 304‑C:136, the Secretary of State may dissolve an LLC whose report goes unfiled for 60 days past its due date in two consecutive years.

The same statute also allows dissolution after 60 days or more without a registered agent or registered office in New Hampshire.

A foreign LLC falls under RSA 304‑C:183 and 184 instead. Once its report is 60 days overdue, the Secretary of State may start a revocation proceeding: a written notice, then 60 days to file before the registration can be revoked. The FAQ describes the resulting status as “Administratively Suspended”.

The 120-Day and Three-Year Marks for Reinstating a Dissolved LLC

The application under RSA 304‑C:138 must state that the grounds for dissolution no longer exist. For an LLC dissolved over missing reports, the unfiled reports and fees go in with the $135 application. Timing then decides what else is needed.

A revoked foreign LLC uses RSA 304‑C:184 V: a reinstatement form with the fees in arrears at the time of revocation. Beyond 120 days, it also pays the annual fees for the years since the revocation if it kept doing business in New Hampshire, plus a DRA certificate that no taxes are due.