Vermont LLC Annual Report: Three Months From the Fiscal Year End on Record

Every Vermont LLC has three months from the close of its fiscal year to deliver its annual report to Montpelier, so the date follows the year end shown on its record: March 31 for a December 31 year end, September 30 for June 30. The report costs $45 ($170 for a foreign LLC).

1From the business record

Registered as

2What is already on file

Calculated for today.

The Fiscal Year End on Record Sets the Vermont Deadline

Under 11 V.S.A. § 4033(c), the report has to reach the Secretary of State no later than three months after the LLC’s fiscal year expires. The Secretary of State describes it as the first three months following the year end on record.

Fiscal year ends December 31
January 1 to March 31
Fiscal year ends August 31
September 1 to November 30
Fiscal year ends April 30
May 1 to July 31July 30 if three months are counted day for day

The formation date plays no part after the first report: what counts is the fiscal year month on the business record, a field the Vermont business entity search displays for every LLC and the one Vermont uses to time the report.

March 15 is a corporation date
A Vermont business corporation has two and a half months after its fiscal year for its corporation annual report under 11A V.S.A. § 16.22, so a calendar-year corporation reports by March 15 while a calendar-year LLC has until March 31.
March 31, 2029 falls on a Saturday
Vermont’s rule for counting time, 1 V.S.A. § 138, only leaves out the starting day and adds no weekend extension, so in 2029, when March 31 falls on a Saturday, filing online by that Saturday is the safe course.
A first fiscal year of seven weeks
Read literally, § 4033(c) counts the first fiscal year that closes after formation, even a short one. An LLC formed on November 10, 2026 with a December year end closes that year seven weeks later, and the wording of § 4033(c) sets the deadline for that first report at March 31, 2027. The due date on the business record shows how the office counted it.

Four Facts the Report Confirms, Including the Agent’s Email

Section 4033(a) lists four things the report must set forth, and under § 4033(b) each answer must be accurate when signed:

  • the company’s name;
  • where it was organized, by state or country;
  • the address of its designated office;
  • the name, email and address of its agent for service of process.

The agent’s email joined that list when Act No. 10 of 2025 took effect on July 1, 2025.

Under § 4033(d), the Secretary of State also amends the record when the report specifies a change to the business’s purpose, email, address or principal information. A new registered agent isn’t on that list: it goes through a Change of Registered Agent, the Statement of Change that costs $35 under 11 V.S.A. § 4008.

Filing the $45 Report Online, or $170 for a Foreign LLC

Vermont treats the report as the LLC’s yearly renewal: an LLC must “renew your business registration each fiscal year by filing an annual report.” Vermont annual reports are completed online, and paper appears only at the payment screen.

  1. Sign in to the Online Business Service Center, or create a user account before a first filing.
  2. Choose “File your Annual/Biennial Report” in the menu on the left. “Biennial” in that label refers to nonprofit corporations; an LLC files every fiscal year.
  3. Confirm, update or fill in each item the prompts ask for.
  4. Pay $45 for a Vermont LLC or $170 for a foreign LLC. To pay by paper check, choose “I Want to Print & Mail With Check” at the bottom of the eCheck payment screen.

Both report fees come from 11 V.S.A. § 4012(a)(15) and (16) and are a filing fee paid to the Secretary of State. The $250 minimum tax of a pass-through LLC is a separate payment to the Department of Taxes, made with its business income tax return (usually Form BI‑471).

Questions about a filing go to the Business Services Division at 802‑828‑2386 on weekdays (holidays excepted), between 7:45 in the morning and 4:30 in the afternoon.

After a Missed Report: What § 4034 Ends and What It Leaves Alone

Under 11 V.S.A. § 4034(a), a missed report terminates the articles of organization that created a Vermont limited liability company. Vermont adds no late fee, the statute requires no prior notice, and it fixes no date for the change to appear on the record. The certificate of authority of a foreign LLC terminates the same way, and the Secretary of State must notify that company.

Unchanged while terminated, § 4034(d)

  • The limited liability status of members and managers.
  • The validity of the LLC’s acts between termination and reinstatement.
  • The authority of its designated agent.
  • Lawsuits already pending by or against it, which are not abated or suspended.
  • The possibility of being sued in its name, though a new lawsuit can be dismissed unless the LLC is reinstated.

Lost or put at risk

  • Good standing on the state record, which an entity “must maintain” for as long as it does business in Vermont.
  • The right to the name, once five years pass after the missed report’s due date (§ 4034(c)).

The five-year count runs from each missed report’s own due date, so the oldest unfiled report sets the deadline for the name.

$80 per Missed Year to Reinstate, $205 for a Foreign LLC

Reinstatement takes each missing annual report, its report fee and the $35 reinstatement fee for each year the company failed to file, under § 4034(a)(3) and § 4012(a)(17). Applied year by year, that is $80 per missed year for a Vermont LLC and $205 for a foreign LLC; the portal shows the final amount before payment.

A foreign LLC with a June 30 year end whose last report covered 2024, checked on October 9, 2026:

  • Reports for 2025 and 2026due September 30, 2025 and September 30, 20262 × $170 = $340
  • Reinstatement feeone for each missed year2 × $35 = $70
  • To reinstate$410

The name stays protected through September 30, 2030, five years after the oldest missed due date.

  1. Sign in to the Online Business Service Center.
  2. Select “VT SEC OF STATE ONLINE SERVICES” in the main menu on the left, then “File your Reinstatement.”
  3. Enter the required and updated information the prompts ask for, then pay online or with the print-and-mail check option.

Statutes and State Pages Behind the Vermont Numbers

Secretary of State and Department of Taxes pages read October 9, 2026; the three statutes below read in their archived 2025 and 2026 versions.

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