Maine LLC Annual Report: $85, Due June 1 (2026)
Maine's annual report has the sharpest teeth in New England: a flat $50 statutory late penalty the moment June 2 arrives, a ~65-day dissolution clock after that, and zero mailed reminders. The good news — this is the one Maine filing you can do online. Here's the full playbook plus a penalty calculator.
Every Maine LLC files an annual report between January 1 and June 1 each year, starting the year after the calendar year of formation. The fee is $85 for domestic LLCs ($150 foreign), and — unlike formation — it can be filed online. File after June 1 and a flat $50 late penalty applies (31 M.R.S. §1680). If nothing is filed roughly 65 days past June 1, the Secretary of State issues dissolution notices and administratively dissolves the LLC. Maine mails no forms — reminders are courtesy emails only.
- Fee (domestic)
- $85
- Fee (foreign)
- $150
- Window
- Jan 1 – Jun 1
- Late penalty
- $50 flat (Jun 2+)
- Dissolution clock
- ~65 days after Jun 1
- Online filing?
- Yes
What the Maine Annual Report Is
A compliance confirmation, not a financial disclosure: current principal office, registered agent, and management information. No revenue, no tax data. The mechanics:
- Fixed statewide window: January 1 through June 1, every year — everyone's deadline is June 1, no anniversary math.
- First report: due the year after your formation calendar year. Form anytime in 2026 → first report due January 1 – June 1, 2027 — even if you formed December 30.
- $85 domestic / $150 foreign, and yes — online filing is available for this one.
- No mailed forms, ever: reminders are courtesy emails from cec.corporations@informe.org, only if a valid email is on file. Paper "annual report invoices" in your mailbox are almost certainly third-party solicitation scams.
- Corrections: Form MLLC-13A lets you amend a filed report until December 31 of the filing year.
Your Deadline & Penalty — Calculated
Maine June 1 Deadline & Penalty Calculator
Formation year + filing status · your exact exposure as of July 17, 2026
Today used for status: July 17, 2026 — the June 1 deadline has passed and the ~65-day dissolution window (early August) is closing. Late filings pay $85 + $50 = $135.
How to File in 5 Minutes
Use the state's online annual report filing
Search your LLC by name or charter number — Maine's one online filing is genuinely quick. Paper remains available if you insist on tradition.
Confirm your information
Principal office, registered agent, management details. A real agent change belongs on Form CLKRA-3 ($35), not smuggled into the report.
Pay $85 and save the confirmation
Download the filed report — your proof of good standing. Then set next January's recurring reminder.
File in January. The window opens January 1. Filing the first week — during year-start bookkeeping — makes June 1 irrelevant and beats every failure mode at once: forgotten emails, spam-foldered reminders, and the $50 penalty.
The Penalty Ladder (31 M.R.S. §1680 & §1667)
June 2: the $50 penalty attaches
Statutory and flat — file a day late or a month late, the report now costs $135 total. No discretion, no waiver process to count on.
~65 days past June 1: dissolution proceedings
Around early August, the Secretary of State issues notice of grounds for administrative dissolution; the cure window runs, then the LLC is dissolved.
Dissolved: the meter runs by ground
Reinstatement bills $150 per ground of failure — annual report, late penalty, agent failure each count — with the annual-report portion capped at $600.
Reinstatement vs Revival — Maine's Two Comebacks
Maine splits the comeback path in two. Reinstatement (§1593): available for 6 years after administrative dissolution; approved reinstatement relates back as if the dissolution never happened — at $150 per ground (report portion capped at $600) plus the overdue filings. Revival (Form MLLC-REVIVE, $150): the mechanism after your certificate has been cancelled, typically once the 6-year window has passed. Both are paper filings, both are slower and costlier than the January reminder that prevents them.
Ahmad Adil's Take: Maine is the only state in this series with a flat statutory late fee that hits on day one and a dissolution clock you can read on a calendar. That's actually a gift — the rules are knowable, so the failure is always logistical: the courtesy email went to spam, or to an address nobody checks. Fix both today: whitelist cec.corporations@informe.org, and set a recurring January 2 reminder titled "Maine $85 — beat the $50 penalty." Ninety seconds now, $50 saved every year you'd have forgotten.
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Maine LLC — FAQ
Ahmad Adil is the founder and CEO of LLC School. The figures here — the $175 mail-only Certificate of Formation (MLLC-6), the $85 June 1 annual report with its $50 late penalty, and Maine’s 5.8%–7.15% graduated income tax — reflect current Maine Secretary of State and Maine Revenue Services guidance. This is educational content, not legal or tax advice.
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