South Dakota LLC Annual Report: ~$50, Due Anniversary Month
South Dakota's annual report is due on the first day of your LLC's anniversary month — not an exact date, but not a shared statewide deadline either. Here's the full playbook and a calculator for your exact deadline.
Every South Dakota LLC files an annual report with the Secretary of State, due on the first day of your LLC’s anniversary month — the same calendar month your Articles were originally approved, every year. The fee is roughly $50 (with modest variation for online versus mail processing, plus a $15 paper processing surcharge if filed by mail). Missing the deadline can lead to administrative dissolution. Your first report is due the year after formation.
- Fee
- ~$50 (+ $15 if mailed)
- Due date
- 1st of anniversary month
- Filed with
- Secretary of State (online)
- Late consequence
- Administrative dissolution risk
- First report
- Year after formation
- E-file discount?
- Yes — cheaper than mail
What the South Dakota Annual Report Is
A compliance confirmation, not a financial disclosure. The annual report confirms your LLC's current information: registered agent, principal officers or governors, and business address. No revenue data. Its defining features:
- ~$50 — a modest, predictable fee, with a small premium if you choose to file by mail.
- Due the first day of your anniversary month — if your LLC was approved any day in June, your report is due every June 1st, going forward, indefinitely.
- E-filing is cheaper — mailing in your report adds a $15 paper processing fee on top of the base charge.
- Owed regardless of activity — a dormant, low-revenue LLC owes the same fee as a busy operating company.
Your Status — Calculated
South Dakota Annual Report Status Calculator
Enter your formation month → find your exact recurring deadline
Based on South Dakota's rule: due the 1st of the anniversary month, every year, starting the year after formation. Educational estimate — confirm your exact formation date with the Secretary of State.
How to File in 10 Minutes
Find your Business ID
Use the Secretary of State's search tool if you don't already have it on hand.
E-file your Annual Report online
Enter your Business ID, confirm your governors/officers and address, and pay by card.
Or print and mail (with the $15 surcharge)
The tool also lets you print and mail your report with the proper fee if you prefer paper, adding a $15 processing charge.
E-file even if your entity shows as "Delinquent": South Dakota's tool explicitly allows delinquent businesses to still e-file their annual report or print and mail it — so a missed deadline doesn't lock you out of the online system. File as soon as you realize you're behind rather than assuming you need a separate reinstatement process first.
If You Miss Your Anniversary Month
Delinquent status
Your LLC shows as delinquent in the Secretary of State's records once the deadline passes.
Administrative dissolution risk
Continued non-filing can lead the state to administratively dissolve your LLC — your liability shield's legal foundation, gone.
Cure
File the overdue report through the same online tool, even while marked delinquent, to restore good standing.
Never-Miss Tips
- Write down your exact anniversary month the day your Articles are approved.
- Set a recurring calendar reminder for the 1st of that month, every year.
- Keep your registered agent information current so any Secretary of State reminder actually reaches you.
- E-file rather than mail — it's faster and avoids the $15 paper processing surcharge.
Ahmad Adil's Take: South Dakota's annual report is about as low-friction as this requirement gets — a modest fee, an easy online system, and even a built-in path to fix things if you fall behind. My honest advice is simply to note your anniversary month the day you form and set a yearly reminder for its first day. Given how easy the filing itself is, the only way this becomes a real problem is genuinely forgetting about it entirely — don't let that happen given how cheap the fix is compared to letting things slide toward dissolution.
- ✓Forms your South Dakota LLC for $39 + the $150 state fee
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South Dakota LLC — FAQ
Ahmad Adil is the founder and CEO of LLC School. The figures here — the $150 Articles of Organization, the $50 annual report due your anniversary month, and South Dakota having no personal income tax at all — reflect current South Dakota Secretary of State guidance. This is educational content, not legal or tax advice.
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