Louisiana LLC Annual Report: $30, Anniversary Deadline (2026)
Louisiana's annual report costs just $30 — but unlike states with one statewide deadline, yours is due by your LLC's anniversary date, a date only you are tracking. Here's how to file in minutes, what happens after three missed years, and a calculator for your exact window.
Every Louisiana LLC files an annual report by its anniversary date — the date the state approved your LLC — every year. The fee is $30 ($35 online with the card fee), filed through geauxBIZ, and you can file up to 30 days early. The state emails/texts reminders about 30 days out (postcards ended in 2016). Miss the date and your LLC loses good standing; miss three consecutive years and the state revokes your LLC. Reinstatement requires filing back reports at $30 each.
- Fee
- $30 ($35 online)
- Due date
- Your anniversary date
- Early filing window
- 30 days before
- Reminders
- Email/text ~30 days out
- Missed deadline
- Not in good standing
- 3 unfiled years
- Revocation
What the Louisiana Annual Report Is
A five-minute compliance confirmation — no revenue data, no tax figures. Louisiana wants your current principal office, registered agent, and members/managers on record. The distinctive part is the clock:
- Due by your anniversary date — the exact date the Secretary of State approved your LLC. Formed October 10? Every report is due by October 10. There is no statewide deadline.
- 30-day early window: filing opens a month before your due date.
- Digital reminders only: the state stopped mailing postcards in 2016 — reminders come by email/text tied to your geauxBIZ account, roughly 30 days out.
- $30 fee ($35 online including the card charge). Every active LLC files, even with zero revenue.
Your Deadline — Calculated
Louisiana Anniversary Deadline Calculator
Pick your formation month · get your filing window, reminder date, and risk timeline
Your precise due date is your exact approval day; this tool works at month level. Confirm the exact date on your certified Articles or in geauxBIZ.
How to File in 5 Minutes
Log in to geauxBIZ
Annual reports file through your geauxBIZ account — the same portal that formed your LLC. Keep the email on that account current; it's where reminders go.
Confirm or update your information
Principal office, registered agent, members/managers. Agent changes involve the agent's own acceptance, per Louisiana's standing rule.
Pay and save the confirmation
$35 online by card ($30 by mail with a check). Download the filed report — your proof of good standing for the year.
File the day the window opens. Your 30-day early window is the anniversary-date system's escape hatch: set one recurring reminder for "anniversary minus 30" and file that day, every year. The deadline becomes irrelevant.
What Happens If You Miss Your Anniversary
Day 1 late: not in good standing
The state marks your LLC "not in good standing" — visible to banks, lenders, and anyone who checks the public record.
Years 1–3: the clock runs
You can cure at any time by filing the overdue report(s). But each missed year stacks another $30 obligation.
Three consecutive unfiled years: revocation
The state revokes your LLC. Liability protection for new business is compromised, your name becomes vulnerable, and undoing it costs more than three on-time reports ever would.
Reinstating a Revoked Louisiana LLC
File Articles of Reinstatement with the Secretary of State along with $30 for the current annual report plus $30 for each unfiled report between your last filing and reinstatement (per the SOS reinstatement instructions), plus the reinstatement filing itself. Expect delays while banks and vendors re-verify your standing. The two-minute calendar reminder remains the better deal.
Ahmad Adil's Take: anniversary-date deadlines are sneakier than fixed ones. June 30 in Kentucky is famous; "the random Tuesday in October when your LLC happened to be approved" is famous to nobody. And since Louisiana's reminders are email-only, a changed email address silently severs your last safety line. Two fixes, five minutes: a recurring calendar event at anniversary-minus-30, and a geauxBIZ account email you'll still own in ten years — not your old job's address.
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Louisiana LLC — FAQ
Ahmad Adil is the founder and CEO of LLC School. The figures here — the $100 Articles of Organization with Initial Report, the $30 anniversary-date annual report, Louisiana’s flat 3% income tax, and the 2026 franchise tax repeal — reflect current Louisiana Secretary of State and Department of Revenue guidance. This is educational content, not legal or tax advice.
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