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Arkansas annual report: the real fee, the real deadline, and the letters to ignore
In Arkansas the state’s own description is: Annual LLC Franchise Tax Report, $150 flat, due May 1. Any letter from another sender that asks for more than that is adding its own charge.
The real filing
- Report
- Annual LLC Franchise Tax Report
- Fee
- $150 tax report
- How often
- Every year
- Due
- May 1
- Late fee
- $25
- Filed with
- See the state page
- Note
- Annual LLC Franchise Tax Report, $150 flat, due May 1.
How to read a Arkansas letter
- Check the sender against the state office named above.
- Compare any total with the state’s own charge ($150 tax report).
- Pay only on the state’s own site, which you reach by typing the address yourself.
More in the full checklist.
Having it done for you
Mainstay Filing prepares and files the annual report as part of $199 a year, with Arkansas’s fee passed through at cost. The agent-only plan ($149) does not include it. Your agent itself is a separate matter: changing it in Arkansas costs no state fee (Ark. Code Ann. § 4-20-105).
What is the Arkansas LLC annual report fee?
$150 tax report, every year. Annual LLC Franchise Tax Report, $150 flat, due May 1..
Is a Arkansas “annual report due” letter from a company real?
Only the state sets the Arkansas fee and due date. A letter from anyone else asking for more than $150 tax report includes that sender’s own charge.
Sources
- Arkansas yearly filing: Franchise tax report: what and when, official source read 2026-10-01: www.sos.arkansas.gov/uploads/bcs/LLC1_FT_2026.pdf, checked October 1, 2026
- Arkansas yearly filing: Franchise tax: amount and filing, official source read 2026-10-01: www.sos.arkansas.gov/business-commercial-services-bcs/franchise-tax-report-forms/, checked October 1, 2026
- Arkansas report due date (multira state research spine, due dates verified 714/714): www.sos.arkansas.gov/business-commercial-services-bcs/, checked August 12, 2026
- Arkansas registered agent statute (Ark. Code Ann. § 4-20-105): www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Home/FTPDocument?path=/ACTS/2007/Public/ACT638.pdf, checked October 20, 2026