Registered Agent Annual Fee

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Delaware annual report: the real fee, the real deadline, and the letters to ignore

In Delaware the state’s own description is: No annual report. Every Delaware LLC pays a $400 annual tax by June 1 (raised from $300 starting with tax year 2026). Any letter from another sender that asks for more than that is adding its own charge.

The real filing

Report
Annual LLC Tax
Fee
$400 tax
How often
Every year
Due
Annual alternative-entity tax due on or before June 1
Late fee
$200
Filed with
See the state page
Note
No annual report. Every Delaware LLC pays a $400 annual tax by June 1 (raised from $300 starting with tax year 2026).

How to read a Delaware letter

  1. Check the sender against the state office named above.
  2. Compare any total with the state’s own charge ($400 tax).
  3. 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 Delaware’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 Delaware costs $50 (6 Del. C. § 18-104).

What is the Delaware LLC annual report fee?

$400 tax, every year. No annual report. Every Delaware LLC pays a $400 annual tax by June 1 (raised from $300 starting with tax year 2026)..

Is a Delaware “annual report due” letter from a company real?

Only the state sets the Delaware fee and due date. A letter from anyone else asking for more than $400 tax includes that sender’s own charge.

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