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Rhode Island annual report: the real fee, the real deadline, and the letters to ignore
The real Rhode Island LLC report costs $50 every year and goes to the Rhode Island Secretary of State, due May 1. Any letter from another sender that asks for more than that is adding its own charge.
The real filing
- Report
- Annual Report for a Limited Liability Company
- Fee
- $50
- How often
- Every year
- Due
- May 1
- Late fee
- $25
- Filed with
- Rhode Island Secretary of State
How to read a Rhode Island letter
- Check the sender against the state office named above.
- Compare any total with the state’s own charge ($50).
- 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 Rhode Island’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 Rhode Island costs $20 (R.I. Gen. Laws § 7-16-11).
What is the Rhode Island LLC annual report fee?
$50, every year, to the Rhode Island Secretary of State.
Is a Rhode Island “annual report due” letter from a company real?
Only the state sets the Rhode Island fee and due date. A letter from anyone else asking for more than $50 includes that sender’s own charge.
Sources
- Rhode Island Department of State, Business Services Division (multira state research spine): docs.sos.ri.gov/documents/BusinessServices/632-limited-liability-company-annual-report.pdf, checked August 12, 2026
- Rhode Island Department of State, Business Services Division (multira state research spine): www.sos.ri.gov/divisions/business-services/ri-business/file-your-annual-report, checked August 12, 2026
- Rhode Island registered agent statute (R.I. Gen. Laws § 7-16-11): webserver.rilegislature.gov/Statutes/TITLE7/7-16/7-16-11.htm, checked October 20, 2026