Montana Annual Report: Due April 15, Filed Online, $0 On Time

Montana requires an annual report from every LLC and corporation. The standard fee is $20, but file by April 15 and the state currently charges nothing at all. File late and you owe $35. Ignore it entirely and Montana dissolves your company before the year is out. Here is the full picture.

At a Glance

Montana Annual Report Due Date and Filing Window

April 15. Fixed by statute, identical every year, no anniversary math. The portal opens January 1, which gives you a three-and-a-half-month window.

New entities: your first report comes due in the window that follows your formation year. Organize in 2026, file your first report between January 1 and April 15 of 2027.

Montana Annual Report Fee: $20 Standard, $0 On Time

Two numbers matter:

• $20 is the standard fee for the report.
• $0 is what on-time filers actually pay right now. The Secretary of State has waived the on-time fee for annual reports filed by April 15 in 2024 through 2027.

File after April 15 and the math flips: the $15 late penalty applies and the state collects $35.

Filing the Montana Annual Report: Online Only

Montana has not accepted paper annual reports since 2017. Everything runs through the state's Business Filing Portal (biz.sosmt.gov) behind an ePass Montana login. The state publishes its own filing instructions if you want the official walkthrough. In short:

1. Log in with your ePass Montana account (create one free if you do not have one).
2. Find your entity by business name or Folder ID.
3. Check the pre-filled record: addresses, registered agent, management type, principals. Fix anything outdated. Agent changes can be made right here, free.
4. E-sign, pay whatever fee applies, and submit. Approval is instant.

Miss April 15? The Penalty and Dissolution Clock

• April 16: the $15 penalty attaches. Total due: $35.
• Around September 1: at roughly 140 days past due, the Secretary of State mails a warning of pending administrative dissolution. Statutory basis: Mont. Code Ann. § 35-8-208.
• Around December 1: still unfiled, and the state administratively dissolves the entity. Liability protection ends with it.
• After dissolution: reinstatement is generally available within five years, but it means filing every missed report plus reinstatement and late fees.

How We Help

We track the April 15 deadline and remind you before it arrives, with enough lead time to log in and file. Any annual report correspondence the Secretary of State sends, whether reminder, warning, or delinquency notice, hits your portal the same day we receive it. Compliance tracking is part of the $99/year service. Nothing extra.

Cheap State, Cheap Compliance

Montana pricing across the board:

• LLC formation: $35
• Annual report: $20 standard, $0 on time through 2027
• Change of registered agent: free

With our service, a Montana LLC's ongoing compliance runs $119 a year at most, and $99 of that is us. Hard to beat.

Keep Your Report Off the Late List

The report is short, the portal does most of the work, and an on-time filing currently carries no state fee at all. With our reminders in place, your filing should never reach the $35 stage.

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