Kentucky LLC Annual Report: Due Date, $15 Fee & How to File (2026)
Yes, Kentucky requires every LLC to file an annual report. It is quick, it is inexpensive, and missing it is the most common way a healthy Kentucky LLC ends up administratively dissolved. Here is the full picture under KRS 14A.6-010, plus the other obligations that continue after formation.
When the Kentucky annual report is due
The filing window opens January 1, and the report is due on or before June 30, every year. Your first report is due in that window during the year following the calendar year your LLC was formed. So an LLC organized in 2026 files its first report between January 1 and June 30 of 2027.
The Kentucky annual report fee
The fee is a flat $15, among the lowest LLC annual report fees in the nation. Kentucky charges every entity type the same $15 for this filing, domestic or foreign.
How to file, step by step
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Get Started- Pull up your entity on the Secretary of State's FastTrack portal or start from the state's annual report page.
- Review the pre-populated report. Kentucky generates a postcard-style filing from your existing record, and the fields are limited: no EIN, no NAICS code or business purpose, and no separate agent consent signature.
- Pay the $15 fee and submit. Online filings are effective immediately, and the state emails a receipt. After filing, a file-stamped postcard goes out to your principal office address.
- Handle agent or office updates separately if you need them. The annual report cannot change your registered agent or principal office; those require form RAC or form POC, $10 each.
What happens if you miss June 30
Kentucky does not tack a late fee onto the report itself. Instead, the entity falls into bad standing on July 1, and the state mails a 60-Day Notice. File by roughly August 31 and good standing comes back without penalty. Blow through that cure deadline and the Secretary of State administratively dissolves a domestic LLC (a foreign LLC has its certificate of authority revoked instead), leaving reinstatement as the only way back.
The other standing requirements
- Registered agent, continuously. KRS 14A.4-010 requires a registered office at a physical Kentucky address with an agent whose business address matches it, for the entire life of the LLC.
- LLET. Kentucky imposes a Limited Liability Entity Tax with a $175 minimum on gross receipts or revenues, separate from the Secretary of State report.
- Federal filings. Income tax (Schedule C or Form 1065 depending on membership), self-employment tax, and quarterly estimates where you expect to owe.
Our registered agent customers get reminders ahead of the June 30 deadline every year.