The 2021 Georgia Annual Registration Season is Open 

In Georgia, its annual registration season, which started January 1 and goes until April 1, 2021.  You must file an annual report to maintain an LLC or corporation in Georgia. The report is used to confirm and update a business’ information with the Secretary of State.  

 If your annual registration and payment are not postmarked by April 1, you will be fined a $25 filing penalty fee. 

You can file your annual report by mail or online, but the state prefers online as they are more convenient and faster. The website that allows you to file your annual registration without a username and password on the website. The Express Annual Registration section allows you to make changes to your entity. The One Click Annual Registration section allows you to pay the annual registration quickly, if there are no changes to the entity. 

You can file your annual registration with or without making changes after logging into eCorp.sos.ga.gov. 

Annual registration fees are: $50 for profit corporations, LLCs, and LPs; $30 for nonprofit corporations; and $25 for foreign LLPs. If the amount listed for your entity is larger than expected, then the total reflects amounts due from previous years and any late fees. 

To keep your entity in “good standing” with the Office of Secretary of State, you should file your annual registration online with a credit card.  You can also file by mail and require a printed annual registration form and payment with a check, certified bank check or money order. Feels can be mailed with your completed annual registration form to: Office of Secretary of State, Annual Registration Filings, 2 Martin Luther King Jr. Dr., 313 West Tower, Atlanta, GA 30334. 

A paper registration form can be printed from here https://ecorp.sos.ga.gov. All checks must be pre-printed with a complete address in order to be accepted. Cash is not accepted. 

Any person authorized by the entity may sign and file an annual registration. 

The Corporations Division of the Office of the Secretary of State created a how-to guide to help people through the annual registration process. The guide is here: http://sos.ga.gov/Corporations. 

For more help, reach out to the Corporations Division of the Office of the Secretary of State  at corporationswebmail@sos.ga.gov, at 404-656-2817 or toll-free at 844-753-7825. 

If you need help with the annual report or need help getting a Georgia Contractor’s License or a Florida Contractor’s License, our team at Licenses, Etc. can help you with the process. Call us at 239-777-1028 to get started today.