An LLC in Kansas must regularly file the Kansas LLC Information Report. The purpose of this report is to keep contact details and other critical info up to date with the Kansas Secretary of State. Before 2024, this was an annual report. However, the state has changed the requirement, and LLCs must file the Biennial Report only every other year.
The filing requirement has been relaxed to ease the amount of work required of LLCs. However, the LLC Biennial Report is still mandatory. Failure to file can result in dissolution of your business.
Many LLCs owners keep track of the deadlines and file the reports themselves. Others, however, choose to engage a third-party service to track deadlines, gather information, and create and file reports. This is especially useful for LLCs that do business in more than one state. Each state has its own deadlines, requirements, forms, and fees. Most states still require a report every year. A reporting service can help you keep in compliance everywhere and safeguard your ability to conduct business in each state.
The Kansas LLC Biennial Report ensures that the Secretary of State’s office has correct up-to-date information on important details about every Kansas LLC. This includes information such as the LLC name and address and the names and addresses of the owners. It enables the SOS to know what it needs to know about each LLC registered in the state.
The report must be filed in even-numbeedr years for LLCs that were formed in even-numbered years and in odd-numbered years for those formed in odd-numbered years. It is due by the 15th day of the fourth month after the LLC’s fiscal year ends. Most LLCs end their year on December 31, which makes the due date April 15. You may file it as early as the first day of the month after fiscal year-end, i.e., January 1 for LLCs that end their year on December 31. For new LLCs, the first Biennial Report is filed two years after the year of LLC formation.
The filing fee is $50 for biennial reports filed online and $55 for those submitted by mail.
The Kansas Secretary of State recommends that LLCs file the annual report online. The fee is $5 less than paper filing, the approval time is faster, and existing information is already filled in for you. However, filing online or by mail is your choice.
Secretary of State Contact Information:
If you have questions about either the online or mail-in process, you can call the Secretary of State at 785-296-4564.
Online business forms are filed at KanAccess. If you do not already have a Kansas business account, you can create one at the login screen by clicking the Sign Up button. Once you sign in, you will be directed to the KanAccess Dashboard.
You will be directed though a series of pages that will build your biennial report. A description of those pages follows.
Legal Authority
Click Yes to validate that you have legal authority to file the report, then Continue.
Mailing Address
Unless your LLC mailing address has changed, select No and Continue. If it has changed, click Yes and enter the new address on the next page.
Members
If member information has not changed, simply Continue. If there are changes, make the appropriate additions, edits, and/or deletions and Continue. These changes should be reflected in your LLC Operating Agreement.
Double-check all the fields you have entered so far. Make edits as necessary, then Continue.
Notification Emails
You can designate people to receive notifications of any SOS action related to your LLC. Some people treat this as a security feature so that no one can file on behalf of their LLC without them knowing about it.
Signature
Enter your full name in the signature. Validate that your phone and email are correct. You can edit them here if they are not. Click I Agree.
Payment
Click Pay by Credit Card. The fee is $50. At the payment page, enter your card information and your phone number and email address. Click Continue. At this point, your LLC Biennial Report has been submitted for processing.
Validation
The Kansas Secretary of State will validate your report in 24 hours or less and email you a confirmation.
Download and print the Kansas Business Entity Report (form LC50). You will have to know or look up much of the information that is pre-filled in the online process. Enter the required fields, as follows.
Business Entity ID
You can find it on your Articles of Organization or at the SOS Business Entity Search page.
LLC Name
The complete name of your Kansas LLC.
Tax Closing Date
For most LLCs, this is December of the prior year.
State of Organization
This is Kansas for domestic LLCs and the formation state for foreign LLCs.
Members
The names and addresses of all members who own five percent or more of the LLC.
Signature
Sign your name, and enter your name and phone number.
Payment
Enclose a check or money order for $55, payable to Secretary of State.
Send the form and payment to Secretary of State, Memorial Hall, 1st Floor, 120 SW 10th Avenue, Topeka, KS 66612-1594.
Validation
The LLC Biennial Report will be processed in three to five business days. No validation will be mailed. Verify that your report has been validated at the SOS Businesses page under Business Search.
There is a delinquency period of three months after the biennial report is due. Your LLC Information Report can still be filed, without penalty, any time during that three-month period. However, after the delinquency date (July 15 for LLCs that end their fiscal year in December) has passed, the business forfeits
Once an LLC is in forfeit status, the company cannot file documents until it has completed all past-due reporting and has been reinstated. For reinstatement, the LCC must submit each report that was missed. There is a $35 reinstatement plus a fee of $100 (or $110 by mail) for each biennial report. There is a maximum of 10 years, or five reports, for reinstatement to be permitted.
Failure to file Information Reports is the most common reason for an LLC to be dissolved in Kansas.
In 2024, Kansas transitioned from annual LLC information reporting to biennial reporting. Every Kansas LLC must file the biennial report by the 15th of the fourth month after its fiscal year-end (April 15 for LLCs that end their year in December). LLCs that were formed in even-number years file their reports in even-numbered years, and those formed in odd-numbered years file in odd-numbered years.
If an LLC fails to file within three months of the reporting due date, it falls into a forfeited status. To return to good standing and be allowed to conduct business in Kansas, it must apply for reinstatement, submit any missing report, and pay the associated fees.
LLCs may file either online at the KanAccess website or by mail. Filing online is recommended by the Secretary of State, and it is easier and faster. All information is pre-filled and must only be edited (if necessary) and verified.
Not every state has an information reporting process as easy and straightforward as Kansas. If your LLC operates in multiple states, you may find it worthwhile to engage a compliance service to keep track of deadlines, gather information, and file all your annual and biennial reports. It’s an excellent way to ensure that you remain in good standing everywhere you do business.
While you may file by mail if you wish, filing online at the KanAccess website is faster, easier, and saves you $5.
The fee is $50 for a report filed online and $55 for one filed by mail.
The report is due the 15th day of the fourth month after fiscal year-end. For LLCs that end their year in December, that’s April 15. LLCs formed in even-numbered years file in even-numbered years, and those formed in odd-numbered years file in odd-numbered years.
You have three months to file after the due date. If you fail to file by then, your LLC will forfeit. To reinstate your LLC into good standing, you will have to file all missing reports, file for reinstatement, and pay the associated fees.
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