New Jersey LLC annual report: $75 by the end of your anniversary month — miss two in a row and your charter can be voided

Last reviewed July 30, 2026 · NJ Treasury / DORES sources linked below

New Jersey keeps its LLC annual report cheap and its rule blunt. The report costs $75 and is due by the last day of your LLC's anniversary month — the month you originally formed. The State's own business portal adds the sentence most owners never read: "The responsibility to file falls on the business, even if you fail to receive any notification from the State. Failure to file can result in the revocation of your business." And the Division of Revenue makes the timeline concrete: businesses that fail to file annual reports for two consecutive years may have their charter voided or their authority to do business in New Jersey revoked.

The one-line version: File the $75 annual report online through the DORES Annual Reports service by the last day of your anniversary month, every year, notice or no notice. There's no late fee — but unfiled reports stack, two straight missed years can void the charter, getting back can require a tax-clearance certificate that takes months, and your business name can be claimed by someone else while you're revoked.

The obligation at a glance

Item	Rule
Who files	Every New Jersey LLC (domestic and foreign/authorized). Corporations, LPs, and LLPs file too ($75; nonprofits $30)
When	Last day of your anniversary month each year — the month your original formation/registration was filed
Fee	$75, plus the portal's payment processing fee ($3 credit card / $0.50 e-check)
Notices	Filing is required even if the State never sends you anything (business.nj.gov). Free official reminders are available via the gov2go service
Late fee	None — but every unfiled year stays owed: the portal collects all outstanding annual reports before the current one
Consequence	Two consecutive unfiled years → charter voided / authority revoked; reinstatement = all delinquent reports + $75 reinstatement + $20 tax clearance (if revoked over report non-filing more than 2 years back) + $25 agent change if applicable
Where	Online only, via the DORES Annual Reports & Change Services portal

The two-year fuse

New Jersey's design is a slow fuse rather than a fine. Nothing bills you the day after your anniversary month closes — no $400 Florida-style penalty, no stacked Nevada surcharges. The consequence is structural: after two consecutive unfiled years, DORES may void a domestic charter or revoke a foreign registration. A voided LLC keeps operating in the practical sense right up until it can't — a loan closing, a state contract bid, or a certificate-of-standing request is usually where owners discover the company they think they own is on the inactive list.

What getting back actually costs — and how long it takes

Reinstatement starts with the same online portal and is more invoice than punishment — until tax clearance enters. The published math for an LLC:

All delinquent annual reports — every unfiled year at $75, collected up front;
$75 reinstatement filing fee;
$20 application for a tax clearance certificate — required for an LLC revoked for failure to file annual reports more than two years back. DORES says plainly that issuance "is a lengthy process and may take several months," because the Division of Taxation first reviews the company for outstanding liabilities;
$25 registered-agent change, if your agent lapsed along the way.

So a three-year lapse isn't ruinous in dollars (~$320 plus processing fees) — the real cost is the months of limbo while tax clearance grinds through, during which the company can't be restored to good standing.

The name trap

While a charter sits void, the LLC's name is not protected the way owners assume. DORES' own reinstatement FAQ asks: "What do I do if my business name is no longer available when attempting to reinstate?" — and the answer is that you must pick a new name and file (and pay for) a name-change amendment before you can reinstate. A brand you spent years building can be lost to a stranger's filing during the lapse. Colorado and Michigan run versions of the same trap — New Jersey's just hides inside the reinstatement flow.

Practical notes

Ignore the official-looking mail, use the official portal. DORES warns that private companies mail annual-report solicitations charging service fees on top of the state's $75 — some reputable, some not. You can always file yourself, online, in minutes.
Sign up for the State's free reminders. The portal offers free text/email annual-report reminders through gov2go — worth doing even if you use your own calendar, since the anniversary-month deadline is different for every entity you own.
Dissolved on paper beats voided in fact. If a company is genuinely done, formally dissolving it (LLC ending fee $125 + any outstanding reports) stops the report obligation — a dissolved business does not file annual reports. Letting it silently lapse instead leaves the void-and-reinstate mess for whenever you next need the entity.
Worker's-comp questions are part of the filing. The report asks about worker's compensation coverage even if you're not required to carry it — answer the section rather than abandoning the filing.

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Related guides

Look up any state's LLC deadline — the 50-state annual-report + franchise-tax lookup.
Massachusetts LLC annual report — the neighboring anniversary state at the other extreme: $500, due on the exact anniversary date.
Nevada LLC annual list — same month-end anniversary timing, but $350/yr in stacked filings and stacked penalties.
Missed your LLC annual report? — what revocation and reinstatement actually involve, state by state.

Official sources

Business.NJ.gov — Filings and Accounting (the last-day-of-anniversary-month rule and the "even if you fail to receive any notification" / revocation language)
NJ Treasury / DORES — Reinstate a Revoked or Voided Business (two consecutive unfiled years → charter voided or authority revoked; the tax-clearance reinstatement flow)
DORES — Reinstatement Fee Schedule (LLC: all delinquent reports at $75 + $75 reinstatement + $20 tax clearance + $25 agent change)
DORES Annual Reports portal — FAQ (the $75 LLC fee and processing fees, all-outstanding-reports collection, the name-no-longer-available reinstatement answer, gov2go reminders, and the mailed-solicitation warning)