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Wyoming is one of the most-formed LLC states in the country, largely because it's cheap and private to maintain. But two things about its annual report catch owners out: the due date isn't a fixed calendar day the way it is in Florida or Delaware — it moves with your formation month — and the "license tax" is computed on a base most people misread. Get either wrong and a $60 filing can quietly turn into an administratively dissolved entity.
| Obligation | Who owes it | When it's due | Cost |
|---|---|---|---|
| Annual report + license tax | Every Wyoming LLC (and corporation, LP, RLLP, statutory foundation) | First day of your anniversary month, each year | $60 minimum, or $0.0002 × Wyoming assets if greater |
| Registered agent | Every Wyoming LLC | Ongoing — must be maintained continuously | Varies by agent |
You can find your exact due date by searching your entity in the Secretary of State's business database — the report is due the first day of the month you originally filed. Example: an LLC with an initial filing date of May 15 has an annual report due May 1 every year thereafter. Wyoming lets you file up to 120 days early, which is the safe habit for anyone who'd rather not cut it close.
The single most common Wyoming mistake is assuming the license tax scales with your revenue or your total business assets. It doesn't. The tax is the greater of $60 or two-tenths of one mill ($0.0002) on the dollar of assets located and employed in the state of Wyoming. The words "in Wyoming" do the heavy lifting: a location-independent LLC — a consultant, an online store, a holding company — that keeps no equipment, inventory, or real property physically in Wyoming typically has little or no Wyoming-situated assets, and so pays the $60 minimum.
The $0.0002 rate only starts to exceed $60 once your Wyoming assets pass $300,000 ($300,000 × $0.0002 = $60). Below that, the answer is $60 flat. This is why the vast majority of small Wyoming LLCs never pay more than the minimum — and why quotes you may have seen that estimate the tax from total company assets are usually too high.
Wyoming's timeline is unusually specific, so it's worth knowing exactly:
Wyoming doesn't tack on a percentage late penalty the way Delaware or Florida do — the cost of a miss isn't a bigger bill, it's the dissolution itself. A dissolved LLC loses the legal capacity to sue, sign, borrow, or maintain clean good-standing until it's reinstated, and during that gap the liability shield owners chose Wyoming for is exactly what's in question.
If you're dissolved for a missed report, Wyoming lets you reinstate: you file the delinquent annual report(s) with the back license tax (the same $60/year minimum for each year owed) plus a reinstatement fee. The practical lesson from the reinstatement process is that catching the deadline the first time is far cheaper and cleaner than reviving a terminated entity — confirm current reinstatement amounts and any time limits on the Secretary of State's reinstatement page linked below before you rely on a number.
A moving deadline is the one you forget. Because Wyoming ties the date to your formation month, EntityMinder pins your exact anniversary-month due date on one calendar — with reminders well before the first — alongside every other state where you hold an entity, so a $60 report never becomes a dissolved LLC.
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