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Georgia annual registration timing and fees

Georgia annual registration timing is simple once the first filing year is sorted out, but many owners miss the distinction between a corporation's first-year deadline and an LLC's first regular filing season.

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What Georgia requires

Georgia business entities registered with the Secretary of State generally file an annual registration.

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This guide only covers the state record. Use Georgia trade names, tax accounts, and special licenses next to check the county, city, and municipal layer that can still create risk.

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  • Corporations file the first annual registration within 90 days of incorporation and then file every year between January 1 and April 1.
  • LLCs, LPs, and foreign corporations file the first annual registration between January 1 and April 1 of the year after formation or registration, then continue annually.
  • Georgia allows filers to submit up to three consecutive years of annual registrations at once.

Current fee and penalty signals

  • Georgia's current guidance lists a $60 annual registration fee for most for-profit corporations, professional corporations, benefit corporations, LLCs, LPs, and LLLPs.
  • Georgia separately lists a $40 fee for nonprofits and a $35 fee for foreign LLPs.
  • A missed filing adds a $25 late penalty.

Why this gets escalated

Georgia can move to administrative dissolution or revocation after repeated misses, so this is a good service-referral lane when several entities need to be cleaned up at once.