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Annual Reports

New Jersey annual report timing, filing fees, and reinstatement signals

New Jersey expects annual reports every year in the anniversary month of the entity's formation or authorization, with a $75 standard fee for most for-profit entity types and LLCs.

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What New Jersey requires

After a business entity is formed or authorized in New Jersey, the state requires annual reports every year on the anniversary month of that formation or authorization.

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  • New Jersey's business registration materials say the annual report is required annually in the anniversary month of the entity's formation or authorization.
  • The state says a reminder notice is sent to the registered agent about 60 days before the report's due date.
  • Annual reports must be filed online through New Jersey's annual report system.

Current filing fees

  • New Jersey's annual report FAQ lists a $75 current annual report fee for for-profit corporations, LLCs, limited partnerships, and limited liability partnerships.
  • The same FAQ lists a $30 current annual report fee for nonprofits.
  • The current portal fee table also shows a $3 credit-card fee or a $0.50 e-check fee.

Related cleanup costs

  • If the registered agent is changed as part of the annual report or reinstatement filing, New Jersey charges $25.
  • New Jersey also says some reinstatements require a $20 tax-clearance application, especially when certain entities were revoked for failing to pay annual reports for more than two years.

Why this becomes referral work

New Jersey is straightforward when the business is current. It becomes referral work when the entity is old, the registered agent is changing, or tax-clearance dependencies are already in play.

What you may need to file

Filing variants broken out in plain terms

Some guides cover more than one obligation or entity class. These cards separate the filing variants so it is easier to see what applies.

Annual Report

New Jersey annual report

  • Entities: For-profit corporations, LLCs, Limited partnerships, Limited liability partnerships, Nonprofit corporations
  • Frequency: annual
  • Due rule: Due annually in the anniversary month of formation or authorization.
  • Fee: Current annual report fee is typically $75 for most for-profit entities and LLCs, and $30 for nonprofits.
  • Method: File online through the New Jersey annual report system.

New Jersey keeps the current filing simple, but the cleanup path gets much more expensive once reinstatement and tax-clearance rules appear.

Key requirements

  • Filing method: Annual reports are filed online through the state annual report system.
  • Agent change cost: Changing the registered agent as part of the annual report or reinstatement filing adds $25.
Reinstatement

New Jersey reinstatement after missed annual reports

  • Entities: Revoked or dissolved business entities
  • Frequency: as_needed
  • Due rule: Applies when the entity is being restored after missed annual reports or related status failures.
  • Fee: Reinstatement fees vary by entity type: for-profit corporations $95, LLCs/LPs/LLPs $75, and nonprofits $150 domestic or $200 foreign, plus tax-clearance and agent-change costs where required.
  • Method: Handled through the New Jersey reinstatement workflow and, for some entities, the Division of Taxation tax-clearance process.

This is the branch that turns New Jersey into a cleanup workflow rather than a routine annual report.

Key requirements

  • Tax clearance: A $20 tax-clearance application can be required for foreign profit corporations, domestic limited partnerships, and domestic or foreign LLCs when revoked over two years for annual-report failures.
  • Processing risk: The state warns that issuance of the Tax Clearance Certificate may take several months.