The Tennessee Annual Report, By the Numbers

Tennessee prices its LLC annual report by headcount: $50 per member, $300 minimum, $3,000 cap. One to six members lands on the minimum, so most small LLCs pay $300. The deadline follows your fiscal year rather than the calendar. Everything you need is below.

The Numbers

The Flat-Fee Rumor

Some guides claim Tennessee moved to a flat $300 report fee in July 2025. False. That was SB 37, a bill withdrawn in January 2025 without becoming law. The per-member schedule above is still what the state bills.

Tennessee Annual Report Due Date

Count four months from the close of your fiscal year; the report is due on or before the first day of that month. December year-end means April 1. The window opens the month after your year closes, so calendar-year filers can knock it out any time starting January 1. No fiscal year on file with the state? The Division of Business Services assumes December, and April 1 applies.

The Tennessee Annual Report Fee ($300 Minimum, $3,000 Cap)

$50 multiplied by your member count on filing day. The $300 minimum absorbs the first six members. Member seven starts adding $50 apiece until the fee hits its ceiling.

Two things to know beyond the base fee:

• Swapping your registered agent or registered office on the report itself adds $20
• Corporations run on a different schedule entirely, a flat $20, so never budget an LLC off a corporate example

Filing Steps

1. Start from the Secretary of State's annual report filing page and open the online system.
2. Pull up your entity by name or control number.
3. Confirm or correct the data on file: principal office, mailing address, members or managers.
4. Leave the registered agent section alone if nothing changed; edits there add $20.
5. Pay the per-member fee and download your stamped confirmation. Online filings process immediately. Mailing Form SS-4250 instead? Expect 5 to 10 business days.

What Happens If You Blow the Deadline

No published late fee exists for the LLC report. Tennessee skips straight to the serious consequence: administrative dissolution under Tenn. Code Ann. § 48-249-604. Roughly two months after the missed due date the machinery starts, beginning with a 60-day statutory notice. Ignore that and the state dissolves the LLC. Foreign LLCs get their Certificate of Authority revoked instead. Either way you are looking at reinstatement filings, extra fees, and a gap in your liability protection.

The warning notices land at your registered agent address. If nobody is watching that address, you find out after the fact.

Beyond the Annual Report

Franchise and excise taxes are a separate Tennessee obligation, filed with the Department of Revenue on that department's own deadlines. Different agency, different filing, but the notices frequently route through your registered agent address too.

How We Help

We do not file the report; that stays with you or your CPA. Our part:

• Deadline reminders before your window opens and before it closes
• Same-day scanning of every Secretary of State notice, delinquency warnings included, straight to your portal
• A stable agent address so your report data never needs the $20 change
• Permanent portal storage of past state correspondence

Coverage for $99/Year

Tennessee Registered Agent.co watches the calendar, scans state mail the day it arrives, and keeps your documents in one place. The first three government mailings each year are scanned and emailed free; physical forwarding is available for a small per-piece charge. The state's report fee starts at $300; our flat $99 keeps the rest of the ledger boring.