Kansas LLC Information Report: Due Date, Fee and Filing (2026)

Does Kansas require an annual report? No, not anymore. Since January 1, 2024, Kansas LLCs file a biennial report, once every two years, under K.S.A. 17-76,139. The state's own name for the filing is the Information Report (you will also see Business Entity Information Report on Secretary of State materials); many owners still call it the annual report out of habit, but the annual schedule is gone. This page covers when yours is due, what it says, the fee you pay, and what happens if you let it slide.

When Your Kansas Information Report Is Due

The due date is technically the 15th day of the fourth month after your tax year closes, which lands on April 15 for the calendar-year filers that make up nearly every small LLC. Which years you file depends on the parity of your formation year: an LLC formed in an even-numbered year files in even-numbered years, and an odd-year LLC files in odd-numbered years. Form your LLC in 2026 and your first report is due by April 15, 2028.

Kansas Information Report Fee

The fee is $90 filed online or $110 on paper. These figures took effect with the February 27, 2026 fee schedule, so disregard the $50 and $55 numbers that circulated for years while the filing was annual. One wrinkle worth knowing: a series of an LLC cannot use the online system and must submit the paper form.

How to File the Kansas Information Report

1. Confirm this is your filing year. Check your formation year's parity, then mark April 15. Filing in an off year is not required.
2. Gather the contents. The report asks for the entity name, the principal office address (a PO box is not accepted for it), and the members holding 5% or more of the LLC's capital with their addresses.
3. File online through the state's annual report portal for $90, or download the paper information report from the Secretary of State's information reports page and mail it with $110.
4. Pay and keep the confirmation. Store the receipt with your company records so the next parity year is easy to verify.

Late Filings, Penalties and Forfeiture

Kansas gives you 90 days of grace past April 15, and a $10 penalty attaches to late biennial reports under state regulation. Once those 90 days run out, the Secretary of State forfeits the LLC's articles of organization under K.S.A. 17-7509 and 17-7510. Coming back from forfeiture means reinstating under K.S.A. 17-76,146, which requires every past-due report for up to the preceding ten years plus the accumulated fees and penalties. Ten minutes online every other year is far cheaper than that.

What the Report Does Not Update

The Kansas Information Report has no registered agent field, no FEIN field, and no business-purpose or NAICS field. If your agent or registered office needs to change, that is a separate filing, Form ROA, explained on our registered agent page.

The Registered Agent Obligation Runs Alongside

The report is biennial, but the registered agent requirement never pauses. Your LLC must keep a registered agent (the statutes say resident agent) with a physical Kansas address on file continuously, available during business hours to accept legal papers. When we serve as your agent, we track your parity year and send reminders before each April 15 deadline so the report never slips.

Federal Obligations Do Not Follow the Biennial Clock

The IRS does not care that Kansas moved to a two-year cycle. Single-member LLCs report on Schedule C, multi-member LLCs file Form 1065, members generally owe self-employment tax, and quarterly estimated payments apply once you expect to owe $1,000 or more. Payroll filings come with the first employee.

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