Every Wyoming LLC files one annual report a year with the Secretary of State to stay in good standing. It is due on the first day of your formation-anniversary month, so an LLC formed in May files by May 1 each year, and you can submit it as early as 120 days ahead. The cost is a license tax that is currently a $60 minimum, which is what almost every non-resident-owned LLC pays. The fee only rises above $60 for companies holding more than $300,000 of assets physically in Wyoming. A founder abroad can complete and pay for the whole thing online.
Formed in May, due May 1, every year. Wyoming keys the deadline to the month you formed, not the exact date, and it reminds you only by email.
The license tax is the greater of $60 or a tiny rate on Wyoming-located assets. With no physical assets in the state, a non-resident LLC pays the $60 floor.
You file on the state's system with your filing ID and pay by card, so no US presence is needed. Miss it and the state can eventually forfeit the LLC.
If you own a Wyoming LLC, the annual report is the one recurring task that keeps it alive. It is not a tax return and it is not complicated, but it has a deadline the state does not remind you about by post, and letting it slide has real consequences. This guide is written for a founder maintaining a Wyoming LLC from abroad. It covers exactly when the report is due, what it costs and why almost everyone pays the same $60, how to file it online, and what happens if you miss it. Every figure here is Wyoming's own current number, so treat the state pages linked below as the live source of truth. It is general information, not legal advice.
When is the Wyoming annual report due?
The deadline is tied to your anniversary month, the month your LLC was formed. Wyoming sets the report due on the first day of that month every year. An LLC organized on May 15, for example, has its annual report due on May 1 in each following year. The state keys the deadline to the month, not to the exact day you filed, which makes it easy to remember once you know the rule.
You do not have to wait until the last minute. Wyoming lets you file the report as early as 120 days before the due date, so the window is wide. What the state does not do is send you a paper bill. Instead it emails courtesy reminders 60, 30, and 10 days before the due date, from an official SOS annual-reports address, to the email on file for the company. Those reminders are a convenience, not the obligation. If one lands in spam or the address on file is stale, the deadline still applies, which is one of the quietest ways a non-resident loses track of the date.
How much does it cost? The license tax and the $60 minimum
The fee has an official name, the annual report license tax, and a formula that sounds more complicated than it is in practice. Wyoming charges the greater of a $60 minimum or two-tenths of one mill, which is $0.0002, per dollar of assets your company has located and employed in Wyoming. The key phrase is "in Wyoming." The tax counts only assets physically in the state, not your worldwide balance sheet, the company's value, or its equity.
Run the arithmetic and the $60 minimum covers almost everyone. The rate only pushes the bill above $60 once a company holds more than $300,000 of assets in Wyoming, and the state says so plainly: an entity with $300,000 or less in assets pays $60. A typical non-resident LLC that holds no physical property in Wyoming has zero Wyoming-located assets, so it pays the $60 floor. One thing this is not: it is not an income or franchise tax. Wyoming has no state income tax, and the annual report license tax is simply the fee to keep the entity on the register.
The formula above is for for-profit companies. Wyoming sets the license tax by entity type, and a couple of types pay a flat fee instead:
Entity type | Annual report license tax |
|---|---|
For-profit corporation or LLC | Greater of $60 or $0.0002 per dollar of Wyoming assets |
Limited partnership or RLLP | Greater of $60 or $0.0002 per dollar of Wyoming assets |
Nonprofit corporation | $25, a flat fee |
Statutory trust | $100, a flat fee |
How to file the Wyoming annual report
For a non-resident, the report is filed online from start to finish, and no US presence is required. The steps are short:
Open the Wyoming Secretary of State's annual report system and start the annual report wizard.
Enter your Secretary of State filing ID. If you do not have it to hand, the system lets you search for the company by name to find it.
Confirm the company details and enter the value of assets located and employed in Wyoming. For most non-resident LLCs that figure is zero, which produces the $60 minimum.
Review the principal office address and sign the report. Wyoming requires it to be signed under penalty of perjury, so the figures you enter should be accurate.
Pay the license tax by card. Wyoming accepts Visa, Mastercard, and authorized debit cards, which is what lets a founder abroad finish the filing without a US bank.
If you would rather not pay by card, the same report can be printed and mailed with a check. Filing online carries no state processing charge, though the card payment itself adds a convenience fee of 2.4% of the amount due, with a $1 minimum, charged by the payment processor rather than the state. Whichever route you take, it is the same one-page filing.
Can you fix a mistake on a filed annual report?
It is worth getting the details right before you submit, because Wyoming does not give you a way to reopen and edit an annual report once it is filed. If you notice a mistake afterward, you correct it through a separate filing rather than by changing the report itself. For most corrections to an LLC's information, the practical route is to email the Wyoming Business Division at Business@wyo.gov and ask which filing fixes your specific issue. Changing your registered agent, for instance, is always its own filing and never part of the annual report. This is one more reason to check the principal office address and your Wyoming asset figure carefully before you sign, since there is no in-report undo.
What happens if you miss the deadline
Missing the date does not dissolve your LLC overnight, but it starts a clock you do not want to run out. Wyoming treats the company as delinquent on the second day of the month after the due date. From there, if the report and its tax still are not filed, the Secretary of State moves to end the entity. Under the Wyoming LLC Act, the state gives notice, and unless the company complies within 60 days of that notice, it is deemed defunct and forfeits its articles of organization. The state's own guidance frames the window as roughly 60 days after the due date, so in practice you have about two months rather than a single hard day. Either way, the outcome at the end is the loss of the LLC.
A forfeited LLC is treated as transacting business without authority and loses its good standing, which means, among other things, that it cannot obtain a certificate of good standing until it is put right. The good news is that this is usually recoverable. Wyoming lets a forfeited LLC reinstate at any time within two years by paying the delinquent fees, and reinstatement relates back, so the company is treated as though it had never lapsed. After two years, that door closes. Reinstating after a missed annual report currently costs a $100 state fee on top of the back taxes owed. A separate and more expensive path, currently $350, applies when the lapse was your registered agent rather than the report, which is a good reason to keep both current. If it ever comes to closing the company down on purpose instead, the mechanics are in how to dissolve an LLC.
Does the annual report show who owns your LLC?
For founders who chose Wyoming partly for its privacy, the annual report is reassuring. It does not ask for the names of your LLC's members or managers. The report collects financial information, essentially your Wyoming asset figure for the tax calculation, along with the principal office and the registered agent on file, but there is no line that puts the owners on the public record. That is different from a corporation, where Wyoming does list the officers and directors.
It is worth being precise about what that privacy does and does not mean. The annual report keeps your ownership off the public state registry, but it is not total anonymity. When you open a US bank account, the bank still verifies who owns and controls the company under its know-your-customer rules. And federal beneficial-ownership reporting, where it applies, goes to the government through a non-public channel rather than the state register. Those are separate from the annual report, and you can read where beneficial-ownership reporting currently stands in do LLCs need to file a BOI report.
Why a live registered agent matters for a non-resident
Two threads in this guide lead back to the same place. Wyoming reminds you about the annual report only by email, and letting the registered agent lapse is its own way to lose good standing. For a founder abroad, the registered agent is the standing US contact that receives the state's correspondence and legal notices, and a maintained one is what keeps a missed inbox from turning into a forfeited company. It is one of the reasons the agent is treated as core to running a Wyoming LLC rather than an optional extra.
Frequently asked questions
When is my Wyoming LLC annual report due?
On the first day of your formation-anniversary month, every year. An LLC formed in May is due on May 1. You can file it as early as 120 days before the due date, and Wyoming sends email reminders 60, 30, and 10 days ahead.
How much is the Wyoming annual report fee?
The license tax is the greater of $60 or $0.0002 per dollar of assets your LLC holds physically in Wyoming. A non-resident LLC with no Wyoming assets pays the $60 minimum, and the fee only exceeds $60 above $300,000 of in-state assets.
Can I file the Wyoming annual report from outside the US?
Yes. You file online through the state's system with your filing ID and pay by Visa, Mastercard, or debit card, so no US presence or US bank is needed. You can also print and mail it with a check.
What happens if I miss the Wyoming annual report deadline?
You are marked delinquent shortly after the due date, and if the report stays unfiled the state forfeits the LLC and it loses good standing. You can reinstate within two years by paying the back fees plus a reinstatement fee, currently $100 for a missed report.
Does the Wyoming annual report list the LLC's owners?
No. It asks for financial information and the principal office, not the names of members or managers, so owners stay off the public report. Bank know-your-customer checks and federal beneficial-ownership reporting are separate and still apply.
Is the Wyoming annual report an income tax?
No. Wyoming has no state income tax. The annual report license tax is only the fee to keep the LLC on the register, currently a $60 minimum for a company with no Wyoming assets.
Can I correct a Wyoming annual report after filing it?
Not by editing the report itself. Wyoming has no way to reopen a filed annual report, so a correction goes through a separate filing. For most LLC details, email the Wyoming Business Division at Business@wyo.gov to ask which filing applies, and note that a registered agent change is always its own separate filing. The safest habit is to check everything before you sign, since there is no in-report undo.
How this article was prepared
CORPBOLT prepared this guide for non-US founders maintaining a Wyoming LLC. The first-day-of-the-anniversary-month due date, the 120-day early-filing window, the courtesy email reminders at 60, 30, and 10 days, and the online filing steps are drawn from the Wyoming Secretary of State's annual report system and business FAQ. The license-tax formula (the greater of $60 or $0.0002 per dollar of Wyoming-located assets) and the $300,000 break-even are from the Secretary of State's fee schedule and FAQ. The flat fees for other entity types and the online payment convenience fee are from the Secretary of State's license tax rules and annual report system. The rule that a filed report is corrected through a separate filing, rather than edited, is from the business FAQ. The legal basis, the delinquency and roughly 60-day forfeiture window, the two-year reinstatement, and the $100 and $350 reinstatement fees are from Wyoming Statutes 17-29-209 and 17-29-705 in the Wyoming LLC Act, all linked below. Every fee and date is Wyoming's own current figure and can change, so confirm the numbers on the live state pages before you file; the state controls its own schedule. This is general information, not legal advice, and CORPBOLT is a formation service, not a law firm. Last reviewed July 2026.
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Official references
Wyoming Secretary of State: Business Division Filing Fee Schedule
Wyoming Limited Liability Company Act and Close LLC Supplement
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