Hawaii Annual Report Filing: Due Date, Fee, and How to File

Every Hawaii LLC and corporation files an annual report to stay in good standing. One detail trips up plenty of owners right away: Hawaii has no Secretary of State. Business filings, annual reports included, go to the Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs (DCCA) through its Business Registration Division (BREG). A second detail matters just as much: your due date depends on the calendar quarter in which your company was formed, not on one statewide deadline.

Hawaii Annual Report Due Date: Your Formation Quarter

Hawaii assigns every company a filing quarter based on its organization date, and the report is due by the last day of that quarter (HRS § 428-211):

• Organized January 1 through March 31: due by March 31
• Organized April 1 through June 30: due by June 30
• Organized July 1 through September 30: due by September 30
• Organized October 1 through December 31: due by December 31

The filing window opens on the first day of your assigned quarter (January 1, April 1, July 1, or October 1), so you have the entire quarter to file. Two rules soften the schedule for new companies: no report is due in the calendar year your LLC was organized, and your first report comes due the following year in your assigned quarter. One rule cuts the other way: a report is still required for years the company sat idle, with "INACTIVE" entered as the nature of business.

Hawaii Annual Report Fee: $15 by Mail, $12.50 Online

The annual report fee for a Hawaii LLC is $15 on paper and $12.50 online, and it is nonrefundable. BREG collects a $1 State Archives fee with the filing, and expedited review is available for an additional $25 when you need the report processed sooner. For-profit corporations pay the same $15 on their own report form, Form D1, while nonprofit corporations file for $5, or $2.50 online.

How to File a Hawaii Annual Report

1. Confirm your assigned quarter. Look up your company's organization date in the state's business registry, then match it against the quarter schedule above.
2. Gather your company details. The LLC report, Form C5 for domestic companies and Form C6 for foreign ones, asks for every manager of a manager-managed LLC or every member of a member-managed LLC, with names, titles, and business addresses. Manager-managed companies also state their total member count.
3. File online at Hawaii Business Express. Online filing is the route the state encourages, and it carries the lower $12.50 fee.
4. Or file on paper. Mail the completed Form C5 to Annual Filing - BREG, P.O. Box 40, Honolulu, HI 96810, or bring it to 335 Merchant Street, Room 201, Honolulu.
5. Pay the fee and keep your confirmation, then make sure your company record shows the report on file.

Late Filing: The $100 Penalty and the Two-Year Clock

Missing your quarter has an escalating price. Hawaii can assess a penalty of up to $100 for every 30 days the report remains delinquent. Leave it unfiled long enough and the consequence becomes existential: after two years without a report, the state may administratively terminate a domestic LLC or revoke a foreign company's certificate of authority (HRS § 428-1302). Winning back good standing after that means paying everything owed plus reinstatement charges, always more than an on-time filing would have been.

Other Hawaii Obligations Worth Tracking

The annual report is not the only recurring item on a Hawaii calendar. The General Excise Tax (GET) runs 4% on business income, 4.5% on Oahu, and applies to gross receipts rather than working like a typical sales tax. And if you ever replace your registered agent, that update is its own $25 filing.

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Online portal: Every notice we receive for you is archived in your secure portal, easy to pull up when you prepare a filing.

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