Kansas Foreign Registration / Information reports

The Kansas information report for a foreign LLC

Once it is registered, an LLC from elsewhere owes Kansas an information report on Form ILC every second year by April 15: $90 online or $110 on paper. The year follows your registration, because a Kansas registration made in an even-numbered year reports in every even-numbered year, and one made in an odd-numbered year reports in every odd-numbered year. Miss it and a three-month delinquency interval starts, then forfeiture. This page covers the dates, the form, the fees for other entity types and what to do about a late report.

The information report in brief

Form for an LLC: ILC, information report for a limited liability company or series
How often: Every second year
Due: April 15 for profit businesses; June 15 for nonprofit corporations
Fee, online: $90
Fee, paper: $110
Where to file: The information reports page on the Secretary of State site, or by mail
Grace: 3 months of delinquency before forfeiture

Which year is yours

The statute sets the cycle by the year a foreign LLC filed its application: an application in an even-numbered year means a report in every even-numbered year, and an application in an odd-numbered year means a report in every odd-numbered year. For a business with a past start date, the instructions on Form FA tie the cycle to the year entered in section 6 instead. If you are unsure which year applies, the Business Entity Search page lists the business.

What the LLC report asks

The statute says a foreign LLC's report contains the name of the LLC. Form ILC asks for more than that: the Kansas business ID number, the complete legal name, the principal office as a physical address with no PO box, the reporting year, and the signature of an authorized person. The list of members who own five percent or more of capital is for Kansas LLCs and series only. The signature has the effect of an oath that the facts are true.

Fees by entity type

The fees depend on the form. An LLC pays $90 online and $110 on paper. A for-profit corporation, on Form IFP, pays $90 online and $110 on paper. A not-for-profit corporation, on Form INP, pays $80 either way and files by June 15. Partnerships file on their own report forms, ILP for limited partnerships and ILL for limited liability partnerships, and we quote no fee for them here.

A statute fee that looks different

K.S.A. 17-76,139 says an LLC pays a fee equal to $80 plus an amount set in the Secretary of State's rules. The form lists the full amounts, $90 and $110, and the form is what Kansas will bill. We give the form's figures.

Online or paper

The information reports page links to online filing for most entity types and lists the paper forms. The ILC instructions say series of an LLC must use the paper form and cannot file online. Online filing saves the difference between the two fees, and it returns a file stamped copy that you can view online; the paper route returns the file stamped copy online too, according to the form.

If the report is late

After the due date, the business enters a three-month delinquency interval. It can still file the report, but its other filings are limited. When the interval ends the business forfeits, and it cannot make other filings until it has filed its past due reports and reinstated. The late registration page has the reinstatement totals. The LLC statute ties forfeiture of a foreign LLC's authority to a report or fee that is 90 days late.

Reports and a closing

A business that wants to withdraw from Kansas must be in good standing, and a delinquent business must file its report before the closing document. So the report is part of leaving too. The Form FC page walks through that order.

Filing an LLC information report

Find the ID number
The Business Entity Search page shows the Kansas ID, which is not a tax ID.
Confirm the reporting year
Enter the year the report was due.
Give the principal office
A physical street address.
Sign and pay
$90 online, $110 on paper.
Save the stamped copy
It can be viewed online after processing.

Information report questions

Is the Kansas report annual?

No. It is filed every second year, in even or odd years depending on when you registered.

What is the due date?

April 15 for profit businesses and June 15 for nonprofit corporations.

Does the report list my members?

Not for a foreign LLC. The five percent member list is for Kansas LLCs and series.

Our fee and the state's

Kansas's fee is a separate line at checkout and is the same for every kind of business. $199 plus the state fee, including your first year of registered agent service; after that the agent service renews at $149 a year.

Register in Kansas

$199

+ $115 Kansas fee

Form FA, the Application for Registration, Foreign (non-Kansas) Business, completed from your answers
The sworn good standing statement the form carries, ready for an authorized person to sign
A Kansas resident agent and registered office: ours, or the ones you already use
The packet mailed with payment, and the certified copy Kansas returns passed on to you
Renewal: after the first year, the agent service renews at $149 a year

Sources

Already working in Kansas?

Tell us the month you began and we price any back reports with the registration.