File your California Statement of Information
California asks every LLC and corporation for this one, and missing it can lead to penalties and suspension or forfeiture. We prepare and file it for $50 flat, with the state's fee shown before you pay and passed through at cost.
A California Statement of Information costs $20 for an LLC, filed on Form LLC-12 within 90 days of registering and then every two years, and $25 for a stock corporation, filed on Form SI-550 every year during the six-month filing window ending in its registration month. Both are paid to the California Secretary of State. FastBusinessFiling prepares and files it for a flat $50, so the total is $70 for an LLC and $75 for a corporation, with the state's fee passed through at cost. Missing the required filing can lead to a $250 Franchise Tax Board penalty and suspension or forfeiture; check the state's notices for your entity. Fees verified with the California Secretary of State on August 4, 2026.
Source: California Secretary of State. Checked August 4, 2026.
What it costs
- LLC — Form LLC-12, every 2 years
- $20 state + $50 us = $70
- Stock corporation — Form SI-550, every year
- $25 state + $50 us = $75
- First filing due
- Within 90 days of registering
- If missed
- A $250 FTB penalty can be assessed; possible suspension or forfeiture
When is my California Statement of Information due?
The initial Statement of Information is due within 90 days of registration. After that, an LLC generally files every two years and a stock corporation every year. The recurring filing period is six calendar months: the formation, registration or conversion month plus the five months before it, ending on the last day of that month. Use the entity's Date Filed on the Secretary of State record, not the day you placed a service order. For LLCs, recurring statements are due in even-numbered years if registration occurred in an even-numbered year, and odd-numbered years if registration occurred in an odd-numbered year.
| Formation/registration/conversion month | Window opens | Window closes |
|---|---|---|
| January | August 1, previous year | January 31 |
| February | September 1, previous year | Last day of February |
| March | October 1, previous year | March 31 |
| April | November 1, previous year | April 30 |
| May | December 1, previous year | May 31 |
| June | January 1 | June 30 |
| July | February 1 | July 31 |
| August | March 1 | August 31 |
| September | April 1 | September 30 |
| October | May 1 | October 31 |
| November | June 1 | November 30 |
| December | July 1 | December 31 |
Example: for a January anniversary in a year when a statement is due, the recurring window opens August 1 of the preceding year and closes January 31. This does not replace the initial 90-day deadline. If you need to update information between required filing periods, the Secretary of State says to file an updated statement.
What you get
- The right form for your entity — LLC-12 or SI-550 — prepared from what you tell us
- Filed within one business day of your order
- California's fee included at cost, shown in the breakdown before payment
- A specialist reads it before it goes; if something looks wrong we email you first
- Rejected because of our error? We fix it and refile at no cost. Other rejections get one corrected refile with no extra service fee (new state fees may apply)
Filed in a day. One flat price. Nothing you didn't ask for.
Filed within one business day
One tier, one speed, every order. There is no rush fee here because there is no slow lane to buy your way out of.
A specialist reads every filing
Prepared and checked before it is filed. If your name or address will not clear the state, you hear from us before it goes in.
Registered agent at $99, only if you want one
Optional, and it sits beside a free option to name yourself. Most people never need to buy it.
One price, and nothing starts on its own
$100 to form, $50 flat for every filing after. The only thing that can renew is a registered agent you chose, at the price you chose it for. No tiers, no trial that turns into a charge.
The approval email California now sends
This changed on 1 August 2026 and it catches people out, so it is worth reading before you order. California no longer lets anyone file a Statement of Information for a business unless that business has authorised them. The option is simply not shown otherwise.
In practice it is one email. Once you order, we request access to your record, and the California Secretary of State emails whoever owns your bizfile account from bizfile@sos.ca.gov asking whether to grant us access. Choose basic online access — that covers recurring filings like this one and nothing else — and we file. You can revoke it whenever you like.
We prepare your filing within one business day regardless. The state's clock only starts once you approve that email, so approving it the day it lands is the whole difference between fast and stuck. If nobody has claimed your business on bizfile yet, say so when you order and we will file on paper instead.
Common questions
$20 for an LLC and $25 for a stock corporation, paid to the California Secretary of State. Our fee to prepare and file it is $50 flat, so the total is $70 for an LLC and $75 for a corporation.
An LLC generally files every two years and a stock corporation every year, after the initial statement due within 90 days. Recurring filings have a six-month window ending on the last day of the formation or registration month. See the filing-window table above and check the entity's state record for the year due.
They are the same filing for different entities. LLC-12 is the LLC version and SI-550 is the stock corporation version. You pick your entity type in the order form and we file the right one.
Failure to file can lead to a $250 Franchise Tax Board penalty and suspension or forfeiture. The Secretary of State and FTB notices for your entity explain the applicable process. Filing the statement does not by itself resolve separate FTB tax issues.
Yes, and this is new. Since 1 August 2026, California only shows the Statement of Information to filers the business has authorised. After you order, we request access to your record and the Secretary of State emails your bizfile account owner from bizfile@sos.ca.gov. Grant basic online access and we file. If nobody has claimed the business on bizfile yet, tell us and we file on paper instead.
No. The $800 minimum franchise tax goes to the Franchise Tax Board and is a separate payment on a separate schedule. The Statement of Information goes to the Secretary of State. Filing one does not settle the other.
You can, at https://www.sos.ca.gov/business-programs/business-entities/statements, and you would pay only the $20 or $25 state fee. Our $50 is for someone else doing it, checking it first, and tracking the deadline. We say so plainly because a service that hides the free option is not one worth buying.
Filing something else in California?
- Form a California LLC — fees, the $800 franchise tax, and what it costs all in.
- California reseller permit — sales tax registration with the CDTFA.
- California annual report explained — the same filing, under the name other states use.
- Annual report fees, all 51 states
Filing it yourself instead
Perfectly reasonable, and it costs you only the state's $20 or $25. The form is short and the filing is online. Start at the Secretary of State. What you are buying from us is someone else remembering the deadline and checking the form before it goes.
FastBusinessFiling is a filing service, not a law firm or an accounting firm, and does not give legal or tax advice. Fees and deadlines above were verified with the California Secretary of State on August 4, 2026; the penalty figure is set by Revenue and Taxation Code section 19141 and stated in the Form LLC-12 instructions.
