New York requires every LLC and corporation to file a Biennial Statement to remain active and in good standing. While the filing is straightforward, tracking the deadline is not — especially if you manage multiple entities or operate across several states.
This article explains what New York requires, why the deadlines are easy to miss, and how business owners and professionals use FileForms to automate compliance, avoid penalties, and save valuable time.
A Biennial Statement is a mandatory report filed every two years with the New York Department of State (NYDOS). It updates the state with key business information, including:
Unlike many states that use a fixed annual deadline, New York uses anniversary-based deadlines, meaning your due date is tied to the month your business was originally formed or registered.
Each entity has a different due date depending on when it was formed. This quickly becomes unmanageable when you’re overseeing multiple LLCs, corporations, or out-of-state registrations.
Many business owners assume the state will remind them. New York often does not send reminders consistently, which leads to thousands of missed filings each cycle.
Professionals managing portfolios — real estate investors, franchise operators, holding companies, family offices, and accounting firms — often juggle:
This complexity makes manual tracking nearly impossible.
Failing to file a Biennial Statement can result in:
The consequences are far more costly than the $9 filing fee itself.
The filing applies to:
If your entity is active in New York’s records, this filing is required every two years.
The state filing fee is $9 for both LLCs and corporations. While inexpensive, the low fee often leads business owners to underestimate the importance of staying on schedule.
FileForms is built for business owners, CPAs, corporate counsel, real estate investors, and family offices that want to eliminate compliance risk and administrative burden.
FileForms automatically detects every entity’s anniversary month and monitors the due date for you.
If you operate in multiple jurisdictions, FileForms centralizes all deadlines — including New York — into one real-time dashboard.
We handle the preparation and submission of the Biennial Statement, ensuring timely and accurate compliance every cycle.
With FileForms, you avoid missed deadlines, reinstatement fees, and administrative issues that stall operations.
Manage dozens or hundreds of entities with one login and seamlessly track:
FileForms provides a single point of contact for CPAs, attorneys, advisors, and family offices.
Compliance Automation
Stop tracking New York deadlines manually.
FileForms handles every Biennial Statement automatically.
A Biennial Statement is a mandatory filing submitted every two years to the New York Department of State. It updates the state with your current business address, registered agent, and officer or member information. It is New York’s equivalent of what most states call an annual report — except it is filed every two years, not annually.
The due date is based on your entity’s anniversary month — the calendar month in which your business was originally formed or registered. New York only accepts filings during that specific month, so you cannot file early. FileForms tracks this deadline automatically and alerts you in advance.
New York does not charge a monetary late fee. However, your entity will be marked delinquent, which affects your certificate of status and can restrict financing, licensing, real estate closings, and other business transactions until the filing is brought current.
The New York Department of State charges a $9 filing fee for both LLCs and corporations. FileForms charges a service fee on top of the state fee to handle preparation, filing, and ongoing deadline tracking.
All active domestic and foreign LLCs and corporations registered in New York are required to file. This includes entities that may not be actively conducting business but remain open in the state’s records. If your entity shows as active with the Department of State, the filing is required.
Yes. FileForms manages the full filing workflow — tracking your anniversary-based deadline, preparing the Biennial Statement with your current entity data, and submitting it to the New York Department of State. You can file a single entity or manage an entire portfolio of entities from one dashboard.
Avoid penalties, preserve good standing, and eliminate the burden of tracking anniversary-based deadlines. FileForms ensures your New York Biennial Statements — and every other state filing — are completed accurately and on time.
