Annual reports filed with the Secretary of State in Hawaii are formal documents that provide important information about a business's activities, financial performance, and ownership structure over the past year. These reports are required by law and serve as a way for businesses to maintain transparency and compliance with state regulations.
Follow the guide below to help you file your annual report with the
Secretary of State in Hawaii or use Mosey to do
it.
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Hawaii Annual Report for Professional Corporation, LLP, LLC, Corporation
If you are registered with the Hawaii Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs, you are required to file an annual report to remain in good standing. The report is due on the last day of your anniversary quarter i.e., the quarter in which the Certificate of Authority was issued.
File Annual Report Online
Log in to your Hawaii Business Express account to file your annual report.
What else do I need to know?
There may be additional things you will need to do to maintain your
"good standing" in the state including having a registered agent and
other kinds of taxes.
Maintaining a Registered Agent
Most states require that you have a registered agent that can
receive important mail from the Secretary of State should they need
to contact you. There are many commercial options available or you
can use Mosey to be your registered agent and keep your information
private in Hawaii.
Other Taxes
In addition to maintaining a registered agent, maintaining your good
standing can include additional taxes. This can include franchise
tax, sales tax, or other state taxes. You can use Mosey to identify
these additional requirements to maintain good standing in
Hawaii.
Most businesses are managing modern compliance requirements with tools built for a different era.
Ten years ago, spreadsheets and email reminders could handle multistate compliance. Multistate compliance mistakes were rare because state payroll was simpler. Employees worked from offices. State compliance requirements changed slowly. And companies expanded more deliberately, usually one state at a time.
But that world no longer exists.
Today’s compliance management landscape is constantly shifting. Remote employees scattered across state lines overnight. Regulations update continuously. And what used to be manageable for employers has become a tangled knot of requirements that outdated tools simply can’t manage.
On July 31, 2024, Gov. Maura Healey of Massachusetts signed the Frances Perkins Workplace Equity Act into law, indicating a shift toward more pay transparency for companies in the state.
This law is a component of a general movement across the United States meant to close pay discrepancies and advance equitable compensation policies. Compliance with this regulation becomes required on July 31, 2025, for companies with 25 or more employees.
Mosey and Stable have teamed up to help you manage state and local agency mail so your business can stay compliant.
Businesses operating in multiple locations face unique challenges when it comes to compliance. Whether you have offices or employees in multiple states and local jurisdictions, there is the added risk of managing compliance across numerous domains. From payroll to HR to tax to registration, compliance can be complex–and managing all that mail can be a headache.
Alex Kehayias |Sep 4, 2024
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