RICHMOND — The State Corporation Commission has added
another option to the list of business filing offerings available on its SCC eFile
website. Limited liability companies (LLCs) can now pay their annual registration
fees using SCC eFile. This is the fourth website release since the site launched
publicly in December 2009.
SCC records currently show more than 200,000 domestic and foreign limited liability
companies registered to transact business in Virginia. The number of LLCs is nearly
equal to the number of corporations in Virginia, which have been utilizing the corporate
annual registration fee payment option on SCC eFile since August of last year.
According to Joel H. Peck, the Clerk of the Commission, “This new functionality
will allow approximately 98 percent of the 428,000 business entities of record in
the Clerk’s Office to use the Internet to pay their annual fees collected by the
SCC.”
This website release complements a new SCC regulation, issued in March of this year
that modifies the assessment schedule for LLCs, as illustrated in the chart below.
The month of formation (Virginia LLCs) or registration (foreign LLCs) determines
when an assessment is mailed to an LLC’s Virginia registered agent and when payment
of the assessment is due.
Anniversary Month of
Formation or Registration |
Assessment Date |
Notice of Assessment
Mailing Month |
Payment Due Date |
Automatic Cancellation Date
for Nonpayment of Fee |
|
July |
May 1, 2011 |
May, 2011
|
July 31, 2011 |
October 31, 2011 |
|
August |
June 1, 2011 |
June, 2011 |
August 31, 2011 |
November 30, 2011 |
|
September |
July 1, 2011 |
July, 2011
|
September 30, 2011
|
December 31, 2011 |
|
October |
August 1, 2011 |
August, 2011 |
October 31, 2011
|
January 31, 2012 |
|
November |
September 1, 2011
|
September, 2011
|
November 30, 2011 |
February 29, 2012 |
|
December |
October 1, 2011
|
October, 2011 |
December 31, 2011
|
March 31, 2012 |
|
January |
November 1, 2011 |
November, 2011 |
January 31, 2012 |
April 30, 2012 |
|
February |
December 1, 2011 |
December, 2011 |
February 29, 2012 |
May 31, 2012 |
|
March |
January 1, 2012 |
January, 2012 |
March 31, 2012
|
June 30, 2012 |
|
April |
February 1, 2012 |
February, 2012 |
April 30, 2012
|
July 31, 2012 |
|
May
|
March 1, 2012 |
March, 2012
|
May 31, 2012
|
August 31, 2012 |
|
June |
April 1, 2012 |
April, 2012
|
June 30, 2012 |
September 30, 2012 |
It is suggested that owners of all business entity types check with their registered
agent to stay current on all entity-related correspondence from the Commission.
Registered agent and office information can be retrieved and maintained using SCC
eFile. Visit the SCC eFile website at https://sccefile.scc.virginia.gov
for additional business entity transactions.
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The State Corporation Commission (SCC) is vested with regulatory authority over
many business and economic interests in Virginia. These interests are as varied
as the SCC's powers, which are delineated by the state constitution and state law.
Its authority ranges from setting rates charged by large investor-owned utilities
to serving as the central filing agency for corporations in Virginia.
The SCC's authority encompasses utilities, insurance, state-chartered financial
institutions, securities, retail franchising, and railroads. It is the state's central
filing office for corporations, limited partnerships, limited liability companies
and Uniform Commercial Code liens.