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All legal business entities formed, qualified, or registered to do business in Maryland MUST file an Annual Report. For 2023 Annual Reports: If your business owns, leases, or uses personal property located in Maryland with a total original cost of $20,000 or more, you MUST also file a Personal Property Tax Return.

You can also transfer ownership of a Maryland LLC by completely dissolving it. This frees up members to sell their ultimate shares of business assets to third parties. Dissolution of an LLC generally requires following the dissolution terms of the OA or unanimous consent of the members.

Maryland LLC Annual Report Fee ($300/year) The Maryland LLC Annual Report costs $300 per year. This fee is paid every year for the life of your LLC, and it applies to all Maryland LLCs. And every Maryland LLC must file a Business Personal Property Tax Return.

If your LLC is taxed as a disregarded entity, and you add a member you will then be taxed as a partnership. The result of this is that you will need to close your books and records for the applicable year in question and file a short-year return to cover the period in which the LLC only had one member.

Vote to Add an LLC Member In most cases, a vote is required, and you need unaminous approval to add a new member. In single-member LLCs, you don't need to hold a vote. You should create a member resolution to note the added member and vote. Learn more about starting a Maryland LLC.

Maryland LLC Cost. The main cost of starting a Maryland LLC is the fee to file the Maryland Articles of Organization, which is $100 by mail or in person or $155 for expedited online filing. Maryland LLCs also need to pay a hefty $300 annual report fee every year.