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LLP Annual Filing - Form 8 and Form 11

An LLP files two forms a year, on two different dates. The late fee has no upper limit, which is what makes ignoring it so expensive.

Two forms, two deadlines, one very expensive mistake

Every LLP registered in India files two annual forms with the Registrar, whether or not it did any business that year. A dormant LLP with no transactions files exactly the same forms as a trading one.

Form 11 is the annual return — the partners, their contributions, the basic state of the LLP. Form 8 is the statement of account and solvency — the financial position and a declaration that the LLP can pay its debts. They are separate filings with separate dates.

The reason this matters more than for a company: the LLP late fee has no ceiling. A company's late filing fee is capped. An LLP's runs at Rs 100 per day, per form, and keeps running. An LLP that stopped filing three years ago is not looking at a modest penalty — it is looking at a figure that grew every single day since, on both forms.

What happens when it is ignored

  • The fee compounds daily and does not stop. Two forms, Rs 100 each per day. Three years of silence is over two lakh before anyone has looked at the accounts.
  • Designated partners are personally exposed. The obligation sits on them, not on an abstract entity.
  • The LLP cannot be closed cleanly. Striking off requires the filings to be up to date, so an LLP nobody uses any more still has to be brought current before it can be shut — a fact that surprises people who assumed abandoning it was an option.
  • Banks and buyers ask. Any due diligence pulls the MCA record, and a gap in filings is visible to anyone who looks.

Written 5 September 2026. Government requirements and portal behaviour change — message us to confirm before you rely on any date or figure here.

If you are already behind

The instinct is to wait until there is money to pay the accumulated fee. That is the worst available choice, because the fee grows while you wait. Filing today costs less than filing next month by a definite, calculable amount.

Send us the LLP name and the last year you filed. We will work out what is outstanding and what it costs to become current, before you commit to anything. If the answer is that closing the LLP is cheaper than maintaining it, we will tell you that too.

Common questions

Yes. There is no exemption for dormancy. This is the single most common reason LLPs end up with large penalties — the partners genuinely believed no activity meant no filing.

Only above certain turnover and contribution thresholds. Most small LLPs are below them, which makes the filing itself straightforward — and makes missing it harder to justify.

Not cleanly. It stays on the register, the fee keeps accruing, and the designated partners remain on record. Closing it properly requires the filings to be current first.

It depends entirely on how long the gap is, because the fee is per day. Tell us the last year filed and we will calculate it exactly rather than guess.

Send us your case

Send us the LLP name and the last year you filed. We will tell you exactly what is outstanding and what it costs today — a number that goes up tomorrow.

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