BUSINESS LEXINGTON
Kentucky businesses have less than one week to file an
annual report with the Secretary of State’s office and pay the
accompanying $15 filing fee.
More than 60 percent, or roughly 122,000 entities, had already filed for
2013 as of June 20, according to a media release from Secretary of
State Alison Lundergan Grimes’ office, with about 63 percent of them
filing their reports online.
Those that fail to meet the July 1 deadline will be listed in bad
standing with the office and receive a final 60-day notice. Failure to
comply with the notice will result in administrative dissolution of the
business entity or revocation of authorization to conduct business in
the state.
Entities that are already registered can gain access to 2013 annual
report forms pre-populated with information from the organization’s
previous filings at the Secretary of State’s website. Reports can be
filed in person or by U.S. mail, but Grimes encourages entities to file
their reports online, in the interest of “saving both businesses and the
state time and money.”
In addition, Grimes reissued a warning about a confusing and
official-looking solicitation reportedly received by some Kentucky
businesses. The mailing from an entity called Corporate Records Service
asks recipients to provide information on shareholders, corporate
directors and officers for a “2013 Annual Minutes Form” and instructs
them to pay a $125 fee. Corporate Records Service is not registered,
affiliated or associated with the Secretary of State, Grimes said.
“Businesses should exercise caution before providing information or
payment to Corporate Records Service, or any other entity that makes
misleading requests,” Grimes said.
