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Have you received a solicitation for your Biennial Statement?

  • February 26, 2020

If you are a local business owner, you should know that every two years NYS entities such as corporations and LLCs are required to file a biennial statement updating certain information and pay a $9 fee in order to remain in good standing. Whether you are keeping track or not, be aware, someone else is.

When your fee is due you may receive a notice that appears to be an official NYS form, but it may be a solicitation from a company like “XYZ Filing Services” offering to file the form for you. The form they mail you makes it seem like you are paying a $100 fee to NYS, when you are actually paying $100 to XYZ Filing Services, to have them pay the $9 fee for your business– something that would take you two minutes to pay online here.

It certainly isn’t illegal to offer outsourcing services for administrative tasks like filing forms and paying fees, but companies like the XYZ Filing Services take it a step further by relying on you knowing the process, or doing your research. “I recently got the form in the mail and took it into my office, started to fill it out, and once I saw the amount due, I stopped and looked it up. Sure enough, it was a scam, but a good one…they almost had me,” says one of our business clients.

Business owners are very busy, and quite often do not have the time to review everything that comes in especially when things look so authentic. You should always understand exactly what it is that you’re paying for. Filing this form online will save you $91.

If you have received, or do receive anything that doesn’t make sense to you, please contact our offices and let us help you determine whether it’s official before making any payments.

Sample Biennial Statement form below. Company and contact information for filing company has been removed.

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