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Filing dates and reminders

Add annual report, franchise tax or renewal dates to a business and get an email 30, 7 and 1 days before, and on the day.

This page shows how to record dates for a business, such as an annual report, franchise tax or registered agent renewal, and how the reminders work.

StackHangar does not know when your filings are due and does not file anything. You enter the dates yourself.

#Before you start

You need a business. See Add and edit a business.

#Add a date

  1. Open Business, choose Edit on the business, and go to Your dates.
  2. Choose Add a date.
  3. Under What it is, name it (for example "Annual report"). Pick the Date. Tick Repeats every year if it comes around yearly.
  4. Choose Save changes.

A business can hold up to 8 dates.

#Reminders

For each date, StackHangar emails you 30, 7 and 1 days before it and on the day itself. Reminders go to your sign-in email and, like other alert emails, never include a name or a number. See Expiry reminders.

Business reminders work on both plans.

A date that passes without being marked done sends no more emails. It still shows as overdue on Home and on the Business page until you act on it.

#Mark a date done

Dates within 30 days, and dates that are overdue, show a badge such as "due in 12 days" or "3 days overdue" and a Mark done button on the Business page and on Home.

  • A date that repeats every year moves to the next year.
  • A one-off date is removed.

Marking done works like an ordinary save, so the reminders are rescheduled for the new date.

#What the server learns

The server holds one opaque reference for the whole business and the days to send reminders. It does not hold the date's label or which business it belongs to. It can infer a few things from the pattern: that the reference belongs to a business rather than an item (because it has more reminders), and, if you enter a well-known public filing deadline, possibly where the business is registered. See What StackHangar can see.

#If something goes wrong

If the business saves but the reminders cannot be scheduled, the page says Saved, but couldn't schedule its reminders. Try again. Choose Save changes again to retry. Your business is saved either way.