Glossary

Compliance

Compliance calendar

A compliance calendar is a schedule of every recurring filing, payment and renewal a company must meet, with dates and responsible owners. For a US company it typically covers state annual reports, franchise tax, federal returns, registered agent renewal and sales tax filings.

In plain terms: One list of every deadline, so none of them arrive as a surprise.

Why it matters

The single highest-leverage administrative artefact a small company can maintain. Most compliance failures are not decisions — they are calendar failures, and reminders sent only to a registered agent's mailbox reliably go unread.

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