Depository Candidate and Committee Reporting Schedule

Statewide (Consitutional), District, County and Governor's Councillor Candidates, Political Action Committees (PACs), People's Committees, the State Party Committees, Mayor, and City Council Candidates in Boston, Brockton, Cambridge, Fall River, Framingham, Haverhill, Lawrence, Lowell, Lynn, Malden, New Bedford, Newton, Quincy, Somerville, Springfield, Waltham and Worcester file the following reports with OCPF:

  • Monthly Account Summary and Expenditures Report
    -- Filed by the candidates' and committees' appointed depository financial institutions --

    This report provides beginning and ending balance information, a summary of the deposit activity in the account, and a detailed listing of all expenditure activity for each depository campaign account for the reporting period.

    The bank's monthly reports cover: each month, due no later than the 5th of the following month.

  • Deposit Report
    -- Filed by the candidates and committees --

    This report provides contribution information for each deposit made into the campaign account. Candidates and committees file their reports in accordance with the bank's filing schedule.

  • 72-Hour (Late) Contribution Report
    -- Filed by the candidates and committees --

    Depository candidates and committees that receive and deposit a contribution of $500 or more after the 18th day, but more than 72 hours (24 hours for State Party Committees), before the date of a special, preliminary, primary or general election must disclose the contribution within 72 hours of deposit. Depository filers submit a Deposit Report to disclose late contributions.

  • Subvendor Report
    -- Filed by the candidates and committees --

    This report provides information about the underlying expenditure activity of third-party vendors subcontracted by vendors to provide goods and services to the candidate or committee. The reports are filed on or before the 5th of each month covering the preceding month.

  • Reimbursement Report
    -- Filed by the candidates and committees --

    This report provides information about the underlying expenditure activity for each third-party reimbursement made. Candidates and committees file their reports in accordance with the bank's filing schedule.

  • Committee Credit Card Report
    -- Filed by the candidates and committees --

    This report provides information about the underlying expenditure activity for each statement period of the committee's credit account. The reports are filed on or before the 5th of each month covering the preceding month.

Depository candidates and committees also file a summary year-end report which is due on January 20th of the following year. The year-end report summarizes all deposit and expenditure activity for the year, lists any savings accounts (and balances), and provides disclosure of all in-kind contributions received or liabilities incurred during the year.

Legislative Candidate and Committee Reporting Schedule

  • Monthly Account Summary and Expenditures Report
    -- Filed by the candidates' and committees' appointed depository financial institutions --

    This report provides beginning and ending balance information, a summary of the deposit activity in the account, and a detailed listing of all expenditure activity for each depository campaign account for the reporting period.

    The bank's monthly reports cover: each month, due no later than the 5th of the following month.

  • Deposit Report
    -- Filed by the candidates and committees --

    This report provides contribution information for each deposit made into the campaign account.

    House and Senate candidates file deposit reports on a quarterly schedule in odd numbered years, due Jan. 20, April 20, July 20 and Oct. 20. In even numbered years, House and Senate candidates file deposit reports by Jan. 20, April 20 and July 20, and eight days before the primary election and eight days before the general election.

    Report YearReport TypeBegin Reporting PeriodEnd Reporting PeriodDate Due
    2023Quarterly Deposit Reports 01/01/2023 03/31/2023 04/20/2023
    Quarterly Deposit Reports 04/01/2023 06/30/2023 07/20/2023
    Quarterly Deposit Reports 07/01/2023 09/30/2023 10/20/2023
    Quarterly Deposit Reports 10/01/2023 12/31/2023 01/22/2024
    Report YearReport TypeBegin Reporting PeriodEnd Reporting PeriodDate Due
    2022Quarterly Deposit Reports 01/01/2022 03/31/2022 04/20/2022
    Quarterly Deposit Reports 04/01/2022 06/30/2022 07/20/2022
    Pre-Primary Deposit Reports 07/1/2022 08/19/2022 08/29/2022
    Pre-Election Deposit Reports 08/20/2022 10/21/2022 10/31/2022
    Year-End Deposit Reports 10/22/2022 12/31/2022 1/20/2023
    2021Quarterly Deposit Reports 01/01/2021 03/31/2021 04/20/2021
    Quarterly Deposit Reports 04/01/2021 06/30/2021 07/20/2021
    Quarterly Deposit Reports 07/1/2021 09/30/2021 10/20/2021
    Quarterly Deposit Reports 10/1/2021 12/31/2021 1/20/2022
    2020Quarterly Deposit Reports 01/01/2020 03/31/2020 04/20/2020
    Quarterly Deposit Reports 04/01/2020 06/30/2020 07/20/2020
    Pre-Primary Deposit Reports 07/1/2020 08/14/2020 08/24/2020
    Pre-Election Deposit Reports 8/15/2020 10/16/2020 10/26/2020
    Post-Election Deposit Reports 10/17/2020 12/31/2020 01/20/2021
  • 72-Hour (Late) Contribution Report
    -- Filed by the candidates and committees --

    Depository candidates and committees that receive and deposit a contribution of $500 or more after the 18th day, but more than 72 hours (24 hours for State Party Committees), before the date of a special, preliminary, primary or general election must disclose the contribution within 72 hours of deposit. Depository filers submit a Deposit Report to disclose late contributions.

  • Subvendor Report
    -- Filed by the candidates and committees --

    This report provides information about the underlying expenditure activity of third-party vendors subcontracted by vendors to provide goods and services to the candidate or committee. The reports are filed on or before the 5th of each month covering the preceding month.

  • Reimbursement Report
    -- Filed by the candidates and committees --

    This report provides information about the underlying expenditure activity for each third-party reimbursement made. Candidates and committees file their reports in accordance with the bank's filing schedule.

  • Committee Credit Card Report
    -- Filed by the candidates and committees --

    This report provides information about the underlying expenditure activity for each statement period of the committee's credit account. The reports are filed on the same schedule as deposit reports, above.

Depository candidates and committees also file a summary year-end report which is due on January 20th of the following year. The year-end report summarizes all deposit and expenditure activity for the year, lists any savings accounts (and balances), and provides disclosure of all in-kind contributions received or liabilities incurred during the year.

Local Party Committee Reporting Schedule

Local Party Committees DO NOT file mid-year reports.

Report YearReport TypeBegin Reporting PeriodEnd Reporting PeriodDate Due
Year-End1/1/202312/31/202301/22/2024
Report YearReport TypeBegin Reporting PeriodEnd Reporting PeriodDate Due
2022Pre-Primary01/01/202208/19/202208/29/2022
Pre-Election8/20/202210/21/202210/31/2022
Year-End10/22/202212/31/202201/20/2023
2021Year-End01/01/202112/31/202101/20/2022
2020Pre-Primary01/01/202008/14/202008/24/2020
Pre-Election8/15/202010/16/202010/26/2020
Year-End10/17/202012/31/202001/20/2021
2019Year-End01/01/201912/31/201901/21/2020
2018Pre-Primary01/01/201808/17/201808/27/2018
 Pre-Election08/18/201810/19/201810/29/2018
 Year-End10/20/201812/31/201801/21/2019
2016Pre-Primary01/01/201608/21/201608/31/2016
 Late Contributions (Pre-Primary)08/22/201609/4/2016Within 72 hours of deposit
Primary Election: September 8, 2016
 Pre-Election*08/22/201610/21/201610/31/2016
 Late Contributions (Pre-Election)10/22/201611/4/2016Within 72 hours of deposit
General Election: November 8, 2016
 Year-End*10/22/201612/31/201601/20/2017
2015Mid-Year01/01/201506/30/201507/20/2015
 Year-End07/01/201512/31/201501/20/2016
2014Pre-Primary01/01/201408/22/201409/02/2014
 Pre-Election08/23/201410/17/201410/27/2014
 Year-End10/18/201412/31/201401/20/2015
2013Mid-Year01/01/201306/30/201307/22/2013
 Year-End07/01/201312/31/201301/21/2014
2012Pre-Primary01/01/201208/19/201208/29/2012
 Pre-Election08/20/201210/19/201210/29/2012
 Year-End10/20/201212/31/201201/22/2013
2011Mid-Year01/01/201106/30/201107/20/2011
 Year-End07/01/201112/31/201101/20/2012
2010Pre-Primary01/01/201008/27/201009/07/2010
 Pre-Election08/28/201010/15/201010/25/2010
 Year-End10/16/201012/31/201001/20/2011
2009Year-End01/01/200912/31/200901/20/2010
2008Pre-Primary01/01/200808/29/200809/08/2008
 Pre-Election08/30/200810/17/200810/27/2008
 Year-End10/18/200812/31/200801/20/2009
2007Year-End01/01/200712/31/200701/22/2008
2006Pre-Primary01/01/200609/01/200609/11/2006
 Pre-Election09/02/200610/20/200610/30/2006
 Year-End10/21/200612/31/200601/22/2007
2005Year-End01/01/200512/31/200501/20/2006
2004Pre-Primary01/01/200408/27/200409/07/2004
 Pre-Election08/28/200410/15/200410/25/2004
 Year-End10/16/200412/31/200401/20/2005
2003Year-End01/01/200312/31/200301/20/2004
2002Pre-Primary01/01/200208/30/200209/09/2002
 Pre-Election08/31/200210/18/200210/28/2002
 Year-End10/19/200212/31/200201/21/2003
2001Year-End01/01/200112/31/200101/22/2002
2000Pre-Primary01/01/200009/01/200009/11/2000
 Pre-Election09/02/200010/20/200010/30/2000
 Year-End10/21/200012/31/200001/22/2001

Municipal Candidate Reporting Schedule

Local candidates file reports with the election officials in their respective cities and towns, following the local election calendar.

  • Candidates in Towns
    In towns, reports are due eight days before a primary, if one is held, and eight days before and 30 days after the election. A subsequent year-end report is required for incumbents and candidates or committees that have continuing balances or liabilities or did not dissolve for the post-election report. The year-end report is due on January 20th of the following year.
    (NOTE: This schedule applies to the vast majority of towns that hold their annual elections in the late winter or spring. Towns that hold their annual elections in November follow the same schedule as cities below.)

  • Candidates in Cities
    In cities, reports are due eight days before the preliminary, eight days before the election, and, as a final report, a year-end report which is due January 20th of the following year. In off-election years, incumbent candidates and committees that have continuing balances or liabilities or did not dissolve are required to file a year-end report.


All mayoral candidates, as well as city council candidates in cities with populations of 65,000 or more, file reports with OCPF in the depository system. Click on the depositoy system tab to view the filing schedules for these candidates.

City Councillors in cities with 65,000+ populations

  • Boston,
  • Brockton,
  • Cambridge,
  • Fall River,
  • Framingham
  • Haverhill
  • Lawrence,
  • Lowell,
  • Lynn,
  • Malden,
  • New Bedford,
  • Newton,
  • Quincy,
  • Somerville,
  • Springfield,
  • Waltham,
  • and Worcester.

Click on the Depository Committees tab to view the filing schedule for these candidates.

Ballot Question Committee Schedule

Statewide Committees (Question appears on a state ballot):

All existing committees organized to support or oppose a question on a state ballot are required to file periodic reports with OCPF in accordance with the following schedule:

Report YearReport TypeBegin Reporting PeriodEnd Reporting PeriodDate Due

The Report will begin on 01/01/2024 if the committee was organized before 2024.

* 72-Hour Reporting (Late Contribution Reports): State ballot question committees that receive and deposit contributions of $500 or more after the 18th day, but more than 72 hours, before the date of a general election must file a disclosure report within 72 hours of depositing the contributions received. The late contribution reporting period for 2024 is Oct. 19 through Nov. 1.

** Dissolution: Once the question has been decided by the voters, a ballot question committee should be preparing the dissolution of the committee. Please see M-07-02.

2023Year-End01/01/2023 (If organized before 2023, otherwise previous report end date + 1)12/31/202301/22/2024
2024Initial11/05/2024Org. DateOrg. Date
 60 DayOrganization date09/01/202409/06/2024
 20th of the Month09/02/202409/15/202409/20/2024
 5th of the Month09/16/202410/01/202410/07/2024
 20th of the Month10/02/202410/15/202410/21/2024
 5th of the Month10/16/202411/01/202411/05/2024
 Nov. 20th11/02/202411/15/202411/20/2024
 Year-End11/16/202412/31/202401/21/2025
Report YearReport TypeBegin Reporting PeriodEnd Reporting PeriodDate Due
2022Initial11/04/2020Org. DateOrg. Date
 60 DayOrganization date09/04/202209/09/2022
 20th of the Month09/05/202209/15/202209/20/2022
 5th of the Month09/16/202210/01/202210/05/2022
 20th of the Month10/02/202210/15/202210/20/2022
 5th of the Month10/16/202211/01/202211/07/2022
 Nov. 20th11/02/202211/15/202211/21/2022
 Year-End11/16/202212/31/202201/20/2023
2021Year-End01/01/2021 (If organized before 2021, otherwise previous report end date + 1)12/31/202101/20/2022
2020Initial11/07/2018Org. DateOrg. Date
 60 DayOrg. Date + 1 (If organized in 2020)08/30/202009/04/2020
 20th of the Month08/31/202009/15/202009/21/2020
 5th of the Month09/16/202010/01/202010/05/2020
 20th of the Month10/02/202010/15/202010/20/2020
 5th of the Month10/16/202011/01/202011/05/2020
 Nov. 20th11/02/202011/15/202011/20/2020
 Year-End11/16/202012/31/202001/20/2021
2019Year-End01/01/2019 (If organized before 2019, otherwise previous report end date + 1)12/31/201901/21/2020
2014Initial11/06/2012Org. DateOrg. Date
 60 DayOrg. Date + 108/31/201409/05/2014
 20th of the Month09/01/201409/15/201409/22/2014
 5th of the Month09/16/201410/01/201410/06/2014
 20th of the Month10/02/201410/15/201410/20/2014
 5th of the Month10/16/201411/01/201411/05/2014
 Nov. 20th11/02/201411/15/201411/20/2014
 Year-End11/16/201412/31/201401/20/2015
2013Year-End01/01/201312/31/201301/21/2014
2012Initial11/02/2010Org. DateOrg. Date
 60 DayOrg. Date + 109/02/201209/07/2012
 20th of the Month09/03/201209/15/201209/20/2012
 5th of the Month09/16/201210/01/201210/05/2012
 20th of the Month10/02/201210/15/201210/22/2012
 5th of the Month10/16/201211/01/201211/05/2012
 Nov. 20th11/02/201211/15/201211/20/2012
 Year-End11/16/201212/31/201201/22/2013
2011Year-End01/01/201112/31/201101/20/2012
2010Initial11/05/2008Org. DateOrg. Date
 60 DayOrg. Date + 108/29/201009/03/2010
 20th of
the Month*
08/30/201009/15/201009/20/2010
 5th of
the Month
09/16/201010/01/201010/05/2010
 20th of
the Month
10/02/201010/15/201010/20/2010
 5th of
the Month*
10/16/201011/01/201011/05/2010
 Nov. 20th*11/02/201011/15/201011/22/2010
 Year-End*11/16/201012/31/201001/20/2011
2009Year-End01/01/200912/31/200901/20/2010
2008Initial 11/08/2006Org. DateOrg. Date
 60 DayOrg. Date + 108/31/200809/05/2008
 20th of the Month09/01/200809/15/200809/22/2008
 5th of the Month09/16/200810/01/200810/06/2008
 20th of the Month10/02/200810/15/200810/20/2008
 5th of the Month10/16/200811/01/200811/05/2008
 Nov. 20th11/02/200811/15/200811/20/2008
 Year-End11/16/200812/31/200801/20/2009

Ballot Question Independent Spending Reports 22 and 22A Reports

The requirement to file this report is set forth in M.G.L. c.55, s. 22, which is why these reports are referred to as "22 Reports." Similarly, "22A Reports" are filed by cities, towns or other governmental units who spend their resources to influence or affect the vote on a ballot question in accordance with M.G.L. c. 55, s. 22A.

In Massachusetts, if an individual or a for-profit business corporation, association, organization, or any other organized group of individuals (other than an organized political committee) makes an expenditure of $250 or more (other than a contribution to a ballot question committee) or incurs a liability of $250 or more to influence or affect the vote on any question submitted to the voters must file a report to disclose the amount or value of the expenditure or liability, the date, the purpose and the full name of the person to whom the expenditure was made or the liability incurred. A person, corporation, association, organization or group required to file a report under this section is also subject to subvendor disclosure requirements under section 18D.

If the question appears on ballots at a state election, these reports should be electronically filed with the director using the same filing schedule as State Ballot Question Committees use (see the schedule on the left). Reporting is required until all declared liabilities, if any, have been discharged.

If the question appears on ballots at a city or town election or appears on ballots for use in a city or town at a state election, the reports should be filed with the city or town clerk according to this schedule:

(1) the eighth day preceding a preliminary or primary, including a caucus, the eighth day preceding a city or town election and, if a city election, as a final report, the twentieth day of January in the following year, complete as of the thirty-first day of December of the prior year and, if a town election, as a final report, the thirtieth day following such election;

(2) the eighth day preceding a special primary, including a caucus, the eighth day preceding a special election and, as a final report, the thirtieth day following a special election; and

(3) the twentieth day of January of each year, complete as of the thirty-first day of December of the prior year, until all declared liabilities of such person or corporation, association, organization or other group of persons have been discharged.

For each report, the end of the reporting period shall be as of the tenth day preceding the last day for filing. The beginning of the reporting period for each report subsequent to the initial report shall be the day following the end of the reporting period of the last report filed.

Independent Expenditure Reporting Schedule

An independent expenditure is an expenditure made or liability incurred by an individual, group, association, corporation, labor union, political committee or other entity as payment for goods or services to expressly advocate the election or defeat of a clearly identified candidate; provided, however, that the expenditure is made or incurred without cooperation or consultation with any candidate or a nonelected political committee organized on behalf of the candidate or an agent of the candidate and is not made or incurred in concert with or at the request or suggestion of the candidate, a nonelected political committee organized on behalf of the candidate or agent of the candidate.

Independent expenditures made to support or oppose state, county and Governor's Council candidates, and mayoral and city council candidates in cities with populations of 100,000 or more, file independent expenditure reports with OCPF. Independent expenditures made to support or oppose municipal candidates are disclosed with local election officials.

  • Seven-day report
    Independent expenditure reports are due within seven days after the goods or services are utilized to advocate for the election or defeat of a clearly identified candidate ($250 threshold).

  • 24-hour report
    A report is due within 24 hours for any independent expenditure of $250 or more made after the 10th day, but 24 hours before, the date of an election.

IE PAC Reporting Schedule

Independent Expenditure Political Action Committees ("IEPACs") report their expenditures following the same schedule as Independent Expenditure reports but the reports also include contribution information as well as the other campaign finance information required to be disclosed by section 18. The reporting period for the first report filed begins on the date the IEPAC was organized and ends on the date of the last expenditure disclosed in the report. The reporting period for the next report begins the day following the ending date of the last report filed and ends on the date of the last expenditure disclosed. Subsquent reports follow the same schedule.

IEPACs also file a year-end report, which is cumulative for the calendar year, so the reporting period is January 1st through December 31st and is due by January 20th of the following year.

Electioneering Communication Reporting Schedule

An electioneering communication is any broadcast, cable, mail, satellite or printed communication that refers to a clearly identified candidate and is distributed within 90 days of an election.

  • Seven-day report
    Every individual, group, corporation or association that makes an electioneering communication expenditure must file an electronic report with OCPF within seven days after making the expenditure ($250 threshold). Reports are filed with the city or town clerk for communications that identify municipal candidates who do not file with OCPF.

  • 48-hour report
    A report is due within 48 hours for any electioneering communication exceeding $1,000 that is made within seven days of an election.