Incorporate Your Business : A 50 State Legal Guide to Forming a Corporation

by Mancuso, Anthony

• ISBN13: 9780873377560
• ISBN10: 0873377567
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2001-10-01
• Publisher: Nolo

Summary

Incorporate Your Business is the easy-to-read guide to forming a corporation in any state. It takes readers through the entire process, step by step and in plain English. When they're finished, their businesses will enjoy:
-- unique tax benefits
-- investment attraction
-- immediate organization
-- corporate income splitting
-- and more

The book provides all the Articles, bylaws and minutes anyone needs, as tear-outs and on CD-ROM.

Author Biography

Attorney Anthory Mancuso is a corporations expert

Table of Contents

Introduction
Choosing the Right Legal Structure for Your Business
The Different Ways of Doing Business	1/2	(1)
Comparing Business Entities at a Glance	1/22	(1)
Nolo's Small Business Resources	1/26	(1)
How Corporations Work
Kinds of Corporations	2/3	(1)
Corporate Statutes	2/8	(1)
Corporate Filing Offices	2/9	(1)
Corporate Documents	2/10	(1)
Corporate Powers	2/12	(1)
Corporate People	2/12	(1)
Capitalization of the Corporation	2/28	(1)
Sale and Issuance of Stock	2/30	(1)
Stock Issuance and the Securities Laws	2/34	(1)
Understanding Corporate Taxes
Federal Corporate Income Tax Treatment	3/3	(1)
Corporate Accounting Period and Tax Year	3/9	(1)
Tax Treatment of Employee Compensation and Benefits	3/9	(1)
Employee Equity Sharing Plans	3/13	(1)
Tax Concerns When Stock Is Sold	3/25	(1)
Seven Steps to Incorporation
Choose a Corporate Name	4/3	(1)
Prepare and File Articles of Incorporation	4/10	(1)
Set Up a Corporate Records Book	4/17	(1)
Prepare Your Bylaws	4/19	(1)
Appoint Initial Corporate Directors	4/33	(1)
Prepare Minutes of the First Board Meeting	4/34	(1)
Issue Shares of Stock	4/48	(1)
After You Form Your Corporation
Post-Incorporation Tasks	5/2	(1)
Tax and Employer Registration Requirements	5/8	(1)
Ongoing Corporate Meetings	5/8	(1)
Lawyers and Accountants
Lawyers	6/2	(1)
How to Look Up the Law Yourself	6/5	(1)
Accountants and Tax Advisors	6/6
Appendix A
Appendix B
Appendix C