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The three most important potential benefits of incorporating your business are to provide protection of your assets, increase tax savings and improve the ability to raise capital.

Once incorporated, your personal assets -- home, car, personal savings, etc. -- cannot be touched if your business fails or loses in court, provided that you've kept your corporation in good standing and have observed corporate guidelines.

Additionally, incorporated businesses may have the ability to establish pension, profit sharing and stock ownership plans, which can lower the taxable income of your business. Also, corporations can raise capital through the sale or issuance of its stock, bonds or other securities.

Incorporating your business can suprisingly be painlessly completed in 3 steps via internet with LegalZoom, the company co-founded by Robert Shapiro which has helped over 1 million satisfied customers prepare legal documents quickly and efficiently...



Complete the Incorporation Form Questionnaire:
You'll have the choice of forming a new corporation or incorporating an existing business. In addition, LegalZoom gives you the option of including advanced provisions to further limit the liability of your personal interests.

Review and Processing:
LegalZoom reviews you answers for completeness and other common mistakes, prepares your incorporation documents and file the Articles of Incorporation with the Secretary of State.

Final Wrap-Up:
LegalZoom forwards the filed Articles of Incorporation to you once they receive them along with your other legal documents. At that point, they provide the final instructions to finalize the incorporation.

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Incorporation Information

What is a corporation?

Who can form a corporation?

Do you need an attorney to form a corporation?

What are the main differences between a C corporation and an S corporation?

What are the main differences between an LLC and an S corporation?

What is the procedure for forming a corporation, and what legal documents are required?

Can I be the only stockholder in my corporation?

Where should I incorporate?

How much will it cost to form and run a corporation?

What if I am not a U.S. citizen but I live in the U.S.?

I am a U.S. Citizen living outside of the U.S., can I still form a corporation?

Can I have special text included in my operating resolutions?

What do my articles look like? When will I get the original copy?

Can a corporation own another corporation or an LLC? How can I include this on your questionnaire?

I am moving to another state. How do I move my company?

How can I convert my limited liability company (LLC) to a corporation?

How can I convert my corporation to an LLC?

How do I add a stockholder to my corporation?

Why am I getting junk mail and phone calls with someone else's name?

I want a professional corporation. How do I select that on the questionnaire?



 

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