Incorporating Your Business For Dummies

If you re a business owner, incorporation can help you protect your personal assets and cut down your tax bill. But all the paperwork and legalese can make incorporation seem like more trouble than it s worth. Incorporating Your Business For Dummies offers all the savvy tips you need to get incorporated starting today! Whether your business is big or small, incorporating isn t as simple as it could be. This handy reference makes incorporation make sense, and guides you through the process step by step. From handling the mountain of paperwork to getting back to business once you re finished, Incorporating Your Business For Dummies offers a wealth of helpful advice on these and many more topics: Knowing whether or not incorporation can help you Choosing the type of entity that will work best for your business Dealing with shareholders and shareholder agreements Transferring money and assets in or out of the corporation Documenting corporate actions and maintaining compliance Finding the right attorney, accountant, tax advisor, and other professionals Written by the experts at The Company Corporation, who handle more than 100,000 incorporations every year, this helpful book offers the kind of advice you can only get from professionals but in a user-friendly, lingo-free format. Whether you just want a little help with the paperwork, or don t even know what a corporation is, you ll find everything you need to know: What limited liability means Corporate statutes, bylaws, and articles Choosing directors and assigning duties The benefits of S corporation status Deciding where to incorporate Registering corporate names and domain names Balancing equity versus debt Understanding shareholder rights Getting your financial information in order Hiring a professional to help with corporate compliance If you want step-by-step help on setting up your corporation, dealing with the paperwork, and getting off on the right foot, Incorporating Your Business For Dummies is the only resource you need. Packed with the kind of tips and advice you ll find nowhere else, it s the uncomplicated way to get incorporated.

If you're a business owner, incorporation can help youprotect your personal assets and cut down your tax bill. But allthe paperwork and legalese can make incorporation seem like moretrouble than it's worth. Incorporating Your Business ForDummies offers all the savvy tips you need to get incorporated starting today!Whether your business is big or small, incorporating isn'tas simple as it could be. This handy reference makes incorporationmake sense, and guides you through the process step by step. Fromhandling the mountain of paperwork to getting back to business onceyou're finished, Incorporating Your Business ForDummies offers a wealth of helpful advice on these and manymore topics:* Knowing whether or not incorporation can help you* Choosing the type of entity that will work best for yourbusiness* Dealing with shareholders and shareholder agreements* Transferring money and assets in or out of the corporation* Documenting corporate actions and maintaining compliance* Finding the right attorney, accountant, tax advisor, and otherprofessionalsWritten by the experts at The Company Corporation, who handlemore than 100,000 incorporations every year, this helpful bookoffers the kind of advice you can only get from professionals but in a user-friendly, lingo-free format. Whether you justwant a little help with the paperwork, or don't even knowwhat a corporation is, you'll find everything you need toknow:* What limited liability means* Corporate statutes, bylaws, and articles* Choosing directors and assigning duties* The benefits of S corporation status* Deciding where to incorporate* Registering corporate names and domain names* Balancing equity versus debt* Understanding shareholder rights* Getting your financial information in order* Hiring a professional to help with corporate complianceIf you want step-by-step help on setting up your corporationdealing with the paperwork, and getting off on the right footIncorporating Your Business For Dummies is the only resourceyou need. Packed with the kind of tips and advice you'll findnowhere else, it's the uncomplicated way to getincorporated.

Introduction.PART I: Is a Corporation Really for Me?Chapter 1: What's a Corporation?Chapter 2: Choosing an Entity That Works for Your Business.Chapter 3: Getting My Ducks in a Row -- A Pre-incorporationChecklist.PART II: How Do I Incorporate?Chapter 4: Who Can Help Me Incorporate?Chapter 5: Where, Oh Where Should I Incorporate?Chapter 6: Winning the Name Game.Chapter 7: Getting Down to Business with the Articles ofIncorporation.Chapter 8: Getting to the Nitty-Gritty with Your Bylaws.Chapter 9: Capitalizing Your Corporation.Chapter 10: Doing Business in Other States.PART III: I've Incorporated My Business, Now What?Chapter 11: Conducting an Organizational Meeting.Chapter 12: Getting Started: Numbers, ElectionsRegistration.Chapter 13: Shareholders: Do's and Don'ts.Chapter 14: Preparing Shareholder Agreements.Chapter 15: Understanding the Role of Directors andOfficers.Chapter 16: Director and Shareholder Meetings.Chapter 17: Getting Money (And Other Items of Value) In and Outof the Corporation.PART IV: Compliance Issues -- The Paper TrailContinues.Chapter 18: Documenting Corporate Actions.Chapter 19: Corporate Record Keeping.Chapter 20: Getting Your Financial Information in Order.Chapter 21: Closing Up Shop.Chapter 22: Who Can Help Me with Corporate ComplianceMatters?PART V: The Part of Tens.Chapter 23: Ten Ways to Locate and Retain a Good ProfessionalTeam.Chapter 24: Ten Things You Never Want to Do with YourCorporation.Chapter 25: Ten Common-sense Principles to Incorporate and LiveEach Day By.Appendix A: Sample Forms.Appendix B: Resources.Appendix C: Glossary.Index.Book Registration Information.