How to Incorporate Your Business in Any State

All the expert guidance you need to form your own corporation, including actual filing forms!

Now you can form your own corporation in any state without bureaucratic hassles or expensive legal fees. Everything you need—including filling and other legal forms for all 50 states-has been included here in this hands-on guide to incorporation.

Leading off with an in-depth look at the advantages and disadvantages of incorporation, Barber provides convincing evidence that, in most cases, the corporation is the best and most versatile form for doing business, even if your corporation is a one-man enterprise. If incorporation is not the route you should be taking, you'll find out why. Barber provides expert advice on every step i n the business incorporation process including:

• Organizing the corporation-everything you need to do as well as a set of Articles of Incorporation so you won't need a lawyer to draft them.

• Incorporation data for every state-specific information on each state's requirements for incorporators, officers and titles, directors, authorized stock, filing fees, capitalization, filing time, and other requirements.

• Shares of stock-type and number of stock shares required, the stock certificate, and special additions to stock certificates.

• Resident agents-why agents are required in most states and copies of forms used to appoint an agent.

• Selection of corporate name-how to choose a name, how to check name availability, and name verification.

• Corporation laws—a complete list of each state's laws by title number of statue.