How to Incorporate: A Handbook for Entrepreneurs and Professionals - Softcover

Diamond, Michael R.; Williams, Julie L.

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9780471139133: How to Incorporate: A Handbook for Entrepreneurs and Professionals

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ISBN 10: 0471139130 ISBN 13: 9780471139133

Publisher: John Wiley & Sons, 1996

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The updated guide on how to get that little "Inc." after your business name

Everyone involved in a successful business eventually has to face the question of incorporation. This revised edition of one of the leading incorporation guidebooks will help you take your business to the next level. Michael Diamond and Julie Williams offer guidelines for structuring your corporation for maximum tax, legal and business benefits, while avoiding the problems that befall corporations. Learn whether to use a standard incorporation or alternatives like subchapter "S" incorporation, partnerships, and proprietorships.

Includes major new chapter on Limited Liability Companies; the pros and cons, and state by state differences
New material on changes in laws regarding corporations and partnerships
Contains updated material on all relevant tax information
Packed with sample tax forms, pre–incorporation forms, shareholder and voting trust agreements
First edition picked by Library Journal as one of the best business books of 1987

MICHAEL R. DIAMOND (Washington, D.C.) is a Professor of Law at the American University School of Law. He also has been a practicing attorney in the corporate field with the law firm of O′Toole, Rothwell, Nassau and Steinbach. JULIE L. WILLIAMS (Washington, D.C.) is a practicing attorney and the Senior Deputy General Counsel for the Office of Thrift Supervision.

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The bestselling guide to incorporating your business—

updated and expanded for the 1990s and beyond

Should I incorporate? Which form of corporation is best for my business and long–term goals? What additional legal liabilities do I assume when I incorporate? What are the tax laws concerning corporations, and how do I take full advantage of them? How do I go about forming a corporation?

Get detailed answers to these and every other question you have about incorporating your business in How to Incorporate, Third Edition. Attorneys Michael Diamond and Julie Williams weigh the pros and cons of incorporating and help you choose the form of corporation that′s best for you. They tell you how to structure your corporation for maximum legal, tax, and business advantage. And they supply you with a gold mine of sample forms—including tax forms and preincorporation, shareholder, and voting trust agreements—along with step–by–step instructions on how to fill them out.

Covering all the latest changes in the laws regarding corporations and partnerships, and featuring a major new chapter on the limited liability company, How to Incorporate, Third Edition, gives you the most up–to–the–minute information, advice, and guidance on

When to form a standard incorporation and when to go with an alternative, such as Subchapter S, partnerships, limited liability companies, and proprietorships
How to make statutory requirements work to your advantage
Executive compensation and how to take tax–free benefits out of your corporation
How to handle special agreements, securities laws, forms of incorporation, stockholders, dividends, and more
How to complete IRS forms, take minutes, create bylaws, and post notices of meetings
How to use incorporation forms for many different states as well as forms for general use based on the Model Business Corporation Act
And much more

About the Author:

MICHAEL R. DIAMOND is an attorney and Adjunct Professor of Law at the American University School of Law. He also has been a practicing attorney in the corporate world with the law firm of O′Toole, Rothwell, Nassau and Steinbach.

JULIE L. WILLIAMS is Chief Counsel to the Office of the Comptroller of Currency.

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