2013: Not Just New Calendar Year It’s a new calendar year, and if your corporation—like so many corporations—chose December for your fiscal year end, a new bookkeeping year as well. Whether you filed your Articles of Incorporation last year or …

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Most businesses don’t set out to commit corporate fraud and break the law, and you’re certainly not one of those businesses (right?). But you don’t have to intentionally commit a crime in order to weaken your corporate veil and leave …

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Just starting your corporation? Congratulations! The first official step, of course, is filing your Articles of Incorporation with your Secretary of State, officially incorporating your business. But just because the ink on your Articles is dry doesn’t mean you’re ready …

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“Do I need a registered agent?” In our business incorporation department, we’re asked this question frequently. Let’s look into a few situations where you do need a registered agent—and when you don’t. Q.  Do I need a registered agent for …

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Incorporating a business can be time-consuming, costly, a hassle to keep in compliance, risky—and it just might be the best small business decision you’ve ever made. Here are five clues that it might be time to take your business to …

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Suddenly we’re all thinking about turkey and planning our Christmas shopping (where did the time go?), which can only mean one thing: we’re finding ourselves sprinting for the finish line, and 2012 will be upon us before we realize. Before your …

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