Incorporate Your Business: A Step-by-Step Guide to Forming a Corporation in Any State

Anthony Mancuso

Jun 2021 · Nolo

About this eBook

Form a corporation in any state, quickly and easily

Forming a corporation has many advantages, and with the step-by-step instructions in this book, the process is straightforward and easy to accomplish.

Incorporate Your Business clearly explains how to form a corporation in any state. It includes all the sample forms and information you need to prepare articles of incorporation and bylaws. It also fully discusses the advantages and tax consequences of incorporating your business, including:

• Limited liability: Business owners limit their personal liability by incorporating, because they aren’t responsible for business debts and court judgments.
• Tax advantages:Especially for smaller businesses, the ability to split income between yourself and your corporation can significantly lower your overall tax burden.
• Employee perks: Owners of a corporation who also work for it can take advantage of significant financial benefits like equity plans, stock options, corporation-paid insurance, and more.

With Downloadable Forms: the latest forms are included both in the book and online at Nolo.com (details inside).

About the author

Anthony Mancuso is a corporations and limited liability company expert. A graduate of Hastings College of the Law in San Francisco, Tony is an active member of the California State Bar. Tony writes books and software in the fields of corporate and LLC law and has studied advanced business taxation at Golden Gate University in San Francisco. He also has been a consultant for Silicon Valley EDA (Electronic Design Automation) and other technology companies. He is currently employed at Google in Mountain View, California. Tony is the author of many Nolo books on forming and operating corporations (profit and nonprofit) and LLCs. Among his current books are The Corporate Records Handbook; How to Form a Nonprofit Corporation; Incorporate Your Business; Form Your Own Limited Liability Company; and LLC or Corporation? His books and software have shown over 500,000 businesses and organizations how to form and operate a corporation or an LLC. Tony is a licensed helicopter pilot and guitarist.