Incorporating your business can give you that all important competitive advantage. It can allow for tremendous financing potential and shield you from personal liability.
This book helps new business owners save precious capital by forming a Florida corporation without the expense of a lawyer. It includes an explanation of the types of business ownership, corporation law and start-up procedures.
This work for the layman contains all the forms, instructions, and tax information required to incorporate a small business in Florida. Articles of Incorporation, Bylaws, and stock certificates are included.
When starting a business few people can afford the fee a lawyer charges to submit the correct documents. With the easy-to-follow instructions and forms in these guides, the process of starting a corporation, limited liability company, or partnership is as easy as putting the name and address on the included forms.
Whether you're starting or operating a business in Florida, you will need to make sure all state and local business registration requirements have been met. This 75 page publication includes information for registering with the appropriate state regulatory authorities, contacting the Florida Department of Revenue to obtain the required tax information, and applying for occupational licenses. The Florida Business Guide, published by State of Florida.com, provides a more detailed list of Florida business requirements, along with step-by-step instructions for correctly registering your business.
James W. Martin is a Florida Bar Board Certified Real Estate Lawyer and Adjunct Professor of Law at Stetson University College of Law who, for over forty years, has practiced Florida real estate, wills, trusts, probate, corporations, nonprofits, and business law. The author has seen too many corporations improperly formed and maintained. Some failed to issue stock; others failed to hold annual meetings and file annual reports; and others failed to maintain corporate records. Failure to comply with the basics of corporate law have resulted in real estate title problems, litigation, and potential personal liability. This book provides a step-by-step process with forms and checklists for forming and maintaining Florida business corporations to avoid these problems. It is primarily directed to lawyers because Florida corporations are legal entities created under the Florida Business Corporation Act, so having a law degree really should be a prerequisite to forming and maintaining corporations. However, the author realizes that we live in an age where nonlawyers freely access these materials on the Internet, so he has written this book in plain language that does not require a law degree to understand. But his message for nonlawyers reading this book is to be sure to engage a Florida-licensed lawyer on their behalf to review any document before it is signed or filed.
Everything you need to start the newest form of doing business in Florida. Limited liability companies combine the protection of a corporation with the tax benefits of a partnership. Includes forms and instructions for forming an LLC and copies of Florida statutes. Save time and money with this easy-to-use kit.
Discusses business organizations, and the advantages and disadvantages of incorporation, and provides detailed instructions and forms for incorporating a closely-held corporation, where all shareholders are actively involved, in Florida