Company Formation - Topics

How much paid-in capital should a new company really put on its books? What documents get filed in the first week of incorporation? How long does it actually take to register a company and open a business bank account? Getting a business license before signing a lease: the order most founders get backwards Trading before incorporation is approved: what the owner is personally on the hook for Incorporated and registered look like company types and are neither The country field in company data is the place of incorporation and nothing more A company's legal seat and its main office are often in two different cities Why does first-year compliance cost more than the registration fee itself? The headquarters city on a company profile is often just a registered address Registered agent service or do-it-yourself incorporation paperwork: which one earns its fee? Annual filings and franchise tax deadlines that new companies keep missing Is incorporating in Delaware cheaper than registering in your home state? Registering a trade name as a sole proprietor: state versus county filing Will a virtual office address pass as the registered office of a new company? When an SME should stop trading as a sole proprietor and incorporate Getting a tax identification number as a foreign entity and the paperwork that follows