How to Form a Corporation in Massachusetts : With Forms

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Pub. Date: 2000-03-01
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Summary

Protect yourself from personal liability, without the expense and delay of hiring a lawyer, by incorporating your business on your own. How to Form a Corporation in Massachusetts contains everything you need to legally incorporate in the state of Massachusetts.

Author Biography

Joseph P. DiBlasi received his B.S.B.A. Magna Cum Laude from Boston University. He received his J.D. from New England School of Law. He is licensed to practice in the state and federal courts of Massachusetts and maintains a private law practice in North Reading, Massachusetts. A member of the Massachusetts and Essex County Bar Associations, he has been a guest speaker for various landlord and civic associations and has written three self-help law books. He and his wife, Laura, reside in North Andover, Massachusetts. Mark Warda received his B.A. from the University of Illinois in Chicago and his J.D. from the University of Illinois in Champaign. He practiced law in Clearwater, Florida, then gave up a busy practice to publish self-help law books. He has written or co-authored over sixty self-help law books, including How to Register Your Own Copyright and How to Register Your Own Trademark.

Table of Contents

Using Self-Help Law Books 1(5)
Introduction 5(2)
What Is a Corporation?
7(4)
Should You Incorporate?
11(8)
Advantages
Disadvantages
What Type of Corporation Is Best?
19(6)
Massachusetts Corporation or Foreign Corporation
S Corporation or C Corporation
Inc. or P.C.
Not-for-Profit Corporations
Start-up Procedures
25(20)
Name Check
Articles of Organization
Shareholder Agreement
Organizational Paperwork
Tax Forms
Corporate Supplies
Organizational Meeting
Minute Book
Bank Accounts
Licenses
Selling Corporate Stock
45(6)
Securities Laws
Federal Exemptions from Securities Laws
Massachusetts Securities Laws
Internet Stock Sales
Payment for Shares
Massachusetts' Securities Division
Running a Corporation
51(6)
Day to Day Activities
Corporate Records
Shareholder Meetings
Board of Directors Meetings
Annual Reports
Amending a Corporation
57(2)
Articles of Organization
Bylaws
Registered Agent or Registered Office
Dissolving a Corporation
59(2)
Automatic Dissolution
Formal Dissolution
Bankruptcy
Appendix A: Checklist 61(2)
Appendix B: Selected Massachusetts Corporation Statutes 63(46)
Appendix C: Forms 109(110)
Index 219

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