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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 Ohio contains everything you need to legally incorporate in the state of Ohio.This book makes incorporating your business a simple process that does not drain your vital time and capital. Complete with step-by-step instructions and the forms you need, this book makes forming your own corporation inexpensive and hassle-free.

This book explains in simple language:
--Incorporating in Ohio—advantages and disadvantages
--Knowing Ohio tax laws
--Amending an Ohio corporation
--Naming a corpora t i o n
--Dissolving an Ohio corporation
--Choosing the type of corporation that is best for you
--Forming an S corporation
--Forming a C corporation
--Knowing federal tax registrations, laws, and benefits
--Running your corporation
--Purchasing and selling stock
--Understanding securities law
--Holding corporate meetings

It includes:
--Extensive law summaries for Ohio
--Addresses and phone numbers for Ohio contacts
--Selected Ohio statutes
--Incorporation forms, minutes, and resolutions you can use
--Waivers
--Stock certificates, ledgers, and checklists

Table of Contents

Using Self-Help Law Books-

Introduction-

Chapter 1: What Is a Corporation?

Chapter 2: Should You Incorporate? -
- Advantages
- Disadvantages

Chapter 3: What Type of Corporation Is Best? -
- Ohio Corporation or Foreign Corporation
- S Corporation or C Corporation
- Closely Held Corporation Election
- Professional Association
- Not-for-Profit Corporations

Chapter 4: Start-Up Procedures -
- Name Check
- Articles of Incorporation
- Shareholder Agreement
- Organizational Paperwork
- Tax Forms
- Corporate Supplies
- Organizational Meeting
- Minute Book
- Bank Accounts
- Licenses

Chapter 5: Selling Corporate Stock-
- Securities Laws
- Federal Exemptions from Securities Laws
- Ohio Securities Laws
- Internet Stock Sales
- Payment for Shares

Chapter 6: Running a Corporation-
- Day-to-Day Activities
- Corporate Records
- Shareholder Meetings
- Board of Directors Meetings
- Annual Reports

Chapter 7: Amending a Corporation-
- Articles of Incorporation
- Code of Regulations
- Statutory Agent or Registered Office

Chapter 8: Dissolving a Corporation -
- A Corporation That Has Not Started Business
- A Corporation That Has Started Business
- Limited Survival of Corporation after Dissolution
- Bankruptcy

Glossary -

Appendix A: Checklist -

Appendix B: Selected Ohio Corporation Statutes -

Appendix C: Sample Filled-In Forms -

Appendix D: Blank Forms -

Index -

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