Corporate Records Handbook, The: Meetings, Minutes & Resolutions (book with CD-Rom) [Paperback]

Anthony Mancuso Attorney (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: September 3, 2007

All the forms you need to keep your corporation valid in the eyes of the IRS and courts.

If you've taken the time to turn your business into a corporation, chances are you'd like to see it stay that way. Your business card may say "incorporated," but if the courts and the IRS think differently, it's closing time.

Because meeting minutes are the primary paper trail of a corporation's legal life, it's important to know when and how to prepare these minutes. The Corporate Records Handbook provides all the forms (plus instructions) you need, including:

Call of Meeting

Meeting Participant List

Notice of Meeting

Certification of Mailing

Acknowledgment of Receipt of Notice of Meeting

Shareholder Proxy

Meeting Summary Sheet

Minutes of Annual Shareholders' Meeting

Minutes of Special Shareholders' Meeting

Minutes of Annual Directors' Meeting

Minutes of Special Directors' Meeting

Waiver of Notice of Meeting

Approval of Corporate Minutes By Directors of Shareholders

Cover Letter for Approval of Minutes of Paper Meeting

Written Consent to Action Without Meeting

The Corporate Records Handbook also gives you more than 75 additional resolutions -- both as tear-outs and on CD-ROM -- to insert into your minutes. So take a few minutes and read this book -- your corporation deserves it! (20090101)

Editorial Reviews

Review

This practical guide gives step-by-step instructions plus the legal forms to be filled out and filed to keep corporate status. (Orange County Register )

Should be a part of any serious business library -- and any corporate library. (Bookwatch )

About the Author

Anthony Mancuso is a corporations and limited liability company expert. He graduated from Hastings College of Law in San Francisco, is a member of the California State Bar, writes books and software in the fields of corporate and LLC law, and studies advanced business taxation at Golden Gate University in San Francisco. He has also been a consultant for Silicon Valley EDA (Electronic Design Automation) companies, most recently working on a C++ open-source integrated circuit database project team. He is the author of several Nolo books on forming and operating corporations (both profit and nonprofit) and limited liability companies. His titles include Incorporate Your Business, How to Form a Nonprofit Corporation (national and California editions), Form Your Own Limited Liability Company, The Corporate Records Handbook, and LLC or Corporation?. He wrote and programmed Nolo's LLC Maker and Incorporator Pro software programs, which generate state-by-state articles and other forms for organizing corporations and LLCs. His books and software have shown over a quarter of a million businesses and organizations how to form a corporation or LLC. He also is a licensed helicopter pilot and has performed for years as a guitarist in many musical idioms.

Product Details

• Paperback: 640 pages
• Publisher: NOLO; 4th edition (September 3, 2007)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 141330656X
• ISBN-13: 978-1413306569
• Product Dimensions: 10.8 x 8.3 x 1.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 3.1 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (39 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #731,514 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Anthony Mancuso is a California attorney and a corporations and limited liability company expert. He graduated from Hastings College of Law in San Francisco, is a member of the California State Bar, 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 works as a technical writer and programmer, and is currently employed by Google in Mountain View, CA. He is the author of many Nolo books on forming and operating corporations (both profit and nonprofit) and limited liability companies. His titles include Incorporate Your Business, How to Form a Nonprofit Corporation (national and California editions), Form Your Own Limited Liability Company, The Corporate Records Handbook, LLC or Corporation?, and Your Limited Liability Company - an Operating Manual. He wrote and programmed Nolo's LLC Maker software program, which generates state-by-state articles and other forms for organizing an LLC in each state. His books and software have shown over a quarter of a million businesses and organizations how to form a corporation or LLC. He also is a licensed helicopter pilot and has performed for years as a guitarist in many musical idioms.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

61 of 63 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great coverage of exactly what it says it's going to cover., April 14, 2006

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Jason Fossen (Dallas, Tx) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: The Corporate Records Handbook: Meetings, Minutes & Resolutions: All the forms & information you need to maintain your corporation's legal standing before the IRS (Paperback)

Many other books on corporate forms try to cover everything (from selection of entity type to formation, filings, taxes, legalities, etc.) which means they usually just cover these topics in a shallow and frustrating way.

This book covers exactly what it says it covers (meetings, minutes and resolutions) and covers these topics very well, with lots of details, advice, examples and related useful tid-bits. It doesn't try to be an encyclopedia of everything related to corporations, which is GOOD, it has FOCUS. Also, it's from Nolo press, a generally better publisher of these types of books in my opinion, and Mancuso has written lots of good business/legal books.

The book is overkill for the typical LLC or small S-corp, but, on the other hand, these are the businesses that are at greater risk of having their corporate veils discarded in court. You can crank down the degree of formality to whatever level you feel comfortable, but at least you'll have a good idea of how the larger and more professionally-managed corporations document themselves.

If you're a sole proprietor upgrading to an LLC, or a two-person corp of any type, then this book probably won't be what you're looking for. If you're a newly-minted MBA or lawyer and now you're handling the affairs of a small- to mid-sized corp as an officer or advisor, then I'll bet you'll think the book is great (and maybe you'll secretly hide it in your desk to make everyone think you just know all this "corporate paperwork BS" off the top of your head). In general, the book is very good at clarifying the weirdness of corporate documentation.

27 of 29 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A superb collection of forms for an established business, August 5, 2006

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John Woods "TObject" (San Diego, CA, United States) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: The Corporate Records Handbook: Meetings, Minutes & Resolutions: All the forms & information you need to maintain your corporation's legal standing before the IRS (Paperback)

This book contains a great deal of ready to use forms for your corporate records on many aspects of business operations but be careful if you are looking for information on minutes of first meeting. The book says not to worry if you don't have organizational minutes; however, such important resolutions as corporate seal or principal office are missing.

Apparently these resolutions are covered by other NoLo books, which deal with formation of various corporation types. So just be aware, you may need to pick up one of those books in addition to this one.

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A valuable tool for the DIY CEO, July 26, 2008

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WorldlyOne - See all my reviews

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This review is from: The Corporate Records Handbook: Meetings, Minutes & Resolutions: All the forms & information you need to maintain your corporation's legal standing before the IRS (Paperback)

I bought this book a few years ago and it has been very helpful. I incorporated my business myself, and this book has made it easy to maintain compliance - very important should your corporation's status as such ever come into question by the IRS or in a legal proceeding. It's well worth the cost for the DIY CEO and a valuable tool