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How to Incorporate: A Handbook for Entrepreneurs & Professionals June 29, 2007
The definitive guide to incorporating for small business owners and entrepreneurs
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Should I incorporate my business?
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Which form of corporation will best help me achieve long-term business goals?
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What legal liabilities do I assume when I incorporate?
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How do I take full advantage of corporate tax regulations?


Get detailed answers to these and all your other questions about incorporating your business in How to Incorporate, Fifth Edition. Attorney Michael Diamond weighs the pros and cons of incorporating, helps you choose the form of corporation that's best for you, and helps you structure your corporation for maximum legal, tax, and business advantage.

This edition covers all the latest changes in corporation and partnership laws and includes up-to-the-minute information, advice, and guidance on every topic of concern to business owners dealing with the issues and difficulties of incorporating. You'll find up-to-the-minute information on:
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When to form a standard corporation and when to go with an alternative, such as Subchapter S, partnerships, limited liability corporations, and proprietorships
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How to make statutory requirements work to your advantage
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Executive compensation and how to take tax-free benefits out of your corporation
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How to handle special agreements, securities laws, forms of incorporation, stockholders, dividends, and more
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How to complete IRS forms, take minutes, create bylaws, and post notices of meetings
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How to use incorporation forms for many different states as well as forms for general use based on the Model Business Corporation Act

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The definitive guide to incorporating for small business owners and entrepreneurs

  • Should I incorporate my business?

  • Which form of corporation will best help me achieve long-term business goals?

  • What legal liabilities do I assume when I incorporate?

  • How do I take full advantage of corporate tax regulations?

Get detailed answers to these and all your other questions about incorporating your business in How to Incorporate, Fifth Edition. Attorney Michael Diamond weighs the pros and cons of incorporating, helps you choose the form of corporation that's best for you, and helps you structure your corporation for maximum legal, tax, and business advantage.

This edition covers all the latest changes in corporation and partnership laws and includes up-to-the-minute information, advice, and guidance on every topic of concern to business owners dealing with the issues and difficulties of incorporating. You'll find up-to-the-minute information on:

  • When to form a standard corporation and when to go with an alternative, such as Subchapter S, partnerships, limited liability corporations, and proprietorships

  • How to make statutory requirements work to your advantage

  • Executive compensation and how to take tax-free benefits out of your corporation

  • How to handle special agreements, securities laws, forms of incorporation, stockholders, dividends, and more

  • How to complete IRS forms, take minutes, create bylaws, and post notices of meetings

  • How to use incorporation forms for many different states as well as forms for general use based on the Model Business Corporation Act

About the Author

Michael R. Diamond is an attorney and Senior Academic and Policy Fellow and Professor at Georgetown University Law Center where he teaches corporations. He has also taught at the Antioch School of Law, American University's Washington College of Law, Gonzaga University School of Law, and the University of Puerto Rico School of Law.


Product Details

  • Paperback: 288 pages
  • Publisher: Wiley; 5 edition (June 29, 2007)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0470119292
  • ISBN-13: 978-0470119297
  • Product Dimensions: 7.1 x 0.7 x 10 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 1.1 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
  • Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #631,048 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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4.0 out of 5 stars Technical and Well Rounded, March 15, 2001
This book is basically a textbook, as it contains a lot of the details that are common to incorporation in any state. While the authors have stayed general enough to remain in an interstate appeal, they have still covered almost every legal aspect of incorporating, WITHOUT giving advice as to what you should do. Also covered are: sole proprietorships and limited liability coporations/partnerships and more. Good buy if you want a good cursory understanding of business vehicles. I recommend it. Please vote if this did help you.
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41 of 43 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars Covers important topics, a little confusingly written, April 15, 1999
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It's really helpful in that it covers a bunch of the basic points. Ironically, I wish it focused on the tax implications of losses (to be expected in startups) as much profits :). I also found some of the writing confusing -- like in covering LLCs, it compares some facets of them to other corporate before really explaining how they work. But I liked the book, thinking it basically helps me have a more informed conversation with a lawyer, which I think is essential (since regulations change so fast, and can be state-specific).
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30 of 32 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Good book on incorporating your business, November 30, 2003
How to Incorporate is an excellent book to show the average guy how to incorporate. It is an easy read and packed with good information.

Some other books you will want to read are Form Your Own Corporation and Launch a Business In Any State by J.W. Dicks, Inc. Yourself by Judith McQuown and Incorporating Your Business for Dummies by The Company Corporation. For more information on S-Corporations, How To Form A S-Corporation by Robert Cooke is the best book that I have found and the one most recommended by successfult business people.

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