A newly-formed corporation is a lot like a newborn baby. It exists separate and apart from its owners and it needs to have its own Federal tax identification number (the equivalent of a baby’s Social Security Number). If the corporation is to have credit with vendors it must establish itself as worthy of credit, and vendors will often demand payment guarantees from the individual corporate owners. Articles of Incorporation must be filed with the Secretary of State’s office, Bylaws should be adopted to regulate the corporation's internal affairs, corporate meetings must be held (or signed consents drafted in lieu of meetings), stock certificates must be issued, corporate bank accounts need to be established and a variety of other corporate matters must be attended to. A qualified attorney can help you find your way through the maze of creating a corporation and bringing it legally into existence. Providing information to the attorney in the course of a consultation can be all that’s required to ensure that your corporation has met all the legal requirements and is ready to do business.

Mike Hrabal offers a complete corporate formation package that takes the headache out of starting a corporation. For one flat fee you get an initial consultation to help you determine whether corporate status is necessary or desirable for your business, the drafting and filing of your Articles of Incorporation with the state, the drafting of your corporate bylaws (tailored to provide the greatest protection for an individual owner, a group of owners or the corporation itself), preparation of a Consent of Directors (to ensure that the initial meeting of the corporate owners covers everything legally necessary), preparation of the documents necessary to get a tax identification number from the Internal Revenue Service, preparation of up to five stock certificates for issuance to present and subsequent owners, a Stock Transfer Ledger to record who the corporate stockholders are and a form for annual meetings which ratify the actions taken by the corporate officers. Michael Hrabal can offer these services at an affordable price because of his years of experience with corporate formation and management.