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?
Massachusetts Corporation or Foreign Corporation
S Corporation or C Corporation
Inc. or P.C.
Not-for-Profit Corporations
Chapter 4: Start-up Procedures
Name Check
Articles of Organization
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
Massachusetts Securities Laws
Intenet Stock Sales
Payment for Shares
Massachusetts' Securities Division
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 Organization
Bylaws
Registered Agent or Registered Office
Chapter 8: Dissolving a Corporation
Automatic Dissolution
Formal Dissolution
Bankruptcy
Apendix A: Checklist
Appendix B: Selected Massachusetts Corporation Statutes
Appendix C: Forms
Index
Mark Warda (Author)
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 is also a licensed real estate broker and has taught numerous seminars on real estate law. He practiced law in Clearwater, Florida, then gave up a busy practice to publish self-help law books. He has written or coauthored over sixty books, including Land Trusts in Florida and Essential Guide to Real Estate Contracts.
Joseph P. DiBlasi (Author)
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.