 | NAME CHECK. After you submit your
secure online incorporation form we'll check the availability of the proposed corporation name
against a list maintained by the California Secretary of State.
Please note that we do NOT perform a nationwide trade name or
trade mark search. |
 | DRAFT ARTICLES. We will
send you by e-mail (Adobe PDF attachment) a draft of your Articles of Incorporation for your
pre-filing review and okay. |
 | 2-DAY OR LESS FILING. After you
okay your Articles, we will file
them in two (2) business days (or less) by hand by courier with the California Secretary of State (SoS). |
 | PROGRESS REPORT - WHEN
OUT. We will send you an e-mail progress report when
your Articles are given to our courier service for filing. |
 | PROGRESS REPORT - WHEN
FILED. We will send you an e-mail progress report when
we receive your Articles back from the California Secretary of
State. This progress report will include a photographic quality Adobe PDF of your Articles showing
the State filing stamp and the California corporation number
assigned. |
 | ACTION BY INCORPORATOR. We will prepare, and sign as
the incorporator, an Action by Incorporator that names and appoints the first
director or directors that you listed in your Worksheet. |
 | FIRST MINUTES. We will prepare, to signature ready condition,
your
first corporate minutes. |
 | BYLAWS. We will prepare, to signature ready condition,
your corporate bylaws. |
 | IRS EIN APPLICATION. We will prepare, to signature ready condition,
your corporation's IRS application for Federal employer
identification number (EIN). This is IRS Form SS-4. The IRS states that the
"estimated average time" to complete this form is over 1.5
hours. If you're in a big rush to get your EIN to open a
corporation bank account, you will be able to get your EIN
ONLINE at the IRS web site AFTER we send you by e-mail a
PDF copy of your filed Articles. We will e-mail your Articles as
soon as we get them back from the Secretary of State. For more
information on getting an EIN for your corporation, please click
the FAQ link on the left side of this web page, or click here
---> FAQs. |
 | S CORP ELECTION - IRS.
If you so request in the secure online incorporation
form, we will prepare (to signature ready condition)
your corporation's IRS application for "S" corporation status.
Think twice before attempting this form on your own; the IRS states that the "estimated average time" to complete
this form is over 7 hours. |
 | S CORP ELECTION - STATE.
The State of California no longer requires the filing of a
separate state S election form. Beginning on January 1, 2002, a
corporation with a valid Federal S corporation election will
automatically become a California S corporation. California
Franchise Tax Board Form 3560 is now obsolete. |
 | SECURITIES NOTICE. We will prepare, to signature ready condition, a California Department of Corporations securities
Notice and file same with the Department. |
 | PAY NOTICE FEE. We will pay
to the California Department of Corporations the securities Notice filing fee up to $25.
This covers all but the very biggest filings. |
 | STATEMENT OF INFORMATION. We will prepare, sign as your Attorney, and file,
your corporation's first California Secretary of State Form SI-200, Statement of Information. |
 | PAY STATEMENT FEE. We will pay
to the Secretary of State the $25 filing fee for the Statement. |
 | CORPORATION MINUTE BOOK
/ KIT. Deluxe
three-ring corporation minute book with corporation name gold stamped on spine. See
the photograph on the front page of this site. |
 | SHARE CERTIFICATES. Twenty (20) custom,
numbered share certificates with proper
securities law legend. |
 | OFFICIAL SEAL. An official corporation lead-press type seal
with corporation name gold stamped on pouch. |
 | AGENT FOR
SERVICE OF PROCESS. We will serve, at your
option, as your agent for service of process for one year.
This is an included service. There is no extra charge or
fee. If you wish us to serve as your agent for service of
process beyond the first year, the annual fee is $149. In the
alternative, you can sign up for the Corporate Counsel
program that includes agent for service of process services. |
 | LEGAL HELP. You may have your
legal questions answered, by phone, by a California
Attorney at Law
with over 25-years of experience. As you can see from this list, we are
an expert law office and not a typing service. |
 | FEDERAL EXPRESS. Your finished corporation package will
be sent to you by FedEx 2-Day service. |
 | All of the above are included at
NO EXTRA
CHARGE. |