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The Success By Becoming A Corporation

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Many successful companies further their success by becoming a corporation. Microsoft, a technology company, is an example of a company that became a corporation and took advantage of its many benefits of becoming a one. Since the incorporation of Microsoft, many other companies have become a corporation to benefit from what it has to offer. The development of the popularity of incorporations as a business has grown over the years. Corporations have grown over the last 200 years. Jane Mallor, one of the editors of the 15th edition of Business Law, wrote that corporate form was used even before the 16th century in Britain. The British government granted companies powers to monopolize trade. They were created to encourage investment for the …show more content…

On top of those benefits, it also gives the companies name credibility because of the added Inc. or LLC extension it gives to the outsiders. This would attract possible investors, more customers, and even inform the community giving the company publicity. There are small disadvantages when incorporating. Incorporating isn’t cheap. Before you become a corporation, you have to pay a state filling fees such as its registration fee, and other taxations. The amount depends on which state you choose to incorporate with. According to the California Secretary of State Debra Bowen, the articles of incorporation, legal documents, offer the option to form a domestic stock corporation, a domestic nonprofit corporation, or domestic common interest development associations. The articles of incorporation of California show that you need several items to become a corporation. For a domestic stock corporation it shows you need six items. The first item is proposed corporate name. Second, a statement of the corporate purpose is required. Thirdly the company must list the name of an agent for service of process. Fourth the company must list the street address of the corporation. Fifth the company must list the number of shares the corporation is authorized to issue. The sixth item needed is for closed corporations only. That item requires the company to list the number of shareholders that may not exceed 35. For a nonprofit corporation most items stay the

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