Southfield attorneys protect business owners

The popularity of corporations as a business form is due to the benefits that business owners receive through legally incorporating. The corporate form can help protect personal assets and in many cases provide tax benefits.

To incorporate in Southfield can be complex, and is best done with the advice of an incorporation attorney in Southfield. The Southfield incorporation attorneys at Weisman, Young & Ruemenapp, P.C. are thoroughly familiar with all aspects of incorporation in Southfield.

Incorporation lawyers offer many legal services

The incorporation lawyers in Southfield at Weisman, Young & Ruemenapp, P.C. can provide all the services needed to form a corporation. Some of the steps that your incorporation lawyers can help with as part of their Southfield incorporation services for the forming of a C corporation in Michigan include:

• Choosing a business name for the corporation and checking for availability.

In Michigan, a corporation name must contain the word corporation, company, incorporated, limited or one of the following abbreviations: corp., co., inc., or ltd. For Southfield incorporation, your corporation name must be distinguishable from other names on file with the state

• Recruiting and/or appointing a director or directors for the corporation.

Under Michigan law, a corporation must have at least one director

• Preparing and filing articles of incorporation with the Department of Labor & Economic Growth, Bureau of Commercial Services, Corporation Division.

The Department of Labor & Economic Growth website has a form for articles of incorporation. The filing fee depends on the number of shares authorized in the articles. If 60,000 or fewer shares are authorized, then the filing fee is $60.

Weisman, Young & Ruemenapp can also help as you are:

• Creating the bylaws of the corporation
• Holding an organizational meeting
• Issuing stock certificates to the initial owners of the corporation
• Obtaining required local licenses
• Determining what tax and other regulatory obligations the corporation has, and taking care of any necessary registrations
• Requesting an Employer Identification Number (EIN) from the IRS
• Business Consulting

A Southfield incorporation lawyer can help

Are you seeking incorporation attorneys in Southfield? Contact the incorporation law firm of Weisman, Young & Ruemenapp, P.C. to speak to an experienced Southfield incorporation attorney today.