Here are the general steps you need to follow in order to form an corporation (specifically, a C corporation) in compliance with applicable laws. Make sure to consult your state page for state-specific details. 1. Choose a business name for the corporation and check for...
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These are the general steps you need to follow in order to form a nonprofit corporation in compliance with local, state, and federal laws. For information specific to your state, please see State Law: Forming a Nonprofit Corporation . 1. Preliminary Matters a. Your mission...
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The pages in this section elaborate on a variety of issues relevant to choosing a business structure and starting a business. They are not meant to stand alone, but rather are pages referenced repeatedly throughout the Choosing a Business Form and How to Start a Business...
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In the course of operating a website or blog, you might hire people to perform work for you. For example, you might hire someone to design your website or write code for some functionality that you want on the site. You might hire other journalists or bloggers to create...
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Being "personally liable" means that a plaintiff who wins a court judgment against your business can satisfy it out of your personal assets, like your bank account, home, or automobile simply because of your status as an owner of the business. A common reason for...
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Under traditional American legal principles, an owner of a business was liable for harm caused by the business, even if the owner was not personally involved in causing that harm. Contemporary business law removes this ownership-based pathway to liability for limited...
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Federal Obligations As a small business owner (for-profit), whether a sole proprietorship, partnership, LLC or corporation, you must pay self employment tax and file Schedule SE to Form 1040 if you earn profits of $400 or more in a given year from the business. See the Self...
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Under U.S. copyright law, the author of an article or blog post generally is the owner of the copyrights in that work. The same applies for the creator of a video clip or the photographer who takes a photograph -- as a default rule, the creator is the owner of copyright in...
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Choosing a business name for your website or blog involves understanding something about federal trademark law -- please see the Trademark for Business Naming section for details. For a helpful general guide to choosing a business name, see FindLaw's Picking a Winning Name...
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A trademark is a sign, mark, or indicator used by an individual, business, or organization to identify a product or service as its own and to distinguish the product or service from those of its competitors. A business name generally can be protected as a trademark under...
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