How to Form a Corporation in Massachusetts »

Mark Warda received his BA in Political Science from the University of Illinois in Chicago and his JD from the University of Illinois in Champaign. He has studied at the University of Oxford, England and in Barcelona and Cologne.

He has been a lawyer for over 25 years and has written or coauthored more than seventy self-help legal guides. He has recently returned to actively practicing law full time in addition to continuing to write from his Florida home.

Joseph P. DiBlasi has been an attorney in private practice since 1992. In addition to his other practice areas, he regularly represents and counsels residential and commercial real estate sellers, buyers, developers, investors, lenders, landlords, and tenants. As an enthusiastic advocate for those looking to pursue selling their own homes, DiBlasi, who is also a licensed Massachusetts Real Estate Broker, developed the concept of FSBO law and its Internet namesake, fsbolaw.com. This provides for-

Protect yourself from personal liability, without the expense and delay of hiring a lawyer, by incorporating your business on your own. How to Form a Corporation in Massachusetts contains everything you need to legally incorporate in the state of Massachusetts.

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
Internet 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

Appendix A: Checklist
Appendix B: Selected Massachusetts Corporation Statutes
Appendix C: Forms
Index