How do you become a corporation in California?

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You can form a corporation in California with or without an attorney. Nolo offers a book called How to Form Your Own California Corporation, which makes incorporating a straightforward task, showing you how to file articles of incorporation, set up a corporate records book, prepare bylaws and issue shares of stock.

Incorporation provides great benefits, such as:

  • limited personal liability
  • tax advantages
  • access to capital
  • employee perks

How to Form Your Own California Corporation contains all the forms, instructions, tax rules, practical information and step-by-step instructions you need to incorporate a California business, as tear-outs and on CD-ROM.

This book is available at www.nolo.com

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