How to Incorporate: A Handbook for Entrepreneurs and Professionals

by Julie L. Williams and Michael R. Diamond

Book Overview

This is the first serious, but nontechnical, book on the subject for business people and professionals in general practice. Explains the process of incorporating and the issues to be confronted by the incorporators and their advisors. Provides information about the choices available to the corporation and the ramifications of each particular choice, and explains to corporate officers and directors their duties to their corporation. Also discusses...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0471631108
• ISBN13: 9780471631101
• Release Date: October 1987
• Publisher: Wiley
• Length: 242 Pages
• Weight: 2.00 lbs.

Customer Reviews

How to Incorporate

It is a good all around book. It is a good buy and mailed fast. But if you want to incorporate in a certain state then it may or may not be for you.

Good book on incorporating your business

How to Incorporate is an excellent book to show the average guy how to incorporate. It is an easy read and packed with good information.Some other books you will want to read are Form Your Own Corporation and Launch a Business In Any State by J.W. Dicks, Inc. Yourself by Judith McQuown and Incorporating Your Business for Dummies by The Company Corporation. For more information on S-Corporations, How To Form A S-Corporation by Robert Cooke is the best book that I have found and the one most recommended by successfult business people.

Technical and Well Rounded

This book is basically a textbook, as it contains a lot of the details that are common to incorporation in any state. While the authors have stayed general enough to remain in an interstate appeal, they have still covered almost every legal aspect of incorporating, WITHOUT giving advice as to what you should do. Also covered are: sole proprietorships and limited liability coporations/partnerships and more. Good buy if you want a good cursory understanding of business vehicles. I recommend it. Please vote if this did help you.

An excellent addition to any entrepreneur?s library

This book is excellent! I have a Ph.D. and an MBA and have taken a lot of courses and read lots of books, business and otherwise. This text summarizes a lot of important information into a small book. This is not for simpletons, rather it gives important information for anyone wishing to incorporate.

Covers important topics, a little confusingly written

It's really helpful in that it covers a bunch of the basic points. Ironically, I wish it focused on the tax implications of losses (to be expected in startups) as much profits :). I also found some of the writing confusing -- like in covering LLCs, it compares some facets of them to other corporate before really explaining how they work. But I liked the book, thinking it basically helps me have a more informed conversation with a lawyer, which I think is essential (since regulations change so fast, and can be state-specific).