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Do I acquire a California
shelf company or a shelf company from another state?
Please
consider these issues:
1. FEES:
California filing fees and the annual Franchise Tax Board registrations.
When acquiring any shelf company, you are paying the fees that the
previous owner paid plus a premium. This means that a quality
shelf company from California is extraordinarily high because of the
incorporation and maintenance costs.
On the contrary, a company
from Wyoming or New Mexico cost less to form and maintain.
Therefore, the cost of the shelf company is less.
2. BUSINESS LICENSES
& REPORTS: Further, California requests that the owners are
disclosed on annual reports and licenses. Lacking these CA
licenses are a problem when applying for corporate credit. And
since these licenses (if they would exist), don't have your name on
them, a change of ownership is evident.
The states of Wyoming and
Mexico don't ask for information on the owners of the companies.
Therefore, any change of ownership is not reported. Remember that
a change of ownership may be reset the date of the shelf corporation or
shelf LLC.
ANSWER:
BUY A SHELF CORPORATION FOREIGN TO THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA.
This is the best solution for
several reasons:
a. The company costs
less to acquire.
b. A change of ownership
is not reflected when the shelf company is acquired.
c. Maintenance costs are lower
in Wyoming and New Mexico. Maintenance costs with the California
Secretary of State and the California Franchise Tax Board are too high.
This means you pay less with a shelf company from Wyoming or New Mexico.
d. When the WY or NM
company files, as a foreign corporation or foreign LLC in California, it
appears that the company is expanding into that state.
Would you like a list of the
available shelf companies from Wyoming and New Mexico? Please
request the list
here.
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Aged shelf corporations and
LLC's offer no tax advantages. We're not attorneys. We're not
tax advisors.
QUICKIE CALIFORNIA REFERENCE
FOR DOCUMENTS
California Department of Corporations
CALIFORNIA
MAIN STATE WEBSITE
Corporations & LLC’s
Calfifornia
Corp Web site
Check for name availability for
Corporations
or LLC's
State Laws concerning corporations
Laws concerning LLC – Sec 17000 et seq
http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/cgi-bin/calawquery?codesection=corp&codebody=&hits=All
Forms, Samples, &
Fees
List of Filing
Fees
Online filing of
statements -$25 fee
Annual/Biennial Statements
Corporations– Forms Fees Instructions
Articles of Incorporation Domestic - $100 most types
Articles of Incorporation Domestic Non Profit - $30
Statement and Designation of Foreign Stock Corporation - $100
LLC
– Forms Fees Instructions
LLC
Articles of Organization Domestic - $70
LLC Registration
Foreign - $70
PRIVATE SERVICE COMPANIES
that
file forms and interface with state
Tax Information
Franchise Tax Board
California Corporation Taxes
California Corporation Tax Forms
LLC Taxes
LLC Tax
Forms
IS THIS INFORMATION CORRECT? PLEASE
SEE YOUR TAX ADVISOR. CONFIRM BEFORE YOU FILE.
BUILDING CORPORATE CREDIT
Preparation
for the building of corporate credit:
- Lenders require full
transparency. This means your name is listed on the public record.
- Don't use a nominee
officer/contract officer if you're applying for corporate credit.
- Lenders prefer companies
that are at least two years old.
- File the WY company in
your home state as a foreign corporation
- Obtain a commercial
address where you intend to do business
- Obtain the phone number,
using the commercial address as the billing address
- Register the phone
number with 411 information services
- Be honest on all
applications for credit
- You're ready!
Start building corporate credit. Call
307.237.2580 for a referral.
ORDER PROCEDURE
1. Choose the shelf company for
acquisition
2. We send a custom order form
3. You approve the order and fax to our
number, 702.920.8824
4. We process the order after receiving
payment
5. The documents we have on file are sent
via USPS Express Mail
6. We order a new set of documents from
the Secretary of State
7. You provide an updated list of officers
and the new company address
8. You apply for the EIN and the bank
account.
9. You file the company in another state
and update that information with us.
FILING AS A FOREIGN CORPORATION OR LLC
NATIONWIDE SECRETARY OF STATES, UNDER
CONSTRUCTION
Arkansas Secretary of State
Arizona Corporation Commission
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All forms
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Include Cover Sheet,
form CFCLVR
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Choose "Application
for authority to transact business in Arizona" CF0024
Arkansas Secretary
of State
California Department of Corporations
Colorado
Secretary of State
Connecticut
Secretary of State
Delaware Secretary
of State
District of Columbia
Florida Secretary of
State
Georgia Secretary of
State
Hawaii
Secretary of State
All forms
Corporation
LLC
Idaho Secretary of State
Illinois Secretary of State
Indiana Secretary of State
Iowa Secretary of State
Kansas Secretary of State
Kentucky Secretary of State
Louisiana Secretary of State
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All Forms
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Corporations
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LLC's
Maine Secretary of State
Maryland Department of Assessments
and Taxation
Massachusetts Corporations
Division
Michigan Department of Consumer
and Industry Services
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All Forms
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Corporations
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LLC's
Minnesota Secretary of State
Mississippi Secretary of State
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All Forms
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Corporations
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LLC's
Missouri Secretary of State
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All Forms
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Corporations
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LLC's
Montana Secretary of State
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All Forms
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Corporations
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LLC's
Nebraska Secretary of State
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All Forms
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Corporations
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LLC's
Nevada Secretary of State
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All Forms
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Corporations
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LLC's
New Hampshire
Secretary of State Corporations Division
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All Forms
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Corporations
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LLC's
New Mexico Secretary of State
New York
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All Forms
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Corporations
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LLC's
North Carolina Secretary of
State
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All Forms
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Corporations
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LLC's
North Dakota Secretary of State
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All Forms
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Corporations
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LLC's
Ohio Secretary of State
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All Forms
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Corporations
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LLC's
Oklahoma Secretary of State
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All Forms
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Corporations
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LLC's
Oregon Secretary of State
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All Forms
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Corporations
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LLC's
Pennsylvania
Department of State - Corporation Bureau
Rhode Island
Secretary of State
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All Forms
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Corporations
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LLC's
South Carolina Secretary of State
South Dakota Secretary of State
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All Forms
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Corporations
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LLC's
Tennessee Secretary of State
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All Forms
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Corporations
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LLC's
Texas Secretary of State
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All Forms
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Corporations
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LLC's
Utah Secretary of State
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All Forms
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Corporations
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LLC's
Vermont
Secretary of State
Virginia State Corporation
Commission
West Virginia Secretary of State
Wisconsin Department of Financial
Institutions
Wyoming
Secretary of State
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