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- From: bron@iastate.edu (bronwyn)
- Subject: Re: HELP: how to setup a small corporation/business CHEAP????
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- Originator: bron@aviator.cc.iastate.edu
- Keywords: help corporation setup cheap
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- Organization: Iowa State University, Ames, IA
- References: <1993Jan4.210108.16758@athena.mit.edu> <C0CMzF.LqM@taligent.com>
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- Date: Tue, 5 Jan 1993 12:49:02 GMT
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- In article <C0CMzF.LqM@taligent.com> cep@taligent.com (Christophe Pettus) writes:
- >In article <1993Jan4.210108.16758@athena.mit.edu> andreast@athena.mit.edu (Andreas Turanski) writes:
- >> I am starting to do some computer consulting and need to start
- >>a corporation so that it/I can legally be a reseller and
- >>have a Federal tax ID so that I can get things wholesale and w/o tax
- >>and resell them and charge tax- oh joy.
- >
- >If the only reason you want to incorporate is because you're being a
- >consultant, the easiest way of all is to not incorporate at all, but
- >just operate your business as a sole proprietorship. For businesses
- >like this, a corporation is usually not the way to go.
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- There is a Problem if you don't incorporate: liability. Sole Proprietors
- are fully liable for any damage done. If you screw up someone's system,
- they *can* sue you, taking your house, car, toilet..
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- Corporations, although they can be sued, are sheilds for this. HOWEVER,
- this only works if you *treat* it like a corporation. If a court can
- find that you are sufficiently lax in transferring money between the
- corporation and yourself, etc, they can rule that your personal assets
- can be liquidated to pay a claim. Tricky stuff.
-
- I just incorporated myself. For free, except for the state filing fees.
- It's super easy.
-
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- Bronwyn J Scrutton bron@iastate.edu
- Project Vincent (515) 294-4994
- If it's not one thing, it's Bronwyn.
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