Incorporating your business is an important first step in obtaining limited liability status. To keep that status, you must observe a number of legal formalities, including holding and documenting shareholder and director meetings.
Meeting minutes form the primary paper trail of a corporation s legal life and The Corporate Records Handbook provides all the instructions and forms you need to prepare them. Minutes forms include:
- Notice of Meeting
Shareholder Proxy
Minutes of Annual Shareholders Meeting
Minutes of Annual Directors Meeting
Waiver of Notice of Meeting, and
Written Consent to Action Without Meeting.
- elect S corporation tax status
borrow or lend money
adopt pension and profit-sharing plans
authorize bank loans
authorize a corporate line of credit
set up employee benefit plans
purchase or lease a company car
amend articles and bylaws
and more!