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Save $500 with California Corp Kit

Reduce Both Your Business Risk and Your Tax Bill!

Are you ready to incorporate your California business?

You have an option that's not only the most economical option but also often the fastest. You can just incorporate your business yourself using my do-it-yourself California incorporation kit. You'll get your corporation setup quickly and you'll save hundreds of dollars.

Here are the specifics. For $37.95 you can purchase the complete edition of the do-it-yourself California Corporation kit and then immediately download a 35+ page pdf document that discusses and describes the twin benefits of using a California corporation for your active trade or business. The kit explains in step-by-step fashion how to setup your California corporation in a few minutes, how to get a federal tax identification number for your new corporation so you can start banking and other financial activities, and how to elect to have your corporation treated for federal and state income tax as an S Corporation so you can maximize your tax savings.



Special Bonus

The downloadable do-it-yourself California incorporation kit includes sample corporate bylaws useful for creating your own, personalized corporation bylaws.

Table of Contents

  • Introduction
  • Understanding the twin benefits of California incorporation
    • Limited liability protection
    • Tax classification flexibility
  • Drawbacks of incorporating in California
  • Steps for easily incorporating a California corporation
  • Licensing a corporation in California
  • Quickly getting a federal employer identification number (EIN) for your corporation
  • Maximizing the tax benefits of your new corporation
    • Determining when a C corporation saves the most tax
    • Determining when an S Corporation saves the most tax
  • Precise steps for electing S Corporation status for your corporation
  • Sample California corporation by-laws
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Are you an Amazon Kindle e-book fan?

One other quick comment: We also offer a $9.99 Kindle e-book version of the California do-it-yourself incorporation kit. Note that the Kindle version doesn't come with the discounted subscription to the business owners tax newsletter. Also, we can't provide a word-processer-ready sample of corporate by-laws through Kindle, so some readers who buy the Kindle e-book version of the California incorporation kit may also want to come back to this website to buy and download the sample corporate by-laws offered here.

Additional Small Business Corporation Tax Resources

I've tried to supply lots of good, free general small business tax planning advice at this website. But I also sell three downloadable e-books (see below) that provide more specialized and powerful small business tax planning advice and commentary. If you're just starting out and cash flow is tight, you probably don't need (yet) the sort of information covered in these resources. But if your business is already profitable or about to become profitable, these guides truly should save you big amounts of business tax. But enough pushy selling...

Tax Deduction Secrets for Small Corporations

You want to know the easiest, quickest way to cut your taxes? Find more business deductions. You should typically save thousands in taxes this way.

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Small S Corporation Salary Strategies

Using an S corporation for business? The tactic in this case is to set as low a salary as is reasonable. But you must be both cautious and clever.

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Real Estate Investor Tax Loopholes and Tricks

Real estate is a great place to store the wealth a small business creates. But you can do more than that and use real estate to save massive amounts of tax.

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Instant Downloads!

If you purchase a Do-It-Yourself California Incorporation Kit: California Corporation, you can download the pdf document immediately. We also email you a link that you can use to download the document later. Refunds, unfortunately, work a bit more slowly because the process is manual. If you request a refund--do this simply by emailing us--we typically take a workday or two process your refund...

Money Back Guarantee!

If for any reason you feel you didn't get the information you wanted in a Do-It-Yourself Incorporation Kit: California Corporation, contact me at steve dot nelson at stephenlnelson dot com and request a refund within 60 days. Your payment will be completely refunded. No questions, no hassles, no delay.

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