Alspaugh law serves as General Counsel for businesses in various industries both domestically and internationally

Eric B. Alspaugh, APC provides general counsel corporate services involving contracts, licensing, insurance-risk mitigation, property and lease practices, business formation and litigation consulting &management.

We understand the important business perspectives essential to evaluating intellectual property opportunities, both domestically and internationally.

We help our clients negotiate and draft licensing agreements that protect them from undue risks, while always keeping the economic realities of licensing in mind.

Our Corporate Services include:

• General counsel
• Contracts drafting
• Negotiations and review
• Insurance-risk mitigation counseling
• Employment practices
• Commercial lease and sales transactions
• Real property leasing
• Corporate governance
• Corporate formation
• Litigation consulting and management

INCORPORATION SERVICES-RELATED TO GENERAL CORPORATE COUNSEL SERVICES

Let’s get incorporated:

• Incorporation filing for optimal tax advantages — limited liability company (LLC), C-corp, S-corp
• Federal employer identification number (FEIN) application
• Minutes and bylaws;
• Annual report filings
• Bank Account
• Business licenses

WHAT IS A NON-PROFIT CORPORATION? A nonprofit corporation is a corporation that is formed pursuant to a different law than a standard for-profit corporation. The corporation must be formed for a religious, charitable, educational, literary, scientific, or other non-business purpose. While a standard business corporation is designed to benefit and generate a profit for its shareholders, nonprofit do not have the profit motive. Nonprofit corporations are allowed to apply for tax-exempt status at both the federal and state level.

WHICH TYPE OF BUSINESS ENTITY IS BETTER? Each entity has its advantages and disadvantages, so which entity to choose depends on what the company intends to do.

SHOULD I INCORPORATE IN DELAWARE? Whether a company should incorporate in depends on the size and intended activities of the company. A small business that will only transact business from a single location will likely want to incorporate in its own State. This way, there is only set of tax rules to worry about, no extra registered agent fees to pay, etc. A company that intends to transact business in several States or wants to prevent others from incorporating with the same name or that are large and want to take advantage of the pro-business Delaware Court of Chancery, may prefer to incorporate in Delaware.

SHOULD I INCORPORATE IN MY OWN STATE OR SOMEWHERE ELSE? Generally, if a company is in a single office in a single State, it is better off simply incorporating in that State, and avoiding some of the extra complications of being incorporated elsewhere. As a company grows, it may need a more complex structure. Good legal assistance is recommended at that point.

FEIN and state ID application

Apply for the federal and state employer tax ID numbers required for opening a business bank account, building a credit profile, hiring employees, and starting payroll.

S-corporation status filing

Possibly save on taxes by incorporating under& Subchapter S of the IRS code. This allows any income earned to pass through the corporation untaxed, directly to shareholders.

Minutes and Bylaws

Get help obtaining internal documents necessary to operating your business. We have customized packages that include corporate bylaws, waiver of notice of first meeting of board of directors, and stock transfer ledger.

Business Compliance

We help file local licenses, local annual compliance forms, so you can stay in business without worrying about the small stuff. We can file annual Statements of Information in California and equivalents in your other jurisdiction(s).