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Everything you need to create and operate a business corporation. Read on or incorporate now.
Creating and operating a business corporation
Benefits of incorporating
What you need to consider before incorporating
How to incorporate a business
The 4 steps to incorporating
Next steps following incorporation
I'm already incorporated. What else do I need to know?
Directors and officers
The duties and liabilities of a corporation's directors and officers
Share structure and shareholders
The classes of shares, and rights and responsibilities of a corporation's shareholders
Corporate records and other corporate obligations
Maintaining records and keeping your corporation in good standing
Changing the structure or nature of the corporation
What you need to know when you change a corporation's structure or nature
Individuals with significant control
What you need to know to create your register of individuals with significant control.
Diversity of boards of directors and senior management
What diversity information federal distributing corporations have to disclose
Services, fees and processing times
Costs and processing times of our services
Resources
Links to guides, forms, policies, models and legislation
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