{"id":216,"date":"2014-04-03T15:43:59","date_gmt":"2014-04-03T22:43:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kleinlawcorp.com\/legal-resources\/?page_id=216"},"modified":"2021-03-19T15:33:43","modified_gmt":"2021-03-19T22:33:43","slug":"keep-your-corporate-shield-intact-take-the-required-steps","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/lighthouselegalservices.com\/legal-resources\/keep-your-corporate-shield-intact-take-the-required-steps\/","title":{"rendered":"Keep Your Corporate Shield Intact. Have You Taken the Required Steps?"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Why is it necessary to maintain my corporate record book?<\/h2>\n<p><strong>California Corporations Code \u00a71500 states:<\/strong> \u201cEach corporation shall keep adequate and correct books and records of account and shall keep minutes of the proceedings of its shareholders, board and committees of the board &#8230;\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>Are your personal assets at risk?<\/strong> Failure to maintain that documentation, known as your corporate formalities, could make YOU personally liable for any actions taken by the corporation.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>It has been estimated that 60% of small closely held corporations would fail to protect their owners in the event of a lawsuit or an IRS audit due to inadequate corporate records.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<h2>Let a corporate attorney handle the paperwork for you!<\/h2>\n<p>Are Your Records Current? We realize that when running a company, corporate paperwork is often the last thing on your list. However, if a lawsuit hits the result could be devastating if you have let your paperwork slide.<\/p>\n<p>To address these concerns and to assist you, we have created our <a href=\"\/legal-resources\/minutes-master\/\"><strong><em>Minutes-Master<\/em><\/strong><\/a> program where, for a low price of $189, we will conduct a review of your corporate record book to determine if:<\/p>\n<ol class=\"story\">\n<li>The integrity of your corporate shield is maintained by the proper follow through of corporate formalities:<\/li>\n<ul>\n<li><span class=\"story\">Initial and Annual Shareholder meeting minutes<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"story\">Initial and Annual Board of Director meeting minutes<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"story\">Bylaws (your corporate governing document)<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<li>Your corporation is in compliance with certain legal requirements commonly overlooked or neglected by most businesses:<\/li>\n<ul>\n<li><span class=\"story\">Proper transfer of assets from sole proprietorship to the corporation<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"story\">Subchapter &ldquo;S&rdquo; election filing has been made<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"story\">Issuance of stock certificates to shareholders<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<li>Government required corporate filings have been made with the appropriate agencies:<\/li>\n<ul>\n<li><span class=\"story\">Internal Revenue Service (Forms SS4 and 2553)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"story\">California Department of Corporations (Form 25102 (f))<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"story\">California Secretary of State (Statement of Information)<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/ol>\n<p>Please note that the above price does not include legal fees expended in completing any required work.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Why is it necessary to maintain my corporate record book? California Corporations Code \u00a71500 states: \u201cEach corporation shall keep adequate and correct books and records of account and shall keep minutes of the proceedings of its shareholders, board and committees &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/lighthouselegalservices.com\/legal-resources\/keep-your-corporate-shield-intact-take-the-required-steps\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-216","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lighthouselegalservices.com\/legal-resources\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/216","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lighthouselegalservices.com\/legal-resources\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lighthouselegalservices.com\/legal-resources\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lighthouselegalservices.com\/legal-resources\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lighthouselegalservices.com\/legal-resources\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=216"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lighthouselegalservices.com\/legal-resources\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/216\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lighthouselegalservices.com\/legal-resources\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=216"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}