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Setting Up a Company.

So now you have written all your plans and got any financing you need. You are all ready to set up your company. Uh, wait a minute... how do you do that?

The Basics.

A company is an entity, separate from you, that you need to create before you can do business. You decide what type of company it will be, you give it a name, and then you send off all the relevant papers to your government and pay any fees that need to be paid. Even for a one person home business, it can be good to form a company. It keeps the finances apart and means that you can sell your company to someone else if you want to. Besides, it might be a legal requirement where you live anyway.

Before you do anything else, you should send off for the forms you need to start a company. In the US, for example, you would talk to the SBA (Small Business Administration), while in the UK you would need to get in touch with Companies House. If you are not sure, your local Chamber of Commerce or your lawyer should be able to advise you.

Types of Company.

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The chances are that you will want your company to be limited, which means that your own liability when it comes to debts and other legal issues is limited to a certain amount, usually the amount that you invested originally. While it is possible to start an unlimited company, it offers no real benefit. It just means that you take far more legal risk.

The choice between private and public companies should be equally easy. A private company can be of any size, and is owned only by the people who started it. A public company, by contrast, is one that can be traded publicly, and may be listed on the stock market. There will be a high minimum share issue requirement for this type of company that will put it well out of your reach, and formal qualifications may also be required.

So the kind of company you need is very probably a limited liability company, usually abbreviated as LLC or LTD. Legal Requirements.

Before you can start a company, there are a few legal requirements you need to fulfill. You generally need to be over 18 and otherwise permitted to enter into contracts. You must not have been disqualified from being the director of a company, and you also must not be bankrupt, but it is OK if you were in the past.

So far so simple, right? One last sticking point is that you will usually require two people to act as the directors of your company, not just one. You might have to ask your partner or a lawyer to be another director, or to act as a secretary.

Fee Time.

You will quickly notice that you are hit for lots of different fees as you go through the process of setting up your company, but none of them should be too large. There will be a company registration fee, as well as a witnessing fee and perhaps some charges for stationery. You may be able to pay extra to have your company registered more quickly. An Alternative.

If setting up a company sounds like hard work, you will be relieved to learn that almost all sorts of people offer comprehensive company registration services that wont cost all that much. Expect to pay about twice as much as the standard do it yourself fees, but it is hardly going to break the bank anyway, and it can save you a lot of trouble both now and later on to get things done properly. If this is what you want to do, speak to a lawyer, an accountant, or even a specialised company formation agent.

Your Obligations.

Finally, be aware that from the moment you set up a company, you may have some obligations placed on you. The largest of these is tax reporting, where you will be required to send in a tax report every tax year. Forgetting to deal with tax issues could land you with a fine, so make sure you understand exactly what you have signed up for. You might also be required to do things like putting a small sign with your business name on the front of your business premises (your house), or to start writing your company registration number on business related letters and invoices you send.


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