Whether for commercial reasons or personal matters, everyone must handle legal situations at some point in their lives.
Filling out legal documents requires meticulous care, beginning with selecting the correct form template.
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Forming a Corporation in Massachusetts Choose a business name for the corporation and check for availability. ... Recruit and/or appoint a director or directors for the corporation. ... Prepare and file articles of organization with the Secretary of the Commonwealth. ... Create the corporation's bylaws.
To start a corporation in Massachusetts, you'll need to do three things: appoint a registered agent, choose a name for your business, and file Articles of Organization with the Corporations Division of the Secretary of the Commonwealth's office. You can file this document online, by fax or by mail.
The following are the Massachusetts requirements for directors of corporations: Minimum number. Corporations must have no fewer than three directors, unless there are two or fewer shareholders. In such case, there may be one or two directors.
Corporations Division Filing Fees Domestic Profit and Professional CorporationsRegistration$500.00Annual Report$500.00Amendments$100.00Name Reservation$30.00138 more rows
Most Massachusetts Annual Reports can be filed online or with paper forms. To file online, log in to the Corporations Division's online filing portal. To file a paper form, you'll need to download and print one from the file by mail or walk-in section of the Corporation Division's website.