If you are ready to incorporate your Delaware-based business online, click on the “Get Started Now” button to your right.

Incorporating your Delaware business online is simple with Filings Made Easy. Follow our 5 step process and once complete, we will register your business in as little a 24 hours. If you are still unsure if a corporation is the right choice for you then learn more about this type of business and the online incorporation process below.

Why do so many businesses incorporate in Delaware?

Delaware is by far the most popular state for entity formations (corporations, limited liability companies (LLCs) and others, such as limited partnerships and limited liability partnerships).

There are many reasons given why Delaware is so popular, including:

·        – its court system (the Chancery Court is the nation’s most sophisticated business court; the Chancery Court does not utilize juries, and it is responsible for establishing much of the corporate law adopted by other states);

·        – formation fees are reasonable;

·        – corporations are not required to disclose names of directors or officers;

·        – the Delaware Secretary of State processes filings more quickly than most other states;

·        – the Delaware General Corporation Law (the DGCL) is the most advanced and sophisticated body of corporate law in the country; and

·        – the DGCL is business-friendly and due to the number of corporations in Delaware, there is strong precedence for many issues that businesses may encounter.

Filings Made Easy believes that the most popular reason why Delaware is chosen as the state of incorporation more times than any other state is that Delaware law and Delaware corporations are well-understood and widely respected around the world.  Delaware is often the preferred choice by entrepreneurs, venture capitalists, public companies, international businesses setting up a U.S. presence and many others.

Incorporation in Delaware:

The Filings Made Easy online incorporation system leads you through the process and requests all of the information that is required to incorporate your business in Delaware.  This process is fast, easy and reliable. If you would like to start the online incorporate process now click on the following link: www.FilingsMadeEasy.com/incorporate-online.

The existence of a Delaware corporation begins when its Certificate of Incorporation becomes effective, which means that the Certificate of Incorporation has been properly completed and filed with, and accepted by, the Secretary of the State of the State of Delaware, along with the required fee.

The Certificate of Incorporation must contain a corporate name, the name and address of the corporation’s registered agent in Delaware, the purpose of the corporation, the number and classes of authorized shares and the name of the incorporator(s).

Unless otherwise specified by you in your online incorporation application, Filings Made Easy will include in your Delaware Certificate of Incorporation:

• * the name of your corporation that you have chosen (see below for special rules regarding your corporation’s name);
• * the name of the incorporator(s), which will be Filings Made Easy or an employee or agent of Filings Made Easy;
• * that the corporation is authorized to issue only one class of stock, which will be 1,000 shares of common stock, $0.01 par value per share;
• * that there are no special rights, preferences or privileges of such stock;
• * that the corporation may engage in any lawful purpose in the State of Delaware;
• * that the articles of organization are effective upon filing with, and acceptance by, the Secretary of the State of Delaware; and
• * that the name and address of the corporation’s registered agent in the State of Delaware will be Filings Made Easy or a party affiliated with Filings Made Easy (Filings Made Easy will provide this service for free for the first six months, and then at the rate of $125 per year each year thereafter).

Corporate Name:

In Delaware, your corporation’s name may not be the same as, or so similar to, another company’s name in Delaware that it could cause confusion.

Filings Made Easy, as part of the online incorporation process, will conduct a preliminary name check to determine if the company name you chose is likely to be available for your business.

In addition, your corporation’s name must end with one of the following (or an abbreviation):

• * Incorporated
• * Inc.
• * Corporation
• * Corp.
• * Company
• * Limited

If you fail to include one of the endings with your corporation’s name choice, Filings Made Easy will add “Inc.” as the ending to your corporation’s name when preparing and filing your incorporation documents.

Director Information:

The Board of Directors of a corporation formed in Delaware must have 1 or more members.

Registered Agent Information:

• * Delaware corporations must have a registered agent at all times.
• * The registered agent may be another corporation or a person with an address in Delaware.

Annual Report:

All Delaware corporations must file an Annual Report and pay annual franchise tax.  The Annual Report filing fee for all other domestic corporations is $50.00 plus taxes due upon filing of the Annual Report.  Taxes and Annual Reports are due no later than March 1st of each year.  The minimum tax is $75.00 with a maximum tax of $180,000.00.  Corporations owing $5,000.00 or more are required to pay estimated quarterly taxes with 40% due June 1, 20% due by September 1, 20% due by December 1, and the remainder due March 1. The penalty for not filing a completed Annual Report on or before March 1st is $100. Interest at 1.5% per month is applied to any unpaid tax balance.

Delaware has implemented mandated electronic filing of domestic corporation Annual Reports.

Filings Made Easy is available to assist your corporation each year with the preparation and completion of this filing.

Delaware S Corporations:

S Corporation elections are recognized by the State of Delaware.  No additional paperwork is required to be filed in Delaware to elect S Corporation status, provided that the correct forms are properly completed and timely filed with the Internal Revenue Service.

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