<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META HTTP-EQUIV="Content-Type" CONTENT="text/html; charset=us-ascii"> <TITLE>Message</TITLE> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.6000.16544" name=GENERATOR></HEAD> <BODY> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=500182305-19032008>Greetings all --</SPAN></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=500182305-19032008></SPAN></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=500182305-19032008>I have gone through the archives and found the subject of Corporations and S Corporations has come up a couple of times. But those discussions were brief and didn't really delve into the process. For a number of reasons my tax guy has strongly advised me to go the S Corporation route.</SPAN></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=500182305-19032008></SPAN></FONT><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=500182305-19032008></SPAN></FONT><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=500182305-19032008></SPAN></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=500182305-19032008>Today's questions are directed to those among you who have actually gone through the process of starting a corporation and then converting it to an S corporation.</SPAN></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=500182305-19032008></SPAN></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=500182305-19032008>: What, exactly, is the process?</SPAN></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=500182305-19032008>: Did you do it yourself, or did you hire an attorney? </SPAN></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=500182305-19032008>: Changing from Sole Proprietor to Corporation, how do you cover the question of stocks and board meetings?</SPAN></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=500182305-19032008>: What about creating a business "name" that ends in Inc., Corp., or Ltd.? To whom do your tuning clients write their checks to?</SPAN></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=500182305-19032008></SPAN></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=500182305-19032008>I've found all the forms. And even though there are only about three really basic items being asked for on them, I find myself overwhelmed with questions and procedures regarding the process of actually acquiring and/or creating those items.</SPAN></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=500182305-19032008></SPAN></FONT><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=500182305-19032008></SPAN></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=500182305-19032008>So I guess my only real question is: How did you do it?</SPAN></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=500182305-19032008></SPAN></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=500182305-19032008>-- Geoff Sykes, RPT</SPAN></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=500182305-19032008>-- Los Angeles</SPAN></FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>