Some document preparers tout savings in attorney's fees, but in fact minimize their initially quoted prices by providing only part of the service needed to satisfy state laws and the courts (leaving you on your own to fulfill the rest of those needs). Others start cheap but offer additional services at additional cost, quoting their prices "cafeteria style" - you don't know the true cost until you get to the cashier. We offer package prices for what you really need, a complete incorporation service.

We will, although we do not recommend it, match document preparer prices for preparing and filing articles and paying state filing fees (see below for rates). If we do so, however, remember that it is your responsibility to prepare the proper bylaws and minutes of organization meeting and take the other steps required of a new corporation in virtually every state. You will also have to figure out what else you need to do to (1) give yourself the assurance that your personal assets are as safe from business debts as the law allows and (2) satisfactorily structure the relationship between the participants in the business. If you're tempted to do this, just remember that for little additional cost, we can complete the job properly and professionally (package prices). (As a part of that complete service, for example, we provide a Right of First Refusal Agreement, which gives the remaining stockholders the right to purchase the shares of a departing stockholder (or, for single person corporations or LLCs, a discount on future minutes). Agreements between the stockholders can be much more comprehensive, but this agreement is a good start and you can add to it later, when funds may be more readily available).

The following table of "bare bones" prices includes, for the indicated state, the state filing fees and the basic document (usually called articles of incorporation). With this bare bones approach, which we cannot in good conscience recommend, it is your responsibility to give the participants in the business the assurance that their personal assets are immune from business debts, and that their relationship to each other is structured satisfactorily. The "bare bones" prices are as follows (state fees can change; the key point is that our price is $ 100 plus the state fee for this kind of filing):

* A substantial tax is payable with respect to limited liability companies and certain corporations.

The foregoing fees are subject to change without notice.