Incorporation and Business Guide for Alberta

This guide explains in easy-to-follow steps how to incorporate a small "non-distributing" company under the Business Corporations Act. Samples of the forms you need to incorporate and to keep your corporation in good standing are provided for easy reference.

Useful discussions on legal and business problems are aimed at getting your corporation off to a good start. A chapter on dissolving your corporation is included so you can bring your corporation to a graceful conclusion, should it become necessary.

Some of the most commonly asked questions answered in this book are:

• What are the benefits of incorporating?
• How do you choose a corporate name?
• How do you change a company name?
• How do you issue shares?
• What are the Articles of Incorporation?
• What are the fees for incorporating?
• How do you transfer assets into a corporation?
• What meetings must the corporation hold?
• Who can be a director or officer of the corporation?
• What annual reports must be filed?

Even if you decide not to incorporate, this book will serve as a useful guide to the workings of the Alberta Business Corporations Act.

• Share Certificates sold separately!