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A certificate of incorporation is a legal document/license relating to the formation of a company or corporation. It is a license to form a corporation issued by the state government or, in some jurisdictions, by a non-governmental entity/corporation. [1] Its precise meaning depends upon the legal system in which it is used.
Articles of incorporation, also referred to as the certificate of incorporation or the corporate charter, is a document or charter that establishes the existence of a corporation in the United States and Canada. They generally are filed with the Secretary of State in the U.S. State where the company is incorporated, or other company registrar.
Pennsylvania residents and those of surrounding states sometimes refer to Pennsylvania by the state's abbreviation, PA. [226] Pennsylvania was historically referred to by the nickname Quaker State during the colonial era [227] based on the influential role that William Penn and other Quakers played in establishing the first frame of government ...
www.dos.pa.gov: The Pennsylvania Department of State is a cabinet-level state agency in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. [1]
Limited liability was a matter of state law, and in Delaware up until 1967, it was left to the certificate of incorporation to stipulate “whether the private property of the stockholders... shall be subject to the payment of corporate debts, and if so, to what extent.” In California, limited liability was recognised as late as 1931.
There are a number of legal benefits that come with incorporation. One significant legal benefit is the protection of personal assets against the claims of creditors and lawsuits. Sole proprietors and general partners in a partnership are personally and jointly responsible for all the legal liability (LL) of a business such as loans, accounts payable, and legal
The certificate of incorporation will have identified whether the directors or the shareholders, or both have the competence to adopt and change these rules. All of this is typically achieved through the corporation's first meeting. Corporate income tax as a share of GDP, 1946–2009
This reform combined the business license, organization code certificate, and tax registration certificate into a single document called the "Three-in-One" business license, featuring a unique 18-digit identifier for every business called the Unified Social Credit Code. Building on the success of the "Three-in-One" reform, China combined the ...