Advantages of Incorporation
- No other company may use your business name
- Limited liability
- You can sell your business
- If a partner leaves or dies your business continues
- You can choose either debt or equity financing
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Disadvantages of Incorporation
- Closely regulated
- Most expensive form of business to organize
- Extensive record keeping necessary
- Personal guarantees undermine limited liability
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Name Approval
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The name approval form can be downloaded, filled out and brought to Comox Valley Economic Development Society to get your name approved. This process takes approximately 24 hours. |
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Incorporation Application Overview
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Background information to incorporating your company. |
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Incorporate your Company
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How to incorporate your company. Be sure to read carefully due to the complexity of incorporating your business. |
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BC Business Incorporation Act
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The business incorporation act outlines the legalities of incorporating your company. |
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Sample of Incorporation Agreement
( 54KB) |
The sample of the incorporation agreement outlines your agreement between stakeholders of the incorporated company. |
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Setting up Share Structure
( 88KB) |
The setting up share structure outlines what you need to know in order to set up your company's share structure. |
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Incorporation Application
( 59KB) |
Incorporation application is a downloadable application to incorporate your company. |
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Steps to Incorporating your Company
( 139KB) |
Steps to incorporate your company outlines the necessary steps to becoming a seperate entety with limited liability. |
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Application for Voluntary Dissolution
( 59KB) |
The Application for voluntary dissolution is required when your company has been in opperation and wants to incorporate. This form can be done in conjunction with the name approval. |
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Incorporation Fees
( 70KB) |
The incorporation fees outlines all the costs of incorporating your company. |