We have written previously about the effects that ongoing litigation in Texas Top Cop Shop, Inc. v. Garland, has had on the reporting requirements established by the Corporate Transparency Act. For more information on the CTA and Beneficial Ownership Information (BOI) reporting requirements check out this post. For other blogs…
The Corporate Transparency Act (CTA) requires most small business corporations and limited liability companies to file Beneficial Ownership Information Reports (BOI reports or BOIRs) with the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN), a part of the United States Department of Treasury. The purpose of the reports is to give law enforcement…
The answer to that question is remarkably simple but surprising to many: No one owns a nonprofit corporation. To understand why that is so, let’s compare nonprofit corporations to for-profit or business corporations. Business Corporations Imagine you buy 100 shares of common stock in a corporation on the New York…
Compared with corporations, limited liability companies are generally low maintenance, but not entirely maintenance free. A few requirements are imposed by statute, and the operating agreement may or may not create some additional formalities that must be observed. In addition, there are good practices that, in addition to observing the…
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Secretaries of nonprofit corporations have the sometimes unenviable and unrewarding responsibility of making sure that minutes of meetings of the board of directors are taken and maintained. Here are some practical tips and suggestions for writing the minutes that I have accumulated over time and revised over time. These are…
