Statement of Information - California Corporation

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I have question I believe I know what I am doing but just need some assurance regarding Corporation.
I submitted Form ARTS-GS Article of Inc of a General Stock Corporation to Secretary of State of California to Form new Corporation for my business I need it to be S corporation I was told that I would need to file some other form once my name is approved and i am issued corporation number.
I just checked my corporation name has been approved and SOS issued me corporation number. It says I have 90 days to file Statement of Information.
I went online to file Statement of Inform

4 Attorney Answers

Your question was cut off.
Yes, you need to file a statement of information with the Secretary of State.
Yes you need to prepay your minimum annual $800 fee to the franchise tax board.
Yes, you need to obtain qualification as a subchapter S corporation, but from the IRS not the Secretary of State..
You really need a CPA and a lawyer on standby.
You file your Statement of Info online, where you look up your corporation it will have a link (this is to list your officers and directors and agent for service; fee is $25 and it is due annually. You also must file a Limited Offering Exemption Notice (LOEN), once your stock is issued (stock certificate signed also generally $25 fee); you should have an attorney prepare your minutes and bylaws and certificates and the LOEN filing correctly. As for the "S" election that is a completely different form for the IRS. You can find it on the IRS website, and instructions. All these have time frames so need to attend to all of them now. or pay an attorney a fee to make sure it is all done correctly, which I recommend.
Your question was cutoff. You will need to file form 2335 with the IRS to elect taxation under subchapter S. As a corporation, you may file your statement of information on the Secretary of State's website.
You may want to consider speaking with an attorney in your area to make sure everything is done correctly. Setting up the entity is the easy part, but maintaining the corporation and ensuring compliance with corporate formalities can be difficult. You're also going to need initial meeting minutes to establish the basics. Bylaws, share transfers, etc.
Good luck.
As to the statement of information, you can file online using the name or corporate number of your new corporation. You can get to that site pretty easy by just searching something like "California statement of information online." But, the S corp election is another matter. That's usually 75 days (the IRS says two months and 15 days) after formation, and it needs to be paper filed or filed by fax. You can find the instructions to the Form 2553 online, but you should probably have your accountant assist you with it just to make sure it gets done correctly.

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