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The TX Comptroller has historically issued Certificates of Account Status (“good standing”) in response to inquiries about the status of an entity’s franchise tax account. The ability to search the franchise tax status of an entity is also available on
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The Connecticut Secretary of State has issued notice that, beginning January 1, 2012, all annual reports must be filed online per Public Act 11-146.  Entities can no longer mail their reports unless they have received a written waiver from CT
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The City of Boston has sent notification that they will no longer accept the general Commonwealth of Massachusetts business certificate "DBA" form. Boston will require use of their own Boston specific format. This puts Boston in league with many Massachusetts
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As of May 21, 2012, to ensure fair and equitable treatment for all taxpayers, the Internal Revenue Service will limit Employer Identification Number (EIN) issuance to one per responsible party per day. This limitation is applicable to all requests for
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Massachusetts recently passed legislation authorizing a new type of entity: the Benefit Corporation. The legislation became effective December 01, 2012. Benefit Corporations operate as For-Profit entities, with the key distinction being that officers and directors are expressly permitted to make
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Effective August 1, 2012, Delaware lawmakers have approved four House bills (338, 339, 340 & 342) and one Senate bill (218). A synopsis of the code updates follows: House Bills 338,339,340 & 342 include: - All entities are now required
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The following changes to California Business entity filings took effect January 1st 2013: - All formation/registration documents must include the business entity street address and mailing address. - All foreign corporation and foreign limited liability company registration documents must include
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As of May 2012 the New York Department of State has released the internal organizational ID numbers that are associated with each company registered with the NY Department of State. Until this time the only way to reference a company
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