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Plan Your Delaware Company’s Business Start Date
By
Justin Damiani
Friday, April 8, 2022
Would you like to set your new Delaware company’s business start date? Maybe you want to register a Delaware company with an effective date of your son or daughter’s birthday or on your wedding anniversary date. If it’s close to the end of the year, you may even prefer an effective date of January 1. In Delaware, an LLC’s Certificate of Formation or a Corporation’s Certificate of Incorporation can be filed with an effective date and even an effective time...
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Drop shipping for your Delaware Company
By
Justin Damiani
Tuesday, March 29, 2022
At Harvard Business Services, Inc. (HBS), a growing number of our clients are forming new Delaware companies for the purpose of creating an ecommerce platform that uses drop shipping as its method. A retail business that does not keep the products it sells in stock, drop shipping companies are popular among both our domestic and non-U.S. clients. With a wide range of products, drop shipping companies have significant advantages in the long run...
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How Exchange Rates Affect Your Business
By
Rick Bell
Monday, March 21, 2022
How do foreign exchange markets work? What are their effects on business owners? Here's how fluctuations in the exchange rates affect your business...
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Top 5 Self-Service Features on MyControlDesk
By
Jeff Winslow
Monday, March 7, 2022
Harvard’s customer portal, MyControlDesk (MCD) is helping over 40,000 active clients manage their businesses in new ways. When you become a Harvard client, you can immediately register for access to MCD and reap the benefits! In this article, the Top 5 self-service features on MyControlDesk are described in detail...
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How to Sign-Up for a MyControlDesk Account
By
Jeff Winslow
Monday, February 28, 2022
You asked. We listened. Request access to your free client account in Harvard's newest account management portal MyControlDesk (MCD). Manage all aspects of your companies, form a new company, and pay your annual fees all in one place...
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March 1: Important Deadline for Delaware Corporations
By
Amy Fountain
Tuesday, February 22, 2022
If you have a corporation – not a Limited Liability Company (LLC) or Limited Partnership (LP) – incorporated in the state of Delaware, then March 1 is the deadline for filing and paying the annual Franchise Tax...
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Using the Delaware Franchise Tax Calculator
By
Justin Damiani
Monday, February 21, 2022
We've developed a Delaware Franchise Tax Calculator to help you understand and plan for how much you'll likely need to pay in taxes for your Delaware business. Delaware's taxation structure has different tiers for LLCs, non-profit corporations and for-profit corporations...
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Ensuring an LLC Will Have Perpetual Existence
By
Brett Melson
Monday, February 14, 2022
The LLC agreement has been a popular topic in many other blog postings. This post focuses on the LLC’s potential for perpetual existence, highlighting just how flexible the Delaware LLC can be and why over 70% of our new formations are the Delaware LLC!..
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Delaware Corporation Directors Cannot Be Undisclosed
By
Rick Bell
Tuesday, February 8, 2022
On the Delaware Annual Franchise Tax Report, all corporations must list their Company Name; Company Address; Names & Addresses of all Directors; Name & Address of one Officer...
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Get a Delaware Certificate of Good Standing on the Same-Day
By
Rick Bell
Monday, February 7, 2022
Harvard has made changes to their processing of Delaware Certificate of Good Standing Orders. You can now get a certified copy in the same-business day if ordered by 1:00 p.m. EST...
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