Small Business Administration provides information about forming and expanding businesses at its Web site at http://www.sba.gov/.
Delaware Intercorp publishes an article entitled "What Other Steps Might You Need to Take?" at http://www.delawareintercorp.com/else.htm.
The Center for Computer-Assisted Legal Instruction (CALI)1 Web site at http://www.cali.org/fellows/grids/businessorgs.html includes an outline of the various forms of business organizations.
The Virtual Franchise Expo at http://www.betheboss.com/.
For a helpful discussion about what form of business you should use to operate your franchise, see Entrepreneur.com's Web site at http://www.entrepreneur.com/Your_Business/YB_Node/0,4507,143,00.html/.
For example, see the Secretary of State of Iowa Web site at http://www.sos.state.ia.us/business/handbookintro.html/. California lists the key steps necessary to forming a business at http://www.ss.ca.gov/business/resources.htm.
It is located at http://www.nccusl.org. The University of Pennsylvania Law School maintains the NCCUSL archives at http://www.law.upenn.edu/bll/ulc/ulc_frame.htm.
The 2001 draft of the Uniform Limited Partnership Act (ULPA 2001) is available at http://www.law.upenn.edu/bll/ulc/ulc_frame.htm.
For good suggestions on how to select your partner(s), see Entrepreneur.com's Web site at http://www.entrepreneur.com/Your_Business/YB_Node/0,4507,146,00.html/.
General information can be found at the SW Legal Directory's Web site at http://www.wld.com and http://www.coollawyer.com/webfront/bizfilings/LLP.php. In addition, the Iowa Secretary of State Web site provides a discussion of how to form an LLP at http://www.sos.state.ia.us/business/limliabpart.html, and California has the forms and fee schedule for forming an LLP at http://www.ss.ca.gov/business/llp/llp_formsfees.htm.
The Internal Revenue Service provides tax advice and information at its Web
site at http://www.irs.ustreas.gov/. The page on starting a business is at http://www.irs.ustreas.gov/businesses/small/ article/0,,id=99336,00.html.
For example, some basic information on incorporating and Subchapter S corporations is included in the Business Filings Incorporated
Web site at http://www.bizfilings.com/learning/incfaq.htm.
It is at http://www.llcweb.com/StateComparison.htm.
For a state-by-state comparison of filing fees for corporations and LLCs, see http://www.incorporateabusiness.com/state.htm.
You can see Form 8832 at the IRS Web site at http://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-pdf/f8832.pdf/.
For a comparison of Russian and New York business practices see: Robert Rothenberg and Tatyana V. Melnikova, Comparative Forms of Doing Business in Russia and New York State -- Proprietorships, Partnerships, and Limited Partnerships,
Vol. 40, Issue 3, American Business Law Journal, p. 563 (Spring 2003)