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Reminder: 2017 Annual Reports

An important deadline for all business entities in Florida is fast approaching. All Florida business entities must file an annual report with the Division of Corporations by May 1st of each year.  Late filings are subject to a late fee of $400.00 in addition to the regular filing fee, which is currently $150.00 for corporations and $138.75 for limited liability companies. 

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Reminder: 2016 Annual Reports

An important deadline for all business entities in Florida is fast approaching. All Florida business entities must file an annual report with the Division of Corporations by May 1st of each year.  Late filings are subject to a late fee of $400.00 in addition to the regular filing fee, which is currently $150.00 for corporations and $138.75 for limited liability companies. 

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Reminder: 2015 Annual Reports

An important deadline for all business entities in Florida is fast approaching. All Florida business entities must file an annual report with the Division of Corporations by May 1st of each year.  Late filings are subject to a late fee of $400.00 in addition to the regular filing fee, which is currently $150.00 for corporations and $138.75 for limited liability companies. 

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Reminder: 2014 Annual Reports

An important deadline for all business entities in Florida is fast approaching. All Florida business entities must file an annual report with the Division of Corporations by May 1st of each year.  Late filings are subject to a late fee of $400.00 in addition to the regular filing fee, which is currently $150.00 for corporations and $138.75 for limited liability companies. 

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Common Mistakes Made by Small Business Owners – Part 3 – Failure to Organize and Maintain Corporate Formalities

After legally forming a new business entity by filing their articles of incorporation or articles of organization with the Division of Corporations, many small business owners believe that they have completed all the steps necessary to operate under their new business entity, and completely ignore many corporate formalities required by statute or other applicable law.

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Common Mistakes Made by Small Business Owners – Part 2 – Failure to Understand the Separation between a Corporation and the Individual – “I Incorporated Myself”

Many small business owners take the correct first step – after coming up with their business idea, they form a corporation, limited liability company, or other business entity existing within the laws of their state, which they are then able to operate under. But many business owners stop at this first step and do not understand the concept of their corporation or company existing as a separate legal entity or “person” that exists on its own,

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The Truth about Notices Received by Florida Business Owners

SCAM ALERT:  If you own a business thru a corporation or LLC you may have received or will receive shortly a deceptively misleading form in the mail asking you to fill out and return to the address listed therein an official looking form along with a fee of $125.00.  The form is intended to trick you into believing it is from the Florida Department of State. 

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Governor signs Olmstead "patch bill"

I previously wrote about the Florida Supreme Court’s decision in Olmstead v. Federal Trade Commission, in which the Court set forth detailed reasoning as to why a judgment debtor’s interest in a single-member LLC should be subject to levy in addition to the imposition of a charging order.  

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2011 Annual Reports Reminder

All Florida business entities must file an annual report with the Division of Corporations by May 1st of each year.  Late filings are subject to a late fee of $400.00 in addition to the regular filing fee, which is currently $150.00 for corporations and $138.75 for limited liability companies. 

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Single Member LLCs and Olmstead

A recent Florida Supreme Court ruling in the case Olmstead v. Federal Trade Commission, SC08-1009 (Fla. June 24, 2010), has significantly changed the asset protection afforded to single member limited liability companies under Florida law.  Previously, a judgment creditor was limited by Fla. Stat. 608.433(4), which provided that a judgment creditor may charge the LLC membership interest of the debtor,

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