Corporations

Form a Florida holding company when you have something worth separating: several businesses, several properties, valuable intellectual property, or one risky operation sitting next to assets you can’t afford to lose. If you run one modest business with decent insurance, you probably don’t need one yet. A holding company doesn’t make or sell anything. ItContinue reading “When to Form a Holding Company in Florida”

For most small businesses in Florida, an LLC is the better pick. It’s simpler to run, it has fewer formalities to keep up, and it can still be taxed as an S corporation if that saves you money. A corporation earns its extra paperwork when you plan to raise venture capital, issue stock options orContinue reading “Florida Corporation vs. LLC: Which Business Entity Is Right for You?”

If your business operates mainly in Florida, incorporate in Florida. Delaware’s advantages are real, but they mostly help venture-backed startups and companies headed for an IPO. For everyone else, a Delaware corporation doing business in Florida means paying two states, filing two annual reports and keeping two registered agents, with no tax savings to showContinue reading “Florida Corporation vs. Delaware Corporation: Which Is Better?”

A Florida restaurant corporation costs $70 to form through the Division of Corporations, and the filing takes an afternoon. The licenses take far longer. Between the DBPR food service license, sales tax registration, local permits and possibly a liquor license, the paperwork that lets you actually open is the part to plan around. This guideContinue reading “How to Incorporate a Restaurant in Florida: Complete 2026 Guide”

A Florida real estate corporation lets a broker run a brokerage with liability protection and the option of S-Corp taxation, but it takes two separate registrations. You file Articles of Incorporation with the Florida Department of State ($70), and then you register the corporation as a brokerage with the Department of Business and Professional RegulationContinue reading “Florida Real Estate Corporations: Complete Guide for Brokers and Agents”

To set up a Florida construction company corporation, you file $70 Articles of Incorporation with the Division of Corporations, then license the corporation through the DBPR under a licensed qualifying agent. The incorporation is the quick part. The licensing, insurance and workers’ compensation work around it is where contractors get tripped up, so that’s whatContinue reading “How to Incorporate a Construction Company in Florida”

A Florida law firm corporation is a Professional Association (P.A.), a professional service corporation owned only by Florida Bar members. It costs $70 to file, shields you from the firm’s business debts and your colleagues’ malpractice, and lets you elect S-Corp taxation. It won’t protect you from your own malpractice, and it doesn’t loosen aContinue reading “Florida Law Firm Corporations: Complete Guide for Attorneys”

A Florida medical professional corporation is a corporation owned only by Florida-licensed physicians that exists to provide medical services. It’s governed by Chapter 621 of the Florida Statutes, costs $70 to file, and gives you tax flexibility and protection from the practice’s business debts. It doesn’t protect you from your own malpractice. The filing isContinue reading “Florida Medical Professional Corporations: Complete Guide for Physicians”

A professional corporation in Florida is a corporation owned by licensed professionals that exists only to provide their licensed service. If you’re a doctor, lawyer, CPA or other licensed professional and you want to incorporate, Florida’s Professional Service Corporation Act (Chapter 621 of the Florida Statutes) sets the rules, and the main ones are simple:Continue reading “Professional Corporations in Florida: Complete Guide for Doctors, Lawyers & CPAs”

When you sell a Florida corporation, the biggest decision is structure: does the buyer purchase your stock, or the corporation’s assets? That choice drives your tax bill, which liabilities you keep, and how much paperwork the deal needs. After that, a sale follows a predictable path: prepare, value, find a buyer, sign a letter ofContinue reading “How to Sell a Florida Corporation: Complete Guide”