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Are you ready to turn your daydream into a career? If you are you interested in going into business make sure to follow our guidelines to start your business on the right foot and stay tuned to learn about growing and stay compliant in all of your statutory business transactions.

Tips for forming a new entity

• Obtain State IDs
• Appoint Registered Agent
• Conduct Name Availability Check
• File Name Reservation/Registration
• File Articles of Incorporation or Articles of Organization
• Apply for Business Licenses and Permits
• File Assumed Name of DBA Certificate
• File for Trademark Protection
• Apply for Employer Identification Number from the IRS
• Order your Corporate Records Kit
• Register your Domain
• Publication in Newspaper (if required by state)

When it comes time to form your entity, you can trust the experts at CORPSMART™ to walk you through the process. We will handle the formation with ease and act as a source for your business compliance needs throughout the life of your business. Contact the CORPSMART™ team at 800-737-8009 or via email at orders@corp-smart.com.

There are many pieces to the puzzle when it comes to fulfilling all of your pre and post closing due diligence. If you a banker or attorney working on closing a financing deal, utilize our UCC Due Diligence Guideline as a checklist to ensure that you’re fulfilling the full spectrum of due diligence requirements and contact the CORPSMART™ team with further questions at 800-737-8009.

Independence Day Office Closures // July 4th, 2017

On Tuesday, July 4th 2017 all state, government and CORPSMART™ offices will be closed in observance of Independence Day. CORPSMART™ will operate business as usual on Monday, July 3rd, take a brief break for the holiday and resume business as usual on July 5th, 2017. Please make sure to consider these closures in advance to avoid disappointment with all time sensitive business filings.

From everyone at CORPSMART™, we wish you a fun and safe holiday!

UPDATE TO POTENTIAL SHUTDOWN WITH WA STATE AGENCIES

The Washington State Legislature has not yet approved state operating and capital budgets for the 2017–19 biennium, which begins July 1. If the Legislature does not approve budgets by June 30, several state agencies will go through full or partial operations shutdowns. In the event of a shutdown, the DOL will suspend programs at the department for Uniform Commercial Code until the 2017-19 budgets are approved. In the event of a shutdown, please review the following information to avoid any disruptions in your business transactions:

Corporations Division

• All filing services at the Corporations Division should continue uninterrupted.
• The Division may not be able to issue UBI numbers on new registrations/originations.
• Data recorded in the Division may not transfer to other agencies such as the Department of Revenue or BLS leaving business records “not up to date” outside of the Division’s  database.
• The Division may have limited access to Annual Report information filed or pending at BLS (reducing ability to fix errors).

Business Licensing and UCC Services

• Online services will shut down on June 27 at 11:55 PM.
• Annual Reports can still be mailed in but will not be processed until resolution of any shutdown.  As an alternative, the Corporations Division will accept and process ALL Annual Reports if a shutdown were to occur.  However, this may be subject to the collateral issues specified above as well as possibly others.
• Licenses, Legal Entity Registrations, renewal notices, and other miscellaneous documents processed before shutdown will be mailed out.  Documents received, but not processed, before the shutdown will be delayed until the shutdown is resolved.  It is unclear whether the file-date for such delayed filings will be the date of submission or the date of processing.
• Of particular interest, the BLS handles Business Corporation and LLC Annual Reports/License Renewals and Trade (Assumed) Name filings.

Contact the CORPSMART team directly at 800-737-8009 for additional information or to submit your filing.

The Washington State Legislature has not yet approved state operating and capital budgets for the 2017–19 biennium, which begins July 1. If the Legislature does not approve budgets by June 30, several state agencies will go through full or partial operations shutdowns. In the event of a shutdown, the DOL will suspend programs at the department for Uniform Commercial Code until the 2017-19 budgets are approved.

How to prepare:
If you have filings to submit, we recommend filing right away to avoid any delays. Contact the CORPSMART™ team today to learn more or place a request.

July 2017

With Alaska facing a government shutdown in early July that could effect your filings. In the event of a government shutdown, no filings will be accepted or processed until budgetary issues are resolved. We are encouraging our clients to be aware of this when working on AK projects that require filings or any retrieval work.

Have you filed your Annual Report this year? Do you know what your deadline is? Check out our quick guide to filing your Annual Report based on your jurisdictions requirements or connect with our team and we will handle the headache for you. #CORPSMART #CorporateCompliance #AnnualReport

Over the last year and a half, the CORPSMART™ team has more than tripled in size, office space has become “cozy”, our sales team has traveled more than 175,000 miles visiting clients, we have changed our name from CLASCORP to CORPSMART™ to better encompass our vast service offerings and clients, and we have implemented strategic goals to enhance and stay true to our customer service promise. With this in mind, our team is growing rapidly! And as our team continues to grow, we want you to get to know them. See the following profiles and connect with them online!

CORPSMART™ NEW TEAM MEMBER BIOS – 2017

David Mercado, Corporate Service Representative

• First job: Target
• Dream vacation: Taking a year (or several shorter vacations) to travel to different countries and experience their cultures, different ways of thinking, eating, medicating, overall health, social concepts, and world views.
• Words of wisdom: The more you know the more you grow!
• Favorite bevy: Kombucha
• Most looking forward to in 2017: Getting Married!
• Favorite thing about working at CORPSMART™: Small team & good work environment

Connect with me on LinkedIn

Rachel Sims, Office Assistant

• First job: Selling doughnuts in a bakery
• Dream vacation: I’ve always wanted to do a combination bicycle/ferry tour of the San Juan Islands
• Words of wisdom: Pie fixes almost everything
• Favorite bevy: Grapefruit LaCroix
• Most looking forward to in 2017: Doing a lot of hiking this summer
• Favorite thing about working at CORPSMART™: I like having the opportunity to learn something new every day!

Connect with me on LinkedIn

Nancy Buehler, Accounting Manager 

• First job: I grew up on a farm so changing siphon tubes for irrigation. My first non-family job was working at a tree nursery.
• Dream vacation: An African Safari
• Words of wisdom: I try not to give Words of Wisdom unless you are my children, then I give them all the time. I guess I would say Be Honest – Tell the Truth!
• Favorite bevy: Black Coffee/Water/White Wine
• Most looking forward to in 2017: My oldest son Graduating from college and getting a job (hopefully)
• Favorite thing about working at CORPSMART™: I haven’t been here that long but I would have to say working for and with great people and watching the company grow.

Kortney York, Business Development Representative

• First job: McDonalds – only lasted one day haha
• Dream vacation: Thailand
• Words of wisdom: Do it now! This can effect every phase of your life. It can help you do things you should do, but don’t feel like doing. It can also keep you from procrastinating when an unpleasant duty faces you. But it can also help you do those things that you want to do. It helps you seize those precious moments that, if lost, may never be achieved.
• Favorite bevy: Changes weekly, but right now I’m obsessed with Effen Cucumber Vodka, soda and lime.
• Most looking forward to in 2017: Becoming a better version of myself and making memories.
• Favorite thing about working at CORPSMART™: Working with Melissa, McKenna and Chris of course! This is a new industry to me and I am learning constantly, which is awesome!

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Alexandra Isoz, Customer Service Representative 

• First job: Starbucks
• Dream vacation: Santorini, Greece
• Words of wisdom: “Be ok with not knowing for sure what might come next, but know that whatever it is…you will be ok.”
• Favorite bevy: Non Alcoholic- hot chocolate with marshmallows, Alcohol-Champagne
• Most looking forward to in 2017: Personal growth physically and being a year closer to my degree
• Favorite thing about working at CLASCORP™: Becoming a member of a great team

Connect with me on LinkedIn