Why form an Alaska incorporation?
There are many important reasons to form an incorporation in Alaska, but none more important than controlling risk. Corporations are formed by an "incorporator", to be an incorporator for an entity in Alaska, you must be a natural person at least 18 years old. The articles must be prepared and signed by the incorporator and submitted to :
State of Alaska
Corporations Section
PO Box 110808
Juneau AK 99801
Once the state receives your paperwork it goes in with all of the other requests that the state has received. When a reviewer looks at your documents they will either approve or reject them based on the articles and filing fee that has been sent with the filing.
Many customers use our service to help ensure that the paperwork is submitted quickly and correctly to the state office. This will help to reserve your name and get your business operational fast.
Other advantages are:
- The life of a corporation can exist beyond the lives of its shareholders.
- The LLC will provide limited liability.
- Ownership can be transferable.
- Your business can possibly reduce its taxes.
Naming your Alaska Corporation
Alaska requires that all corporation names filed have an ending of either, Corporation, Company, Incorporated or Limited, or an abbreviation of one of these words. Slogans that are used in advertising to identify certain goods and or services cannot be used a business names. Also names that indicate any association with trademarks cannot be used as well. Domain names cannot be used as business names. A business name cannot represent any governmental unit or organization such as a city, village or borough. Different abbreviations of the entity type does not distinguish one entity from another. The corporation can have a distinction can be made using a foreign language equivalent.
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