topic How do I get a Certificate of status from division of Corp? I filed self employed with my ss#. in Business & farm

How do I get a Certificate of status from division of Corp? I filed self employed with my ss#.

shele2019 — Thu, 30 Jul 2020 02:54:10 GMT

Re: How do I get a Certificate of status from division of Corp? I filed self employed with my ss#.

xmasbaby0 — Thu, 30 Jul 2020 03:35:51 GMT

Certificate of status from division of Corp? What are you talking about? Status of WHAT? What are you trying to do?

Re: How do I get a Certificate of status from division of Corp? I filed self employed with my ss#.

Critter-3 — Thu, 30 Jul 2020 12:37:08 GMT

What is a Florida certificate of status?

A Certificate of Status is issued by the Florida Department of State to show that your company is active and has paid the initial filing fees or annual report after the first year. Some banks and governmental agencies require this certificate as verification that the company is an active Florida company.

Common Corporation Questions - Florida Incorporation Service

https://www.floridaincorporationservice.com/corporation_faq/

Re: How do I get a Certificate of status from division of Corp? I filed self employed with my ss#.

xmasbaby0 — Thu, 30 Jul 2020 13:41:10 GMT

@Critter-3 Wow---it is great that you saw this and know how read user's minds to figure out it is a "state thing."

Re: How do I get a Certificate of status from division of Corp? I filed self employed with my ss#.

Critter-3 — Thu, 30 Jul 2020 14:30:45 GMT

First I live in FL and know of these things ... and google searched it and it seems only FL has this but I could be wrong on the state ... will see if OP writes back. I love Google ... I can usually find what I am looking for in 20 second or less ... many of the posters on this site should use it before they post to get their answer.

Re: How do I get a Certificate of status from division of Corp? I filed self employed with my ss#.

Anonymous — Thu, 30 Jul 2020 20:19:32 GMT

still not really sure what you did. however, if you filed as self-employed you are not a corporation unless you incorporated and filed as self-employed which would be a big mess. first, you would need to prepare a corp return if it is taxed as a C-Corp there's nothing to report on you 1040 except salary from it. however, treating payments from it to you as SE income can cause substantial tax problems. If it's taxed as an S-Corp there would be a K-1 which would need to be included on your return. The same is as to salary would also exist. One other possibility is you elected to be a single-member LLC which also would require registration with Florida. however, if yo a service that did the filings for you. contact them