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Incorporation
You don't need an in-state attorney.
What you do have to have is an in-state Registered Agent. You can usually find them starting at $35 a year. CT Corporation is in all 59 states. They take care of the paperwork and send you a yearly bill. Several of the large corporations I worked for used them. Registered Agents are if the sate wants to send you legal papers and you don't have an in-state address.
Delaware, Wyoming, Nevada are about the best and most have DYI incorporation papers.
Usually to incorporate you need one person. Yourself or an agent.
Then you file an Annual Report. You have to list stockholders owing 5-10% or more of the corporation.
Then you have to file a federal and state tax return.
Interestingly, Kansas just passed a law exempting a "S" corporation from ANY state income taxes. The rich Koch brothers are from Kansas and have extensive business holdings in Kansas. That law they got passed will save them millions, if not billions, in taxes.
It might also exempt LLC's.
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