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Formation packageUnited States

US C Corporation formation

For founders who need a US corporation that investors recognise: share capital, a board, and a clean stock ledger from day one.

Covers
C Corporation
Filing authority
State filing authority of the chosen state
Included items
5 included · 4 optional add-ons

Scope

What is included

Each item names who performs it: ZKCAP coordination, the appointed provider, or an external authority. Open an item for its detail.

  • Qualified provider

    Certificate of incorporation prepared and filed in your chosen state by a qualified provider.

  • Qualified provider

    Bylaws, initial board consent, officer appointments and founder share issuances recorded in the stock ledger.

  • ZKCAP coordinates

    A registered agent is appointed in the state of incorporation so service of process has a valid address.

  • ZKCAP coordinates

    The EIN application is prepared and submitted; issuance timing is controlled by the federal tax authority.

  • ZKCAP coordinates

    Every issued document is filed in the organisation document vault with its version history.

Optional

Add-ons

Add-ons are separate scope with their own commercial terms. They are never quietly bundled into the package.

  • Qualified provider

    Vesting and restricted-stock paperwork prepared where founders agree to vesting.

  • Qualified provider

    Support with time-sensitive founder tax elections, delivered by a tax provider.

  • ZKCAP coordinates

    A readiness review before you approach an institution, so avoidable rejections are addressed first.

  • ZKCAP coordinates

    A usable business address arrangement where you have no US premises.

Boundary

What this package does not include

Stated before you choose, not after. Each exclusion is work that a different provider, authority or advisor owns.

Documents you end up holding

  • State-filed certificate of incorporation
  • Bylaws and initial board consent
  • Stock ledger with founder issuances recorded
  • Registered agent appointment for the first period
  • Federal tax identification number application

Outside this package

  • Tax advice, elections advice and any tax filing
  • Securities filings for a financing round
  • Bank or payment account approval
  • Bookkeeping, payroll and ongoing accounting

Your inputs

What you will be asked to supply

These are collected through a resumable intake after you choose the package. Nothing is filed until the pack is complete.

Full matrix
  • Identity evidence for every beneficial owner and director

    Certified identity and address evidence for each individual who owns or controls the company, plus corporate documents where a shareholder is itself an entity.

  • Confirmed ownership and control structure

    Founders, share allocations, authorised share capital, vesting arrangements and the initial board composition.

  • Description of intended business activity

    A specific description of what the company will do, in which markets, and with which counterparties. Regulated or restricted activities change both the filing path and the licensing path.

Process

How this package is delivered

The registry stages are marked. Their outcome and timing belong to the authority, and the platform reports only what the authority records.

  1. Structure confirmed

    You

    You confirm the entity type, ownership and control structure, and the intended business activity. Anything that changes the filing path is surfaced here, not after payment.

  2. Intake and document collection

    You

    A structured intake collects identity evidence, structure details and the documents the registry expects. You can save and resume it.

  3. Filing pack prepared by the appointed provider

    Qualified provider

    A qualified corporate service provider prepares the constitutional documents and the filing pack, and raises information requests where something is missing.

  4. Filed with the registry

    Qualified provider

    The filing is submitted to the state filing authority. From this point the outcome is in the authority's hands and the platform reports its state, it does not predict it.

  5. Registry processing

    External authorityOutcome not controlled by ZKCAP

    The authority reviews the filing. It may accept it, raise an objection, or ask for further information. Each of those states is shown as it happens.

  6. Incorporation outcome recorded

    External authorityOutcome not controlled by ZKCAP

    Acceptance produces the registry documents and the company record set. A rejection or objection opens a recovery path with the provider rather than ending the project.

  7. Post-formation set-up and obligations

    ZKCAP

    Company records are assembled in your vault, first-period appointments are registered, and the recurring obligations become tracked deadlines.

After completion

Obligations that begin once the company exists

Formation is the start of a maintenance cycle. These become tracked deadlines in your workspace.

  • Annual state report and agent maintenance

    Periodic, set by the state of formation

    Most states require a periodic report and a continuously appointed registered agent. Missing either can put the entity into bad standing.

    Authority
    State filing authority (Secretary of State or equivalent)
    Who keeps this obligation on trackpending BR-24

  • Federal and state tax filings

    Annual, with interim filings depending on activity

    Filing obligations follow from the entity type, elections made and where the business operates. Delivered by a tax provider, not by the platform.

    Authority
    Federal and state tax authorities
    Who keeps this obligation on trackpending BR-24

  • Beneficial ownership updates, if reporting applies

    On change of ownership or control, where reporting applies

    If reporting applies under the authority's present position, changes in beneficial ownership or control must be updated with the authority. Applicability itself must be confirmed first — see the formation requirement.

    Authority
    US federal financial-crimes authority
    Who keeps this obligation on trackpending BR-24

Commercial terms

These values are set by business decisions that have not been taken yet. The platform shows the gap rather than an estimate, so nothing here can be mistaken for a quoted figure.

How this package is bought
Price presentation
Authority and government charges
Indicative timeline

Next

What usually follows

  • Banking readiness

    A new entity normally needs an account before it can trade. A readiness review first avoids an avoidable decline.

    Banking

  • Corporate maintenance

    Registers, filings and statutory roles can be handled continuously by a verified provider.

    Providers here

  • Compare structures

    If the entity type is still open, compare the published structures before committing to a filing.

    Compare

Nothing is charged at this step.

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