Information about setting up new company

For Profit Corporations
A corporation is a legal entity, created by statute (i.e., the state) with all the rights, privileges and responsibilities of a natural person; possessing the attributes of limited liability, centralized management, continuity of life and free transferability of interest.
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Not For Profit Corporations
A nonprofit or not-for-profit corporation is a corporation normally thought of as one created for religious, charitable, educational or eleemosynary purposes.
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Limited Liability Company
A LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY - The limited liability company [hereinafter LLC] is neither a corporation nor a partnership; rather, it is a distinct type of entity that shares the characteristics and powers of a corporation and a partnership. The owners of an LLC are called "members;" the provisions relating to the management of the affairs of the LLC are called "regulations." Members may be individuals, partnerships, corporations, and any other type of legal entity. Please note that under the provisions of the Texas Tax Code, a limited liability company is subject to state franchise tax.
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Limited Partnerships
A LIMITED PARTNERSHIP - The Texas Revised Limited Partnership Act, Tex. Rev. Civ. Stat. Ann. Art. 6132a-1 governs the formation of a limited partnership in Texas. A limited partnership is defined by the Act as a "partnership formed by two or more persons under the laws of Texas and having one or more general partners and one or more limited partners." "Person" includes a partnership, limited partnership, foreign limited partnership, trust, estate, corporation, person acting as a trustee or executor, or other entity. One person may not form a limited partnership by showing only himself or herself as both limited and general partner. The Act provides that in order to form a limited partnership, the partners must enter into a partnership agreement and file the certificate of limited partnership with the secretary of state.
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Information about registering foreign company in Texas

Foreign For Profit Corporations
A FOREIGN CORPORATION - A foreign corporation that is transacting business in Texas is required to file an application for certificate of authority with the Secretary of State. Foreign corporation includes both a corporation organized under the laws of another state or territory of the United States and a corporation organized under the laws of a foreign country.
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Foreign Limited Liability Company
A LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY - A foreign or out-of-state limited liability company (hereinafter LLC) that is transacting business in Texas is required to file an application for certificate of authority with the Secretary of State. The secretary of state does not provide legal opinions as to whether, given a particular set of circumstances, a foreign entity is transacting business in the state and is required to obtain a certificate of authority.
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Foreign Limited Partnership
A LIMITED PARTNERSHIP - A foreign limited partnership that is transacting business in Texas is required to file an application for certificate of authority with the Secretary of State. Foreign limited partnership is defined as a limited partnership organized under the laws of another state, including the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, or any territory, possession, or other jurisdiction of the United States.
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Foreign Limited Liability Partnership
A LIMITED LIABILITY PARTNERSHIP
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