Hi. It really depends, if you want to do it yourself it can be significantly cheaper. I paid less than $100 for the incorporation of my company(c-corp). I'm a solo founder, so I didn't have to deal with partnership agreements and such.
As rmah said, there is no federal incorporation in the US, it's all done on a state level. I'd suggest, if you're not going to take any investments to register your company in the state you live(to avoid double taxation). Also, if you're going to file for a corporation and still don't plan on raising capital, make sure you file for election of a S-Corp after you've received your certificate of incorporation - that'll also lower the taxes.
Hope the process goes well...I'll be sure to write up a detailed blog post for ya on how I incorporated.
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Hi. It really depends, if you want to do it yourself it can be significantly cheaper. I paid less than $100 for the incorporation of my company(c-corp). I'm a solo founder, so I didn't have to deal with partnership agreements and such.
As rmah said, there is no federal incorporation in the US, it's all done on a state level. I'd suggest, if you're not going to take any investments to register your company in the state you live(to avoid double taxation). Also, if you're going to file for a corporation and still don't plan on raising capital, make sure you file for election of a S-Corp after you've received your certificate of incorporation - that'll also lower the taxes.
Hope the process goes well...I'll be sure to write up a detailed blog post for ya on how I incorporated.