Corporate governance handbook USA

I completed targeted research to assemble authoritative, state-specific and federal compliance sources needed to create a comprehensive “Corporate governance handbook USA” for US business owners and LLC founders. Based on the sources collected, the blog will include: (1) core governance principles and required documents (articles/certificate of formation, bylaws, operating agreement); (2) federal compliance and reporting that can apply (SEC disclosure and governance rules for public companies; Sarbanes-Oxley implications for financial controls; IRS tax classification and filing obligations for corporations and LLCs); (3) state statutory requirements and common compliance obligations (annual reports, registered agent, franchise taxes, foreign qualification, assumed name filings); (4) recordkeeping, meeting minutes, shareholder/member agreements, transfer & succession planning; (5) practical governance policies (conflict-of-interest, whistleblower, cybersecurity, audit/internal controls), templates and a compliance calendar; (6) representative state-specific guidance for Delaware, California and New York (formation and statutory provisions, franchise tax/filing chapters, electronic filing & notice rules); and (7) actionable checklists and recommended next steps (legal/tax advisor, periodic internal review, document repository).