When starting a new business, our clients often have several questions and more often than not their questions are the same. This article summarizes some of key questions and answers…
Many foreign nationals who want to start a business in the United States have asked the lawyers at Scott Legal, P.C. to explain the different Visa options available to them. …
When you start a business and want to attract your first round of financing, Convertible Debt is one product that can be offered to Investors. While some consider Convertible Debt…
In the search for startup capital funding, family and friends can be a great source of financing as they will have a vested interest in your success, and they may…
Scott Legal, P.C. has been published again by the New York State Bar Association. Some Federal, State & Employment Tax Considerations When Deciding on A Business Entity (LLC, Corporation or…
An E-2 Visa is a Visa Classification that is available for foreign nationals who wish to live in the U.S. to develop and direct the operations of a business. The…
The latest round in the push for Immigration Reform is a recently distributed (or leaked) White House draft immigration bill that would create a new visa for undocumented workers that…
The H-1B visa is a non-immigrant visa that permits a company to hire workers in specialty occupations. This visa category requires that the beneficiary (the foreign worker) have a Bachelor’s…
Scott Legal, P.C.'s Article on Creating an Effective Business Plan Featured & Published by New York State Bar Association. See the full article by clicking here.
Scott Legal, P.C. often fields questions from potential investors regarding the EB-5 Immigrant Investor Visa program. In order to assist our clients, we have developed this summary of the top…
Now that the fiscal cliff has been dealt with, Immigration reform appears to be the next big item on the agenda for the President and Congress. Just this week both…
This Article was recently featured & published by the New York State Bar Association. For every Business Owner, Investor & Entrepreneur, the thought of putting together a business plan is…
April 1 is fast approaching and almost everyone agrees that the H-1B cap will be filled very quickly this year. Recently, the government was added to the list of those…
The amount of taxes that you have to pay is one of the key reasons that individuals select one business entity type over another. The term “tax” though is a…
1. If I get a Work based Visa, Can I Work for Another Company or Work on Something Else? Generally a non-immigrant (temporary) work based Visa only allows you to…
H-1B Visa Cap Reached in First 5 Days – What Will Happen? Just as most experts predicted, the U.S. government just announced that it had received over 85,000 H-1B Visa…
As a business owner, all year you have likely been running around acting as manager, developer, business generator, marketer, human resource manager and administrative assistant. Given the numerous roles, it…
There are a number of steps that investors must complete to get a green card through the EB-5 visa program. The process is a complicated one but if you have…
Scott Legal, P.C.'s founder Ian E. Scott has just signed a book publishing contract with Barron's Publishing Company to publish the book "Law School Lowdown" a comprehensive law school success guide. Look…
Scott Legal, P.C. is now featured on JD Supra and regularly posts informative articles on Immigration, New Business Set Up, Contracts, Surrogacy, Estate Planning/Wills and Adoption.
As a Certified Public Accountant (C.P.A.) and Attorney, I have had my share of questions from clients regarding which type of entity a person should set up if they want…
Up until recently many thought that Immigration reform was dead, but the 2012 election changed all of this. Now, for the first time in years, both Democratic and Republican legislators…
Many of our clients have asked us for a brief overview of how immigration laws work in the United States and this article is a summary of what we tell…
The idea of starting your own business may always have been something at the forefront of your mind. It certainly was for me but given that I was not a…