A corporate resolution documents a formal decision or authorization by the board or shareholders, as applicable. Resolutions may address banking, contracts, officers, stock issuances, or other corporate actions.

Swyft Filings offers corporation formation services and prepares and submits the state incorporation paperwork. Corporate formation generally creates the legal corporation first; tax classification and internal governance are separate concepts. For example, S corporation status is a federal tax election for an eligible entity rather than a different state-law corporation in every jurisdiction.