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Must a Corporation Issue All Authorized Shares?

Sample stock transfer ledger, symbolizing that a US corporation need not issue all authorized shares

Sample Stock Transfer Ledger

This post is based on a conversation I had with a foreign client recently. Q. Must a corporation issue all authorized shares?

A. No, a corporate may, but it does not need to, issue all authorized shares.

Foreign Parent Audit

This question arose because my foreign client was being audited. The auditors thought that they had uncovered a problem.

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