Draft:Nevada Corporate Headquarters Inc

Nevada Corporate Headquarters, Inc

Company type	Private
Founded	1989
Founder	Cort W. Christie
Headquarters	Las Vegas, Nevada , United States
Area served	Nevada
Key people	Cort W. Christie - Founder Kurt Harris, Esq. Derek Rowley Terry Novak Trevor Rowley
Services	Entity formation, tax and legal services, and business credit.
Owner	Cort W. Christie
Website	nchinc.com

Nevada Corporate Headquarters, Inc. (NCH) is a full legal service firm for start-up businesses in Las Vegas, Nevada. It helps new entrepreneurs form, register, and manage Limited liability companylimited liability companies (LLCs) and corporations. NCH’s legal services range from LLC and corporation formation to business consulting.

History of NCH

1989 - 2010

NCH first operated as a company named Corporate Service Center (CSC) Inc. in 1989. Located in Reno, Nevada, CSC offers legal assistance, bookkeeping, tax consulting, and business credit services to small businesses.

Author and entrepreneur Cort W. Christie established NCH in its current form in 1992. He started the company in Las Vegas, opening its first office building to house its first call center. NCH became an accredited business on September 5, 1997, and started operating locally on September 23, 2002.

CSC and NCH originally helped California-based business owners form corporations to eliminate taxes by showing them how to use legal cross-border transactions to avoid or minimize California income tax and make their businesses more competitive in the global economy. NCH advertised itself across the United States and internationally in The Wall Street Journal, Inc. Magazine, Investor Business Daily, Entrepreneur Magazine, and other large publications.

In 2000, NCH started partnering with real estate education seminar companies and day trading seminar companies to expand their client base and provide entrepreneurs with everything they needed to run a successful business.

In 2004, NCH and CSC merged their organizations into a parent company called Superior Capital Corporation. SCC is a holding company that owns NCH, CSC, and other businesses. It sought to provide a greater reach to clients in Northern and Southern California.

Following these endeavors, NCH recorded 30% growth year on year in 2007. This milestone helped the firm strengthen its services to ensure resilience throughout another economic crisis.

In 2009, NCH partnered with real estate investing education and business development company FortuneBuilders. The San Diego, California-based firm offers coaching, resources, and tools to aspiring real estate business owners. This partnership allowed NCH to reach thousands of new and seasoned real estate investors.

2011 - 2020

NCH achieved another remarkable milestone in August 2013, ranking #3497 in the Inc. 5000 List of America’s Fastest Growing Companies. The list ranks businesses by overall revenue growth over a three-year period.

By 2014, Nevada Corporate Headquarters became the largest incorporation service in Nevada.

In 2020, Nevada Corporate Headquarters Inc. rolled out and completed the development of branded registered agent services in all 50 states.

Ownership and management

Corporate operations

NCH offers a full range of legal services encompassing business formation, asset protection, and entity management. It guides new entrepreneurs in registering LLCs and corporations for licensed professionals, real estate investors, freelancers, and E-commerce websites.

Furthermore, NCH is a domestic corporation. In this business structure, the firm can operate in other states or wherever it has filed articles of incorporation. Nevada law recognizes NCH as an entity conducting business in the state and a foreign corporation outside it.

People behind NCH

Cort W. Christie

Christie is NCH’s Founder and President. He is a skilled entrepreneur, executive, author, and speaker with a BA in Finance from the [1]University of Minnesota and an MBA from Pepperdine University. Christie has been recognized nationwide for his expertise in small business start-ups and finance. He specializes in entrepreneurship, small business tax strategies, and fundraising for start-ups.

Christie is a frequent speaker at small business workshops, and seminars across the United States, including the FortuneBuilders Real Estate Ignite super conference in 2022. He was one of the event’s guest speakers, joining NFL player Manti Teo’o, award-winning speaker and trainer Craig Karges, and several other personalities. Christie often discusses a variety of subjects related to entrepreneurship, business management, and asset protection in these events.

Moreover, Christie has shared his expertise on national radio and television shows and a program called [2]“The Nevada Edge Show.” The video series invited guests who discussed topics such as updated state laws, tax legislation, and compliance issues.

Besides public speaking commitments and national media appearances, Christie has written helpful publications for aspiring entrepreneurs, including Incorporating in Nevada: The Complete Kit, The Nevada Edge, and Fast Cash Report: 77 Strategies to Quickly Find Money for Your Business.

Affiliations outside NCH

Christie is affiliated with these organizations outside NCH.

• Vistage, a coaching and peer advisory organization for small and mid-size business executives
• Nevada Registered Agent Association
• Nevada Taxpayers' Association
• Nevada Policy Research Institute
• Young Entrepreneurs’ Organization (now known as the Entrepreneurs’ Organization) as the founding president of its Las Vegas chapter
• Community Services Agency Reno as part of its Board of Directors

Kurt Harris, Esq.

Harris, Esq. is one of NCH’s small business advisors and the founder of Harris Law Office. He specializes in estate planning, focusing on guardianship and conservatorship management, health care directives, trusts, and wills.

Harris started practicing law in Nevada in 1994. He is a mediator for Nevada’s Foreclosure Mediation Program, a pro tem judge at the Las Vegas Justice Court, and an arbitrator at the Clark County Court. Apart from his current roles, Harris worked under the late Judges Mario G. Recanzone and David A. Huff in the Third Judicial District of Nevada and served as an interpreter for the Municipal Court in Churchill County.

Derek Rowley

Rowley is CSC’s founder and SCC’s president. He has been involved in Nevada business and incorporation laws since 1987. Rowley wrote The Nevada Corporation Handbook, which covers legal strategies and solutions for tax savings, liability protection, and other issues businesses face.

Outside NCH, Rowley served as associate director of the Northern Nevada Development Authority from 1991 to 1993. During his tenure, he managed the recruitment and relocation of manufacturing, warehousing, and distribution companies in Northern Nevada.

Rowley also led the Nevada Registered Agent Association from 2002 to 2009. He has written and promoted many state laws regarding corporations, LLCs, and limited partnerships as the organization’s president.

Terry Novak

Novak became NCH’s Chief Executive Officer in May 2007. He joined the company in March 2001 and became president until January 2003. Novak obtained a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Minnesota – Duluth.

Novak worked in the supermarket industry for 35 years before joining NCH. He built his career with companies that recorded varying sales from $1 to $18 billion. Furthermore, Novak became a company president, chief operating officer, corporate director, vice president of operations, vice president of marketing, and general manager.

Trevor Rowley

Rowley is NCH’s Executive Vice President. He graduated magna cum laude from Southern Utah University, where he was also a finalist for the prestigious Wall Street Journal Award for Business Excellence.

Rowley has spent his career helping new businesses expand and grow. As a principal at CSC, he meets and works with business owners aiming to build their firms, protect their assets, and manage their taxes. Additionally, Rowley heads the Nevada Resident Agent Association (NRAA).

Rowley is also a highly sought-after speaker, appearing at events held in major properties around the West to guide entrepreneurs and investors.

Services

NCH specializes in entity formation, tax and legal services, and business credit.

Entity formation

NCH aids small business owners and real estate investors with entity formation through online and over-the-phone services. Company owners are often considered separate from their own businesses but may be responsible for their firm’s actions in particular instances. Individuals in Nevada can form business entities to avoid personal liability. NCH discusses this protection with prospective clients and individuals considering incorporation in the state.

The company’s business formation services generally involve discussions on structuring and growing businesses. NCH’s business specialists meet with clients to develop or review business plans, expound on the various entities an individual can establish, or set management goals.

Tax services

The firm also handles client taxes with Business Tax Solutions, a Las Vegas tax and accounting service provider. This partnership manages tax consulting, preparation, resolution, and bookkeeping for clients.

Legal services

NCH specializes in legal services, particularly asset protection. Senior consultants inform clients of asset protection methods they can use and devise tailored strategies for them.

The firm’s legal services include the following:

• Estate planning
• Family security trust
• Revocable living trust
• Real estate privacy trust
• Irrevocable life insurance trust
• Retirement and succession planning

Business credit

Business credit building is another area under NCH’s business and legal services. The firm helps clients build their credit profiles, assess their credit scores, and apply for business loans. It has also organized a Credit LaunchPad program that aids with credit building. Participants have several tools and resources for this purpose, ranging from detailed software to one-on-one online communication.

Additional services

Besides the core services above, NCH offers clients the following business services.

• Nevada bank account - NCH assists clients without Nevada-based bank accounts in opening an account.
• Nevada business license - The firm completes and files business license applications for clients.
• Nevada office package - Clients run virtual offices in Nevada with a mailing address and office-related services. This practice aims to reduce a company’s leasing and labor costs.
• Mail forwarding - NCH accepts important business documents on a client’s behalf and forwards them to the company’s Nevada mailing address.
• Business plans - The firm develops these plans based on a company’s industry and specific needs.
• Corporate record book - A book where companies store important documents. NCH’s corporate record book includes sections dedicated to articles of organization or incorporation, operating agreements, ownership or stock certificates, and other documents.
• Employer identification number - The firm helps businesses obtain this nine-digit number from the Internal Revenue Service (IRS).
• Registered agent service - NCH is a registered agent for foreign companies, home-based businesses, and out-of-office entrepreneurs. This service entails the same process as the firm’s mail forwarding service.
• Payroll services - NCH works with well-known human resource and payroll tax filing solution provider ADP for these services. ADP processes and manages payroll for NCH’s clients.
• Business specialists - These individuals guide new and experienced entrepreneurs through business formation in Nevada.

Awards and recognition

In 2013, NCH ranked #3497 in the Inc. 5000 List of America’s Fastest Growing Companies. The magazine’s editors included the firm in the list after its revenue increased from $7.3 million in 2009 to $13.7 million in 2012. NCH appeared on the list alongside renowned brands such as LivingSocial, Edible Arrangements, CDW, and Lifelock.

In addition to its Inc. 5000 placement, NCH ranked #15 in the publication’s top 100 companies in Nevada. The list also included parent company CSC, which ranked #3775.