How to Record Historical Name Changes

How to Record Historical Name Changes in ecorp

When performing data entry sometimes it is required to reflect historical name changes of a company. Once a company is entered below is how you would reflect a historical name change 

1. Open the company in ecorp 
2. Go to Modifications  
3. Under things to do select Name Change 
4. Select Edit Company name 
5. You do not need to enter a Name Reservation Number 
6. Enter the first name of the company and select edit 

From here we will continue to change alter the company name as if we were actually changing the name of the company, but we can skip document generation and e-filing. Below would  be the steps. 

1. From Modifications – Name Change 
2. Under things to do select Alter Company Name 
3. Enter the effective date and resolution date 
4. You do not have to enter a name reservation number 
5. Enter the name which the company name changed to 
6. Select edit 
7. Mark the pending change to company name complete 

Continue steps 7 through 13 until all the name changes have been recorded and the name of the company is the current name of the file