My wife is an expert in this (having worked for one of the largest business formations businesses in the world), and I'll ask her.

If you would like, I can send you the word doc so you can keep a better formatted copy.  

.;)@Jasmine Benford check out yellowletters.com if you're interested in some of the different formats, it was created by a fellow BP member and gives you a place to order some pre-written forms that have worked for somebody, somewhere!

The SPD is required to be written in a language or format that is easily understood by participants.

I filed for one the other day and received my documents of formation within an hour.

I haven't worked with attorney located in your area, but if you want to send a message to my Bigger Pockets inbox, I can reply with contact information for a group that is familiar with Solo 401ks and helps clients with tax and legal issues including entity formation all over the country.

What format is most effective for presenting the information?

As an occasional blog author myself, I also want to put it out there that I often make grammatical mistakes, have weak sentence structure, don't format things properly, or otherwise create posts that are hard to read.

Some links:IRS EIN application online (make sure to selection "PDF" at the end and NOT to get it as a letter in the mail): https://www.irs.gov/static_assets/error/RUP404.htm...IRS S election: https://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-pdf/f2553.pdfAll 50 States SOS websites for entity formations, Cert of Good standings (needed to foreign file in other states, most require): http://www.e-secretaryofstate.com/

You may want to change the formatting rules or make it clear that the answer should only be numbers and no special chars.