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The Differences Between Sole Proprietorships, Partnerships, LLCs, S Corporations and C Corporations/ We can answer all these questions that follow:
Sole Proprietorship
• The biggest financial advantage of a Sole Proprietorship
• The single worst danger of a Sole Proprietorship
• Limitations of a Sole Proprietorship
• Taxes of a Sole Proprietorship
• When a Sole Proprietorship is the most appropriate business form
• What you need to know about tax credits
• How to set up a Sole Proprietorship.
Partnership
• When a Partnership is really a Partnership
• Four different kinds of Partnerships and the most appropriate one for your business
• When to pick a Partnership instead of a corporation
• Advantages for raising capital and finding better-qualified employees
• The single biggest problem with Partnerships
• How to set up a Partnership agreement
• Splitting profits and picking up losses
• What taxes to pay
• How to set up a Partnership
Corporation
• When you really should set up a corporation (and when you really shouldn't)
• How to lower your taxes by forming a corporation
• Positive aspects of incorporation, including credibility, attracting investors, or transferring ownership
• The truth about double taxation
• Making sure your limited liability is not undermined by personal guarantees (many people get this wrong)
• Registration and maintenance of a corporation
• S Corporation vs. C Corporation and when to pick one instead of the other
• Taxes: what you can do with a C Corporation that you cannot do with an S Corporation
• Differences in tax rates and structures between C Corporations and S Corporations
• One major advantage of an S Corporation over an LLC that most people rarely know
• Important limitations of S Corporations
• Statutory close corporation -- what it is and how it is different from a regular C Corporation
• When to go for a close corporation instead of a C Corporation
• How you can distribute profits of a close corporation in a way that is prohibited for a C Corporation
• Limitations of close corporations
• Professional corporation -- what it is and who can create it
• What a professional corporation can and cannot do
• Important differences for limited liability of a professional corporation
• How to set up a corporation of any kind: All you need to know about creating C Corporation, S Corporation, close corporation or professional corporation
• When incorporation is not the way to go
LLC
• What a Limited Liability Company (LLC) is
• Tax flexibility of an LLC
• Special allocation of income
• Limited liability of an LLC and how not to jeopardize it
• What taxes to pay with an LLC
• Disadvantages of an LLC
• Creating and managing an LLC: All you need to know about forming a Limited Liability Company
• Buy-out -- what it is, the benefits and disadvantages, how to prepare for a buy-out from the start
All Types of Corporations and LLC
• List of incorporation friendly states, why they are considered incorporation friendly, and a discussion about each of those states
• When to incorporate in your home state instead of an incorporation friendly state
• List of filing fees of each one of the incorporation friendly states
• Doing business on the Internet as a corporation
• Payroll taxes, federal income taxes, sales taxes, state taxes -- all you need to know about taxation
An Overall Closing Discussion
• Setting up your business
• Choosing a business entity
• Determining the legal requirements
• Registering a business name
• Getting an EIN (Employer's Identification Number)
• Determining if people you are paying should be considered employees or contractors
• Getting a business license
• Getting insurance coverage
• Obtaining other licenses from concerned state agencies
• Registering a trademark
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