- Subjects
- Published
-
Berkeley, CA :
Nolo
2005-
- Language
- English
- Other Authors
- Physical Description
- volumes : illustrations ; 23 cm
- Bibliography
- Includes index.
- ISBN
- 9781413330205
- Your Legal Companion
- 1. Business Entity Basics
- Why Your Choice of Entity Matters
- Sole Proprietorships
- General Partnerships
- Limited Liability Companies (LLCs)
- Corporations
- S Corporations
- Special Business Entities: Limited Partnerships, Entities for Professional Businesses, Benefit Corporations, and Series LLCs
- 2. Personal Liability Concerns
- How Your Choice of Business Entity Affects Personal Liability
- Using Insurance to Limit Liability
- 3. Forming and Running Your Business
- Forming and Running a Sole Proprietorship
- Forming and Running a Partnership
- Forming and Running an LLC
- Forming and Running a Corporation
- Form Your Own LLC or Corporation
- 6. Money Issues: Taxes, Profits, Losses, and Investments
- Taxes
- Paying Out Profits
- Start-Up Losses
- Private Investors: Angels and Venture Capitalists (VCs)
- LLC or Corporation Comparison Table
- 5. LLC or Corporation: Four Business Stories
- Gabby's Gears: Sole Proprietorship, Single-Member LLC, or Single-Owner Corporation?
- Fast Food Fusion: A Two-Owner Start-Up Business Chooses a Business Form
- Soaring Duck Machines Seeks a Different Tax and Ownership Structure
- SerMin Technologies: Forming a Tech Startup
- 6. Converting a Sole Proprietorship to Another Entity
- Converting a Sole Proprietorship to a Partnership
- Converting a Sole Proprietorship to an LLC
- Converting a Sole Proprietorship to a Corporation
- 7. Converting a Partnership to Another Entity
- Converting a Partnership to a Sole Proprietorship
- Converting a Partnership to an LLC
- Converting a Partnership to a Corporation
- 8. Converting an LLC to Another Entity
- Converting an LLC to a Corporation
- Converting a Multi-Member LLC to a Single-Member LLC
- Converting a Single-Member LLC to a Multi-Member LLC
- 9. Converting, Dissolving, and Selling a Corporation
- Converting a C Corporation to an S Corporation
- Liquidating and Dissolving a Corporation
- Selling a Corporation
- 10. Doing Business Out of State
- Doing Business Out of State
- Qualifying to Do Business
- Paying and Collecting Taxes in Other States
- Internet Issues
- Appendix: State Website Information
- State Business Entity Filing Websites
- State Tax Office Websites
- State Securities Office Websites
- Index