LLC

How Is an LLC Taxed? The beauty of an LLC is its flexibility in choosing what tax structure works best for your business to keep your taxes as low as possible. For federal tax purposes, an LLC has flexible tax treatment, and the way it is taxed depends on how it is set up and […]

How to Verify or Prove LLC Ownership To verify or prove LLC ownership, you need to review documentation that shows who owns the company and what percentage of the LLC each member owns. Unlike corporations, LLCs do not issue stock certificates, so ownership is established through the LLC’s Operating Agreement and internal ownership records. The […]

Why Is the Delaware LLC Franchise Tax Increasing? Here are the Key reasons for the HB 400 Franchise Tax increase: Generating additional state revenue for Delaware’s operating budget. Updating fees that had not kept pace with inflation and administrative costs. Supporting Delaware’s business infrastructure, including the systems and services used to process about 360,000 new […]

Historically, business incorporation required an act of legislature and signature of the governor, and would be limited to large enterprises. About 150 years ago, the laws were simplified to allow anyone to form a business with a filing and no act of the general assembly of a state legislature. Examples of Entities include an incorporated […]

Real estate is passive and not a lightning rod that attracts liability. Real estate is also a large store of value. If the restaurant company holds title to the real estate, then you have taken a big risk that was easily avoidable. You should never let real estate be exposed to creditors of the business. […]

If a business owner is personally sued and loses, the business owner’s LLC interest may be subject to attachment by the judgment creditor if the business was not formed as a Delaware LLC. A Delaware LLC is unlike the LLC of most states. By statute, a Delaware LLC limits the creditor to just a single […]