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Business formation is the process of establishing a legal entity to carry out a particular entreprise.  The law provides several entity options, each with its own advantages and disadvantages. Limited... more +
Business formation is the process of establishing a legal entity to carry out a particular entreprise.  The law provides several entity options, each with its own advantages and disadvantages. Limited Liability Corporations (LLC), Limited Liability Partnerships (LLP), and S-Corporations are a few examples of available options. When forming a business, founders can choose whichever entity-type best aligns with their specific tax and liability needs and considerations. Other important aspects of forming a business include drafting a comprehensive business plan, choosing appropriate insurance, establishing personnel policies and protecting intellectual property.  less -
Obermayer Rebmann Maxwell & Hippel LLP

S Corporation Tax Pitfalls - The Dreaded Inadvertent S Election Termination

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Business owners are often attracted to the S Corporation as a hybrid between the entity-level tax planning opportunities afforded by C Corporations and the passthrough nature of a partnership, all while affording a business...more

Dickinson Wright

Starting and Running a Food Truck Business

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Introduction - It seems anywhere you go in Nashville these days you will happen across a food truck or two loitering at a local business or parked downtown. Indeed, almost any local Nashville event has a gaggle of mobile...more

Carlton Fields

Ledgers and Law: Start With an Ending in Mind When Building a New Business

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Starting a business is not for the faint of heart. Your best chance at survival and success is to plan out the life cycle of your company from the beginning and how you are going to exit at the end. The decisions you make...more

Ward and Smith, P.A.

Choice of Entity for the Closely Held Business—Comparing LLCs and Subchapter S Corporations

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While the Internal Revenue Code ("Code"), Subchapter C Corporation ("C Corp") will be the proper choice of entity for some closely held businesses (particularly in light of the federal tax reform package that became effective...more

Lowndes

Time to Reconsider Your Choice of Entity?

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One of the most publicized changes made by last year’s Tax Cut and Jobs Act was a reduction in income tax rates for corporations and individuals. The maximum corporate tax rate has been permanently reduced from 35% to 21%,...more

Porter Hedges LLP

Business Litigation Alert: "Starting a New Business? Include These Five Provisions in Every Formation Agreement"

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The ultimate success of a business often rests on the ability of its owners to make sound decisions up front - an ounce of prevention, if you will - and avoid bigger problems that might arise later. This principle...more

Jackson Walker

Choice of Entity and Key Contents of Organization Documents

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Five Business Entity Forms: • Corporation • General Partnership • Limited Partnership • Limited Liability Partnership (“LLP”) • Limited Liability Company (“LLC”) ...more

Locke Lord LLP

Locke Lord QuickStudy: Choice of Entity Considerations

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Starting a business can be a daunting but rewarding challenge. One of the key decisions at the early stages of a new business is how to structure your business – i.e., what legal entity to form in order to carry on your...more

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