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LLCs and corporations are different in more ways than just letter combination. Each derived from different types of laws, and therefore come with significant baggage. Corporations, owned by shareholders and ruled by a Board of Directors through hired officers, are the result of centuries of entrepreneurs using other people’s money to produce profits. This led […]

The application for authority and what it really means The filing of an application for authority in a state means that the company is allowed to do business there. The laws that administer how the company is run are unaffected – this is covered by the laws of the state where it is incorporated. However, […]

Often we get asked, where should we incorporate? What’s all this about Delaware? Here’s our rules of thumb: If you just have one location, and sell locally, you’re probably best off incorporating in your state, acting as your registered agent. (Standard rule applies, of course: get a good lawyer and a good accountant first, before […]

If a husband and wife are both members of an LLC and file their (US) tax return jointly, are they considered one taxpayer or two? If they are one taxpayer, it would mean that the LLC is a single-member LLC, and therefore a disregarded entity who need only add the LLC’s profits and losses on […]