Making Your Business Official
Types of Business Entities and How They Work
If you’re starting your own business, or even if you’ve been in business for a while, you may be wondering what your options are for structuring your company. There are a number of types of…
5 Name Branding Lessons from Unicorns
Unicorns definitely exist in two places: on elementary school kids’ back packs and among startups. It’s the second category that I’m most interested in, and today I want to look at the major unicorns to…
Partnerships and Pass-through Entities: What Do You Do?
Question: Jane is a Partner in a partnership with a July 31 year end. What information does she use to calculate the Sec. 199A deduction she claims on her 2018 Form 1040, U.S. Individual Income Tax Return?…
How Organizations Are Classified as Partnerships
An unincorporated organization with two or more members is generally classified as a partnership for federal tax purposes if its members carry on a trade, business, financial operation, or venture and divide its profits. However,…
What Entity is Right for You and Your Business?
Starting your own business can be both challenging and rewarding. You want to make sure you get off on the right foot by choosing the type of entity that’s right for you and your business….
How to Win When You’re Playing “The Name Game”
Is the name of your business a good fit today? Will it still be a good fit tomorrow? These are important questions, because you don’t want to get stuck in a situation like Overstock.com, which…
Are You Really Ready to Launch Your Business?
Entrepreneurship presents unique difficulties that the 9-5 working crowd may never truly comprehend, sometimes even before the business is up and running. One of the challenges entrepreneurs face before starting a business is knowing the…
Going into Business with Your Best Friend: A Good Idea or Potential Problem?
My best friend and I would lock ourselves in my tiny, yellow room in Brooklyn, sitting on my bed with a hundred pieces of paper around us, quietly and carefully plotting how we would launch…
Sole Proprietor vs LLC: 7 Things You Need to Know
When you first make the decision to go into business for yourself, it’s an exciting moment. You’re probably not thinking about all the logistics and little business decisions you’ll have to make along the way….
When Is It Time to Become an S Corporation?
For most new businesses and business owners, keeping it simple is key. After all, launching a new business requires attention to detail and doing many things right. For that reason, most new businesses start out…
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