Posts Tagged ‘Business Entity’
Estimated Tax Payments for Small Business Owners
As a small business owner, you follow a different set of tax rules than your employees. Making estimated tax payments throughout the year is required and should be handled in a way that’s not particularly burdensome.
Read MoreHow to Start a Home-Based Business
If you’re thinking of starting a business but may be overwhelmed with all of the tasks at hand, consider starting it out of your home. You’ll have lower overhead if you don’t have to pay for office space, and the shortest commute in the world! Here are tips for starting a home-based business.
Read More Avoid Penalties and Fees: How to Keep Your Business in Compliance
For a small business, the number of filings required in a given year can be overwhelming, taking much needed time away from growing your business into a success. This may seem like trivial paperwork, but it’s actually pretty important.
Read More Running More Than One Business? How to Set Up Multiple Business Ventures
If you’re running multiple business projects, you’ve probably been stumped on what’s the best way to structure all these ventures. Should you form one corporation to cover them all? Should you form an LLC for each one?
Read More What’s Stopping You From Starting a Business (But Shouldn’t)?
Many people dream of owning their own businesses, but never actually make it happen. There’s always an excuse as to why: You don’t have the money. You don’t know anything about business. The list goes on and on. But if running your own business is truly something you’re passionate about, any of these obstacles can be overcome with a little effort.
Read More Is It Time to Look at Your Business Structure?
Another tax time has come and gone. If you’re self-employed operating as a sole proprietor, tax time can be yet another reminder that you haven’t addressed your business structure yet. Maybe you started your business as a side project, and a sole proprietorship made sense. But is it best for your needs now?
Read More Types of Business Entities
Selecting a business entity is one of the most important decisions you will make when you start your business. Each of the options you have will have their own strengths and weaknesses, and this guide will prepare you to make the right decision.
Read More What Does It Mean to “Qualify as a Foreign Corporation”?
If your business conducts business in one state but is officially incorporated in another, then it is considered a foreign corporation. This article details the steps you must take to qualify as a foreign corporation in order to legally do business in that state.
Read More Separating the “Business Entity” from the “Business Owner”
If you want to do business using a business name, as opposed to your personal legal name, then you’ll need to file a DBA. This article discusses the purposes of a DBA, and how their use might differ if your business is a sole proprietorship, LLC, or corporation.
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