Learn to start a new business by founding a limited
Table of Contents
Introduction 1
Part 1: The ABCs of LLCs 7
Chapter 1: What Is an LLC, Really? 9
Chapter 2: LLCs: Handier Than Duct Tape! 23
Chapter 3: Determining Whether an LLC Is Right for You 45
Part 2: Your First Steps: Forming Your LLC 67
Chapter 4: Making a Few Key Decisions 69
Chapter 5: Creating and Filing Your Articles of Organization 97
Chapter 6: Converting Your Current Business into an LLC 109
Part 3: Structuring Your LLC to Work For You 127
Chapter 7: Tell Uncle Sam How It Is! Choosing How You Want to Be Taxed 129
Chapter 8: Make It Official! Getting Started on Your Operating Agreement 143
Chapter 9: Structuring Your Partnership 159
Chapter 10: Using Your LLC to Attract Investors 183
Chapter 11: Membership Moves: Mastering LLC Transfers 197
Part 4: Running Your Brand-New LLC 213
Chapter 12: Maintaining Your Records (and Sanity) 215
Chapter 13: Making Cents of Taxes 229
Chapter 14: Expanding Your Empire: Going National! 243
Chapter 15: Dissolutions: Every Beginning Has an End 253
Part 5: LLCs on Steroids: Advanced Strategies 273
Chapter 16: Using LLCs to Cover Your Ass(ets) 275
Chapter 17: Protecting Real Estate with LLCs 291
Part 6: The Part of Tens 303
Chapter 18: Ten Good Reasons to Form an LLC 305
Chapter 19: Ten Ways to Keep Your Liability Protection Intact 315
Glossary 323
Index 329
