Choosing the Right Legal Structure


How to Choose the Right Legal Structure

If you are starting a business, or you already run one but haven't thought strategically about its legal structure--S Corp, C Corp, or LLC--you need to take this matter seriously.

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Structuring Equity at an LLC

A reader asks, What are the best practices for structuring equity as part of the compensation package at a limited liability partnership, or LLC?

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Sole Proprietors Make Less But Pay Less Taxes

Report examines the impact of taxes on various corporate structures.

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Do S Corporations Still Make Sense?

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Why Be an S Corporation?

Why one company owner found it advantageous to be a C-corporation.  Read story

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