Starting a Limited Liability Company

Everything you need to know to set up and operate an LLC
Combining the tax benefits of a partnership with the limited liability protection of a corporation, the LLC is one of the most popular and flexible forms of business organization for small business owners, investors, and wealthy individuals. Legal in all states, LLCs are safer, cheaper, simpler, or easier to maintain than alternative organizational forms, including Subchapter S corporations and limited family partnerships. And the benefits of LLCs are enormous: they can own subsidiary LLCs; have greater flexibility in allocating profits than an S corporation; can have an unlimited number of investors; and they are even better than limited partnerships for protecting assets.
Starting a Limited Liability Company, Second Edition shows you how an LLC can work for you and exactly what you need to do to set up and operate one. The updated second edition features completely revised and updated planning strategies, and new chapters on the one–member liability company, estate planning, home businesses, and more. You’ll also find:Expert guidance on applying LLCs to operating a business, estate planning, protecting assets, real estate acquisitions, professional practices, avoiding ancillary probate, and venture capital operationsPlans and strategies for converting partnerships into LLCs and combining LLCs and trust planningA detailed glossary, along with checklists and loads of sample legal forms that simplify the process
Starting a Limited Liability Company, Second Edition is ideal for small business owners and investors, especially real estate investors. It’s an indispensable resource that you can’t do without if you’re serious about forming your own LLC.

Spis treści:
PART ONE: INTRODUCTION TO LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANIES.
Chapter 1. What Is a Limited Liability Company?
Chapter 2. Understanding the Terminology of Lim ited Liability Companies.
Chapter 3. Comparing Limited Liability Companies to Other Business Organizations.
PART TWO: FORMING AND STARTING YOUR LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY.
Chapter 4. How to Set Up Your Limited Liability Company.
Chapter 5. Converting Your Existing Business into a Limited Liability Company.
PART THREE: OPERATING AND TERMINATING YOUR LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY. 
Chapter 6. Negotiating and Drafting the Operating Agreement.
Chapter 7. Operating and Maintaining Your Limited Liability Company.
Chapter 8. Special Legal Issues Affecting the Operations of Your Limited Liability Company.
Chapter 9. Securities Laws and Limited Liability Companies.
Chapter 10. Dissolution, Winding Up, and Termination of Your Limited Liability Company.
PART FOUR: TAX PLANNING WITH  LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANIES. 
Chapter 11. Income Tax and Your Limited Liability Company.
Chapter 12. Estate Tax Planning and Your Limited Liability Company.
PART FIVE: SPECIFIC BUSINESSES AND FINANCIAL GOALS AND YOUR LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY. 
Chapter 13. Home–Based Businesses and Limited Liability Companies.
Chapter 14. Real Estate Investments and Limited Liability Companies.
Chapter 15. Professional Practices and Limited Liability Companies.
Chapter 16. High–Technology Enterprises and Limited Liability Companies.
Chapter 17. Foreign Investors and Limited Liability Companies.
Chapter 18. Divorce and Limited Liability Companies.
Chapter 19. Family Businesses and Limited Liability Companies.
Chapter 20. Asset Protection and Limited Liability Companies.
Chapter 21. Loan Transactions and Limited Liability Companies.
Appendix A: Limited Liability Company Statutes in the United States.
Appendix B: Sequence of States′ Adoption of Limited Liability Companies Laws.
Appendix C: Comparison of Business Entities.
Glossary.
Index.

Nota biograficzna:
MAR TIN M. SHENKMAN, CPA, MBA, JP, is a well–known tax and real estate attorney, lecturer, and author. His other Wiley titles include How to Buy a House with No (or Little) Money Down, The Homeowners’ Legal Bible, and The Complete Book of Trusts.
SAMUEL WEINER is an attorney with the firm of Cole, Schotz, Meisel, Forman & Leonard PA.
IVAN TABACK is an attorney in the personal planning department of the law firm Proskauer Rose LLP.

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Everything you need to know to set up and operate an LLC
Combining the tax benefits of a partnership with the limited liability protection of a corporation, the LLC is one of the most popular and flexible forms of business organization for small business owners, investors, and wealthy individuals. Legal in all states, LLCs are safer, cheaper, simpler, or easier to maintain than alternative organizational forms, including Subchapter S corporations and limited family partnerships. And the benefits of LLCs are enormous: they can own subsidiary LLCs; have greater flexibility in allocating profits than an S corporation; can have an unlimited number of investors; and they are even better than limited partnerships for protecting assets.
Starting a Limited Liability Company, Second Edition shows you how an LLC can work for you and exactly what you need to do to set up and operate one. The updated second edition features completely revised and updated planning strategies, and new chapters on the one–member liability company, estate planning, home businesses, and more. You’ll also find:Expert guidance on applying LLCs to operating a business, estate planning, protecting assets, real estate acquisitions, professional practices, avoiding ancillary probate, and venture capital operationsPlans and strategies for converting partnerships into LLCs and combining LLCs and trust planningA detailed glossary, along with checklists and loads of sample legal fo rms that simplify the process
Starting a Limited Liability Company, Second Edition is ideal for small business owners and investors, especially real estate investors. It’s an indispensable resource that you can’t do without if you’re serious about forming your own LLC.