Business Formation Advice – Choosing a Business Type
If you are starting a new business, you have to make some basic decisions about how the company will be set up. For example, some small business owners just want to maintain a sole proprietorship in order to keep things simple. While this involves the least paperwork, it subjects your income to the self-employment tax, […]
Should Your Small Business Incorporate?
Most small businesses start out by operating as a sole proprietorship. You may have filed for a fictitious business name (called a DBA in some states) so that no one else can use your business name and you can do things like setting up a bank account in your company’s name. However, there are many […]
San Diego Incorporations – Why using a local San Diego attorney is important
Why using a local San Diego attorney is important for your incorporation process. A lot of my clients come to me from those websites that allow you to incorporate a business for a fraction of the cost of using an attorney to help you through the process. They often come to me because the process […]
What the new FCC Ruling means for you
One June 14, 2016 the Federal Court of Appeals ruled that high-speed internet can be defined as a utility, which clears the way for more rigorous policing of broadband providers and greater protections for web users. The court’s decision upheld the F.C.C. on the declaration of broadband as a utility which will have broad-reaching implications […]
The nitty gritty specifics of how the new(ish) LLC law might affect your business!
Now that I have piqued your attention with my sky-is-falling attitude in my previous entry (link here) let’s get into the specific ways the new(ish) LLC law might affect your existing or new business. Oftentimes, clients come to me with an existing operating agreement that they found on the internet. Here’s a big problem with […]
How the “new” California LLC law may affect your existing LLC
On January 1, 2014, now more than two years ago, the California Revised Uniform Limited Liability Company Act (RULLCA) went into effect. It’s codified as new Title 2.6 of the California Corporations Code starting with Section 17701. Many existing businesses have been operating as Limited Liability companies for years, some even for decades, without looking […]
