Full Description
With Starting a Limited Liability Company you'll learn 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 operations* Plans and strategies for converting partnerships into LLCs and combining LLCs and trust planning* A detailed glossary, along with checklists and loads of sample legal forms that simplify the process
Contents
PART ONEIs a Limited Liability Company? Chapter 2. Understanding the Terminology of Limited 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.
