Articles about LLC Formation and Incorporating

The principal purposes of limited liability company ('LLC') formation are to obtain favorable tax benefits, create and maintain contractual flexibility.
- Jack Murray

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Visit this page often to review informative articles for reading about forming and operating corporate and LLC entities.

Sacramento law firm Downey Brand LLP has posted comprehensive information about the flexibility of limited liability company business organizations. This newsletter discusses the ability to transfer assets to and from the LLC without incurring income tax (unlike a shareholder of a corporation). It also notes the use of an LLC for real estate finance and as corporate subsidiary alternatives. Insight to form an llc from an estate planning perspective is given as well.

What's the difference between a traditional corporation, LLC? Arizona Republic columnist addresses a common concern.

Expertlaw.com: Incorporating Your Business On Your Own Lawyer, Aaron R. Larson on the essential steps to incorporate your business and choosing to become a corporation.

At the John Murray Reference Library at the First American Corporation several articles regarding limited-liability entities are discussed. While informative, they should not be considered binding authority in Arizona, California or Nevada since the opinions are based largely on Colorado Statutes using Delaware's model law and Bankruptcy Court Decisions.

Restrictions on the Use of an LLC as an Asset-Protection Vehicle While applicable in theory, it unfortunately does not address the versatile utilization of an LLC in Domestic Asset Protection Trusts recently codified by Alaska, Delaware, Nevada, Utah, Rhode Island and South Dakota legislatures.
Title-Insurance Endorsements for Limited Liability Company Transactions discusses efficacy of a single-member limited liability company for asset protection under Colorado's statutes.
Assignment of an LLC Member's Rights to Profits, Losses, and Distributions Article discusses the nature and assignment of a limited-liability company interest.
Change of Entity: Mergers and Conversions An overview of statutes permitting conversions of existing companies to an LLC.
Legal Issues in Limited Liability Company Real Estate Transactions Concerns from a lenders perspective.

Should I form a Limited Liability Company, S-Corporation, or C-Corporation? Arizona Business Attorney law firm Sluder Law Firm, PLC. gives example of forming an LLC in Arizona versus other "limited liability" companies.

California Limited Liability Company Fee Held Unconstitutional Alert by Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, a recognized California Corporate Attorney firm.

California Attorney General Opinion concludes that a business performing certain services under the Business and Professions Code may conduct activities as an LLC.

A Primer on Choice of Business Entity Jaburg and Wilk PC, Arizona business attorneys firm on selecting the appropriate form of business. It provides you with a basic overview of the differences between LLCs, corporations and partnerships.