A Limited Liability Company (LLC) can be a great way to protect your personal assets while also keeping your business structure and taxation relatively simple. Here are the major steps to form an LLC in California:
- File your Articles of Organization, and other formation paperwork.
- Soi, fein, licenses, permits
- Draft your Operating Agreement.
- Buy-sell provisions
- Must be tailored to your business
- Open your business bank accounts.
- Pay your taxes.
- Do your due diligence.
- Estate planning, bookkeeping/taxes, updating operating agreement, soi, meetings/recordkeeping, insurance
Not sure if an LLC is the right business entity for you? See “What Is Limited Liability and Do I Need It?” and “Should My Company Be An LLC?”
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