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Choosing the Right Structure for your Business
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1. If you’re unsure of which business structure you should choose you should?
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Ask your friend
Talk to your CPA
Randomly guess
Choose Sole Proprietorship
2. When is asset protection important?
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Slow growth, familiar customers, making small amounts of money, or a non -risky business
Growing rapidly, acquiring new customers, making significant amounts of money, or the business is inherently risky
Never
When you get married
3. What are the four business structures?
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Sole Proprietorship, Partnerships, LLC, Corp
Taxable, Non-taxable, Tangible, Non-tangible
For Profit, Nonprofit, Charitable, Non-charitable
None of the above
4. What are advantages of an LLC?
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Simpler business structure, less paperwork, easier to start/ maintain, increased credibility, asset protection.
Doesn’t have to register with SoS
100% bulletproof limited liability
Doesn’t need a registered agent
5. What are traits of an informal business structure?
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Less paperwork to file
No assets protection
Low risk testing
All the above
6. What are informal business structures?
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Sole Proprietorships and General Partnerships
501 (3) (c)
LLC's and Corps
None of the above
7. What are formal business structures?
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501 (3) (c)
LLCs and Corps
Sole Proprietorships and General Partnerships
None of the above
8. Disadvantages to S-Corp
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Double Taxation
No restrictions on amount of shareholders
More complicated, requires additional paperwork, requires additional accounting services, more scrutinized by IRS
No asset protections
9. What is the default tax status of a corporation?
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Pass through
K1
Schedule C
None of the above
10. What is the presenters name?
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Timmy with The Thankful Business Man
Tom The Business Guide
Tim the Tool Man Trainer
Tony with The Really Useful Information Company