Introduction 1Part 1: The ABCs of LLCs 7Chapter 1: What Is an LLC, Really? 9Chapter 2: LLCs: Handier Than Duct Tape! 23Chapter 3: Determining Whether an LLC Is Right for You 45Part 2: Your First Steps: Forming Your LLC 67Chapter 4: Making a Few Key Decisions 69Chapter 5: Creating and Filing Your Articles of Organization 97Chapter 6: Converting Your Current Business into an LLC 109Part 3: Structuring Your LLC to Work For You 127Chapter 7: Tell Uncle Sam How It Is! Choosing How You Want to Be Taxed 129Chapter 8: Make It Official! Getting Started on Your Operating Agreement 143Chapter 9: Structuring Your Partnership 159Chapter 10: Using Your LLC to Attract Investors 183Chapter 11: Membership Moves: Mastering LLC Transfers 197Part 4: Running Your Brand-New LLC 213Chapter 12: Maintaining Your Records (and Sanity) 215Chapter 13: Making Cents of Taxes 229Chapter 14: Expanding Your Empire: Going National! 243Chapter 15: Dissolutions: Every Beginning Has an End 253Part 5: LLCs on Steroids: Advanced Strategies 273Chapter 16: Using LLCs to Cover Your Ass(ets) 275Chapter 17: Protecting Real Estate with LLCs 291Part 6: The Part of Tens 303Chapter 18: Ten Good Reasons to Form an LLC 305Chapter 19: Ten Ways to Keep Your Liability Protection Intact 315Glossary 323Index 329
Jennifer Reuting is a renowned LLC expert and entrepreneur with more than two decades of experience in guiding individuals and businesses through the complexities of limited liability company formation. As the founder of CorpAssure, she combines her extensive knowledge and practical experience to make the process of forming and running an LLC accessible and straightforward for small businesses and first-time entrepreneurs.