can you start a llc company without a lawyer?
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A Limited Liability Company (LLC) has characteristics of a corporation and a partnership. An LLC allows its owners not to be personally liable for debts or liabilities of the business like a corporation, but have the tax benefits of partnerships. The owners of an LLC are called members which are somewhat analogous to shareholders. A member can be a natural person, a corporation, a partnership, or another legal association or entity. Unlike corporations or sole proprietorships, which may be formed by only one person, in most states, LLC's must be formed and managed by two or more members. The members may run the LLC themselves or through appointment of managers, who have similar levels of fiduciary duty to the LLC as do Directors of a corporation.\n\nLLCs are easier to create than corporations and forming one may be the best thing you can do for your business.   Here are the steps you need to take to make your LLC a legal reality.\n   1. Choose an available business name that complies with your state's LLC rules.\n   2. File formal paperwork, usually called articles of organization, and pay the filing fee (ranging from about $100 to $800, depending on your state's rules).\n   3. Create an LLC operating agreement, which sets out the rights and responsibilities of the LLC members.\n   4. Publish a notice of your intent to form an LLC (required in only a few states).\n   5. Obtain licenses and permits that may be required for your business.\n\nThe name of your LLC must comply with the rules of your state's LLC division. (Typically, this office is combined with the corporations division, and is part of the secretary of state's office.) While requirements differ from state to state, generally:\n    * the name cannot be the same as the name of another LLC on file with the LLC office\n    * the name must end with an LLC designator, such as "Limited Liability Company" or "Limited Company," or an abbreviation of one of these phrases (such as "LLC," "L.L.C.," or "Ltd. Liability Co."), and\n    * the name cannot include certain words prohibited by the state, such as Bank, Insurance, Corporation or City (state rules differ on which words are prohibited).\n\nYour state's LLC office can tell you how to find out whether your proposed name is available for your use. Often, for a small fee, you can reserve your LLC name for a short period of time until you file your articles of organization.\n\nAfter settling on a name, you must prepare and file "articles of organization" with your state's LLC filing office. While most states use the term "articles of organization" to refer to the basic document required to create an LLC, some states use the term "certificate of formation" or "certificate of organization."\n\nOne disadvantage of forming an LLC instead of a partnership or a sole proprietorship is that you'll have to pay a filing fee when you submit your articles of organization. In most states, the fees are modest, typically around $100. In a few others, they take a bigger bite: this includes California, which charges an $800 annual tax on top of its filing fee.\n\nArticles of organization are short, simple documents. You can usually prepare your own in just a few minutes by filling in the blanks and checking the boxes on a form provided by your state's filing office. Typically, you must provide only your LLC's name, its address, and sometimes the names of all of the owners, called members. Generally, all of the LLC owners may prepare and sign the articles, or they can appoint just one person to do so.\n\nYou will probably also be required to list the name and address of a person, usually one of the LLC members who will act as your LLC's "registered agent," or "agent for service of process." Your agent is the person who will receive legal papers in any future lawsuit involving your LLC.\n\nOper
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One of the most comprehensive FAQs on LLC I know is by Nolo.com:\n\nhttp://www.nolo.com/article.cfm/objectID/ED01121A-B4BF-498A-8BC0DBD121A0C869/111/182/245/FAQ/\n\nOther resources are:\n\nHow to form an LLC in your state (with state by state links) http://www.mycorporation.com/llc/info/index.htm\nhttp://www.bizfilings.com/learning/llcfaq.asp
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We probably need more information to answer your question.\n\nA land trust will only provide limited protection to you as an investor/landlord.  All a land trust can really offer is anonymity to the trust beneficiary.  Your liability protection is provided by the LLC.  While land trusts are cheap to set up, doing so may not offer sufficient protection.  \n\nIn the end it really depends on what you want to accomplish.  Many beginning investors worry too much about how to set up entities and structure their deals.  My rule of thumb is you probably don't need more than a single LLC to hold your long term property investments. \n\nI would recommend that you discuss this with your attorney before making your final decision.
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You'll need more than a "form letter". If you want to sell without a real estate agent, you should still hire a real estate attorney to handle all the legal documents.
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Very complete source for every & @ll legal procedures; i liked what i briefly saw. (fyi) you may go directly to State Dept to start filing your Limited Liability Partnership,[at least here in my jurisdiction]co. even w/out notarizing, but if you want to make it that way, perfect; You may also consider an Incorporation since the benefits are extent on behalf of both partties-you as a service/professional provider or licitator and clients/co's that contracts you; If you incorporate and your customers dissagree and start any litigation for insatisfaction against you as resident agent[official incorporator] your private assets  / properties, house, land, personal vehicles won't be in risk, only the assets under corporation will be the ones to respond. Plus you will have higher financial rate when incorporated since corporation acquires its own juridical personality-versus you as an individual in a  Limited Society-partnership.
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You can prepare a "living trust" without an attorney.  Many libraries and book stores have information on estate planning.
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You mean "business". Not "industry", unless you want to make your own brand of bugkiller. \n\nRegardless, this ventures into the bugaboo known as "legal advice", and I would strongly suggest asking an attorney in your area about what's required, because this varies from state to state.
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check this....http://www.tsha.utexas.edu/handbook/online/articles/CC/llc1.html
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Well, yes and no.  I think the other answerer was correct that a partnership or sole proprietor can use things like that, but if you want the tax ID to be registered to your corporation (which is how I understood your question), you will need to actually HAVE a corporation first.  Until you actually file the papers and incorporate, your corporation doesn't exist (except in your own mind).  So, you can't actually DO anything for the business that doesn't exist.  \n\nIf you make a sale before you incorporate, that sale is technically not a sale of the corporation, but would be a sale of your own sole proprietorship or partnership.
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yes you can !!\n\nwrite down on paper the name of your company president, in charge of operations and sign it with two witnesses. save it because it is a legal document an protects you, as the owner, from someone trying to steal your business later. after you make some money, have a lawyer draw up more formal documents. have president obtain licenses and permits, plus tax number in company name.(go to "one stop" on your state or city page to find out where to go or call.)\npay your employees enough to live on so they can give your business all of their attention. don't be afraid to hire more people because that is the single mistake made in business(not enough employees)
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You need an attorney.
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if its a S corp, LLC, etc then basic business laws guard you.  to remove you from such an organization is against the law.\n\nif the business is just a DBA (doing business as) then you don't have much rights except anything on paper.\n\nif this is just verbal agreement as a company and no papers....then you are screwed.
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Quicker Tax Preparation: As a sole proprietor, filing your taxes is generally easier than a corporation.Simply file an individual income tax return (IRS Form 1040) including your business losses and profits. Your individual and business income are considered the same and self-employed tax implications will apply.\n\n\nLower Start-up Costs: Limited capital is a reality for many startups and small businesses. The costs of setting up and operating a corporation involves higher set-up fees and special forms. It's also not uncommon for a lawyer to be involved in forming a corporation.\n\n\nEase of Money Handling: Handling money for the business is easier than other legal business structures. No payroll set-up is required to pay yourself. To make it even easier, set up a separate bank account to keep your business funds separate and avoid co-mingling personal and business activities.
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No business license is necessary.  If you're a sole proprietor you simply complete Schedule C, and perhaps Schedule SE as well.\n\ngood luck
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you need a lawyer first and foremost
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Do you have the papers to verify the existence of the LLC?  Because, for what you said, I think you should check Option h and you meet the requirements for Exception 1, you have a partnership interest.
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all depends on your company and your situation, I would have a good business law lawyer go threw this with you, not some morons on the net.\n\nmy sister is a lawyer and she has told me for one of my ideas an LLC would be bad for that kind of company.