Form Your Own Limited Liability Company [Paperback]

Anthony Mancuso (Author), Beth Lawrence (Author)

Book Description

Series: Form Your Own Limited Liability Company | Publication Date: January 2002

Everything you need to form your own LLC! Limited liability companies provide the most flexible way of doing business: You get both the tax benefits of a partnership, and the personal protection from business debts provided to corporations. Form Your Own Limited Liability Company provides you with the step-by-step instructions and forms you need to form an LLC in your state, without the expense of hiring a lawyer. This bestseller covers how to choose an LLC name, prepare and file articles of organization, decide on the best management structure, create an operating agreement and take care of ongoing legal and tax paperwork. The 5th edition has been carefully revised and updated to reflect the latest federal regulations, as well as the most current laws of all 50 states. All the forms you need are included on a CD-ROM. (20090101)

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Editorial Reviews

Review

Good news from the IRS... you, too, can be an LLC. The advantage: profits are taxed just once, like a partnership, while personal liability is limited, like a corporation. [And now you can do it yourself with] Nolo's book on LLCs. (BusinessWeek 20090101)

Armed with this book, entrepreneurs... can take advantage of the unique tax and legal benefits of the LLC for less than the cost of 10 minutes of their own lawyer's time. (Money Maker's Monthly )

In typical straightforward Nolo fashion, this book explains everything from choosing a name to maintaining the LLC's legal and tax status. (Orange County Register ) --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

About the Author

Anthony Mancuso is a corporations and limited liability company expert. He graduated from Hastings College of Law in San Francisco, is a member of the California State Bar, writes books and software in the fields of corporate and LLC law, and studies advanced business taxation at Golden Gate University in San Francisco. He has also been a consultant for Silicon Valley EDA (Electronic Design Automation) companies, most recently working on a C++ open-source integrated circuit database project team. He is the author of several Nolo books on forming and operating corporations (both profit and nonprofit) and limited liability companies. His titles include Incorporate Your Business, How to Form a Nonprofit Corporation (national and California editions), Form Your Own Limited Liability Company, The Corporate Records Handbook, and LLC or Corporation?. He wrote and programmed Nolo's LLC Maker and Incorporator Pro software programs, which generate state-by-state articles and other forms for organizing corporations and LLCs. His books and software have shown over a quarter of a million businesses and organizations how to form a corporation or LLC. He also is a licensed helicopter pilot and has performed for years as a guitarist in many musical idioms. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

Product Details

• Paperback: 336 pages
• Publisher: NOLO; 3rd edition (January 2002)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0873377974
• ISBN-13: 978-0873377973
• Product Dimensions: 10.7 x 8.3 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.6 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (24 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,213,307 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #50 in Books > Business & Investing > Small Business & Entrepreneurship > Legal Guides

Customer Reviews

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48 of 48 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A great resource, April 19, 2000

By A Customer

This review is from: Form Your Own Limited Liability Company (2nd Ed.) (Paperback)

I found this book extremely helpful in getting my LLC set up - saved on lawyer's fees for sure! The disk provides sample forms that were useful as well. I bought 3 different books on this subject, and ended up using only this one - highly recommend it if you want the specific administrative details on setting up your LLC.

38 of 40 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Top notch start up guide and resource, November 17, 2000

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This review is from: Form Your Own Limited Liability Company (2nd Ed.) (Paperback)

I bought this book when I started my business and I refer to it constantly. While it is geared toward LLCs, it offers information on other business entities such as sole proprietorships, partnerships, C Corp.s and S corporations to help you decide what is best for you. It provides all the guidance needed to establish and maintain an LLC. I made the mistake of loaning the book out once and had to ask for it back because I use it so much. It has an entire section on maintaining an LLC after it is established to help keep records and legalities straight. Well worth the money!

67 of 75 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Not enough for the price, August 1, 2002

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This review is from: Form Your Own Limited Liability Company (Paperback)

This book has a good explanation of the ins and outs of forming an LLC. However, in most cases, you create an LLC by filling the blanks in a state form, and then optionally create an Operating Agreement by filling in the blanks in a sample version included in the book.

The value of this book is in the state-by-state reference and in the sample Operating Agreement (and accompanying explanations). It doesn't tell you much of anything about what else you need to do to start a business or run it, referring you to other books written by the author.

Given the relatively light content, I wouldn't have expected it to be on the high end price range of Nolo's offerings. The book's real value for me was filling in some gaps in Nolo's excellent "Small Business Start-Up Kit for California" by Peri Pakroo.