Sole Proprietorship Questions

From what I read there are two basic types of business recommended for a single person business (in the US): Sole Proprietorship LLC My wife is looking to start a business for blogging/selling...

LLC Startup Costs Tax Sole Proprietorship

asked Sep 9 '11 at 23:20

Joel B
163 points

I have been working starting a small single person (me) business and I wanted to know what would be the best entity it should be organized as ... File a DBA with the registrant is a business...

LLC Sole Proprietorship

asked Aug 2 '11 at 09:19

Frank Gf
1 point

What's the best way to setup a company whereby the founder always has control and the final word no matter how many partners he brings in? What are the disadvantages of the various setups?

Liability Sole Proprietorship Corporation

asked Jul 29 '11 at 15:09

Tom Jones
24 points

I have been building a bootstrapped SaaS business for the better part of a year working late into the night most nights per week. I have never spent anything aside from my own time and a few...

Bootstrapped Legal Sole Proprietorship

asked Jul 7 '11 at 16:11

Matt Beckman
132 points

I've been operating a local computer repair and retail business for about 2 years and haven't needed a line of credit until now. The problem is that I'm in college and have student loans. So, as a...

Credit Cards Loan Sole Proprietorship

asked May 27 '11 at 03:15

David Brown
116 points

I am considering starting presales of a product. Since money may be coming in I wanted a business bank account so if I am ever sued for any reason I'll only lose what I put in the business and not...

Incorporation Canada Corporate Structure Liability Sole Proprietorship

asked Apr 11 '11 at 20:18

Stu R
66 points

I currently run a Canadian Corporation, but I'm finding taxes (both accounting fees and bookkeeping) a real pain and expense. I would like to keep the corporation and basically find out how to...

Tax Canada Accounting Sole Proprietorship Corporation

asked Apr 14 '11 at 14:37

Geek Gal
16 points

Specs- Its gonna be a one man show. The person running the business already has a dayjob elsewhere. I guess he's a waiter and I am not sure if he has an EIN. He would like to avoid registrations...

USA Registration Sole Proprietorship

asked Feb 2 '11 at 20:38

Prateek Mishra
137 points

About two years ago, I began building a side business doing IT consulting, which never actually took off because I got so busy with my day job. In the process of building the side business, I...

Independent Contractor DBA EIN Sole Proprietorship

asked Jan 21 '11 at 04:55

Beachrunnerjoe
319 points