• Where you plan to conduct your business
• Wanting to have limited personal liability for your business activities
• Whether you will have a partner or an investor
• Your expected earnings and deductions
• Desire to minimize your self-employment tax obligation
• Your business goals
• Your tolerance for compliance formalities
• Registration and administrative costs to set up and maintain a business structure
Formation: None
Limited Personal
Liability: No
Transferability of
Interest: No
Duration: Until Withdrawal
or Owner Death
Pass-through Taxation: Not as a
Separate Entity
Ability to Raise Capital: Not as a
Separate Entity
Ownership Limitations: Yes
Formation: None
Limited Personal
Liability: No
Transferability of
Interest: No
Duration: Unlimited
Pass-through
Taxation: Yes
Ability to Raise
Capital: Yes
Ownership
Limitations: No
Formation: State Filing
Limited Personal
Liability: Yes
Transferability of
Interest: Yes
(Often Limited)
Duration: Unlimited
Pass-through Taxation: Yes
(Upon Election)
Ability to Raise Capital: Yes
Ownership Limitations: No
Formation: State Filing
Limited Personal
Liability: Yes
Transferability of
Interest: Yes
Duration: Unlimited
Pass-through Taxation: No
Ability to Raise Capital: Yes
Ownership Limitations: No
Formation: State Filing
Limited Personal
Liability: Yes
Transferability of
Interest: Limited
Duration: Unlimited
Pass-through Taxation: Yes
Ability to Raise Capital: Yes
Ownership Limitations: Yes
Formation: State Filing
Limited Personal
Liability: Yes
Transferability of
Interest: Limited
Duration: Unlimited
Pass-through Taxation: No
Ability to Raise Capital: Yes
Ownership Limitations: No
Formation: State and Federal Filings
Limited Personal
Liability: Yes
Transferability of
Interest: N/A
Duration: Unlimited
Pass-through Taxation: Tax Exempt
Ability to Raise Capital: Yes
Ownership Limitations: N/A
S Corporation: Capital does have shareholder limits.
Professional Corporation: Requires owners be within the same profession. Personal liability exceptions exist for cases of malpractice.
Nonprofit Corporation: Capital may be raised via donations or grants.
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