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Running a Web Design Business: Defining Your Business Structure

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Overview

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Learn which business structure (sole proprietorship, partnership, corporation, or LLC) is right for you. Learn how it impacts licensing and permitting, taxes, and record keeping.

Syllabus

Introduction
  • Welcome
  • Disclaimer
1. Overview of Business Structures
  • Understanding your business-structure options
  • Sole proprietorship: Advantages and disadvantages
  • Partnerships: Advantages and disadvantages
  • C corporation: Advantages and disadvantages
  • S corporation: Advantages and disadvantages
  • LLC: Advantages and disadvantages
  • Choosing your business structure using five key questions
2. Sample Businesses
  • Introducing Amy's web design business
  • Amy's web design business as a sole proprietorship
  • Amy's web design business as an LLC
3. Forming a Sole Proprietorship
  • Getting started with business names and fictitious business names
  • Obtaining local licenses and permits
  • Applying for a city business tax receipt
  • Applying for a county business tax receipt
  • Opening a business bank account
  • Understanding state tax obligations
  • Understanding federal tax obligations
4. Forming a Limited Liability Company (LLC)
  • Getting started with a name for your LLC
  • Filing the Articles of Organization
  • Creating an operating agreement
  • Obtaining local licenses or permits
  • Applying for a city business tax receipt
  • Applying for a county business tax receipt
  • Understanding tax election for LLCs
  • Applying for an Employer Identification Number (EIN)
  • Opening a business bank account
  • Understanding state tax obligations
  • Understanding federal tax obligations
Conclusion
  • Next steps: Finding professional support

Taught by

Martha Garzon

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