Understanding the legal obligations associated with different types of business entities is essential when forming a new company. Ensuring your business follows United States laws and regulations from the start is crucial. At Harris Sliwoski, we assist with the legal aspects of business formation, helping you choose the correct entity. Our business formation attorneys provide expert legal advice to help you achieve your goals.
Contact UsIncorporating any company involves complex planning and structuring, as the entity you select determines your tax structure and your risk of personal liability. Our business formation attorneys can help you navigate different types of business entities and work with you in the early phases of forming your company to ensure proper growth from the start.
When incorporating your business, you must choose a suitable tax structure:
S Corporation: According to IRS Subchapter S, an S corporation allows a business to pass its taxable income, deductions, and credits to the personal tax returns of individual shareholders. You can only form an S corporation if you have fewer than 100 shareholders, and each shareholder is a U.S. citizen.
C Corporation: A C corporation allows shareholders to be taxed separately from the business entity, resulting in double taxation. C corporations are more flexible than S corporations and have the potential for more extensive growth.
In addition to selecting an appropriate tax structure for your new company, it is essential to establish the right entity to suit your business goals. You can choose from several business entity formations, including:
Harris Sliwoski has a team of dedicated attorneys with the skills and knowledge to start your United States business off on the right foot. We are proficient in international law and culture, serving as a valuable asset to our international and U.S. clients. Our lawyers take time to get to know your business and understand your goals so they can provide innovative solutions that help you run your corporation correctly.
At Harris Sliwoski, our lawyers can guide you as you establish your new U.S. business. We can help you structure your business to best protect you against personal liabilities, and to ensure you follow the appropriate legal procedures. Our business formation services include:
We offer our U.S. business formation services to both American companies and individuals, as well as to foreign companies and foreigners.
In addition to our U.S. company formation services, we also provide foreign company formations, leveraging our global reach to help businesses achieve growth worldwide.
Are you ready to get started on this exciting business venture? We look forward to minimizing the pressure you experience as a start-up business. Get in touch with our team of experienced business formation attorneys at 1-888-330-0010.
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Matt Hurt, COO Cannabis Nation
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Joseph Axelrod, General Counsel Irwin Naturals
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Tony Theiss, CEO and Co-Founder Redbarn Cannabis
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Kevin English, CEO We Are Camp
We have used Harris Sliwoski for legal help related to our international manufacturing. The lawyers with whom I worked had extensive familiarity with the international legal issues involved in our various projects and offered us key insights. I particularly appreciated how they always quickly and efficiently do what they say they will do and always within their cost estimates.
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