How to Get Up and Running
or What to Do After Filing Your Articles
Warning! Contrary to some people's thinking, just filing Articles of Incorporation or Articles of Organization and receiving your Certificate of Authority as a corporation or limited liability company, does not make your business an operating entity
Choosing A Preparer For Your Tax Situation
The choice of a tax preparer is not easy. All preparers are not capable of handling all tax situations. The choice of a qualified tax preparer is very dependent on your financial activities and types of income.
See how to match the preparer with the situation.
If your incomes are Level 1.
Basic tax situation, incomes from employment (W-2’s not 1099-Misc), interest and/or dividends (under $400), unemployment, and taxable pension payments. You could have simple itemized deductions
The Money Pump
This money pump represents the way you generate cash for your personal use. If you are an employee the outflow from the pump represents the cash generated for your employer from your efforts.
Your share is mostly represented as your wage. If the pump represents your business the outflow is the gross cash generated by the operations of the business.
Business Help Resources
- Can You Use Independent Contractors?
- Doing Business in the 21st Century Electronic World
- How to Get Up and Running
- Notice to LLC Owners
- Ten Essential Business Functional Areas
- The Money Pump
- Understanding Risk Management
- What You Need to Know Before Starting a Business
- What You Need to Know When Your Business Needs Workers