Webinar Outline:

Accountants often gloss over the legal structures that are used by their clients, instead focusing on how to report the activities. What accountants must consider are both the legal and tax implications for the structures chosen by their clients and how they can assist their clients in making better decisions for both the short-term and long-term growth of their company.

• • Making sure your client is observing the corporate formalities;
  • Developing systems for making decisions;
  • Decide whether you will need outside capital;
  • Decide when and how members will be able to leave the LLC, or be forced to leave
  • Decide what the “business” of the Company is. The “Purpose”
  • Drafting organizational documents
  • Choose the optimal form for a variety of business and investment activities
  • Compare the benefits and risks of each available form of business and investment
  • Identify how the business form affects acquisitions, investment, terminations and dispositions
  • Structure real estate operations to maximize current income
  • Obtain investment capital from going enterprises without tax consequences
  • Incorporate the new partnership audit rules in your business planning