May 12, 2018 / by Larry Donahue / Anonymous LLC, Corporations, LLC / 1 comment
What is a DBA? A DBA stands for “doing business as”, and can be referred to as a “trade name” or “fictitious name” for a company, partnership or sole proprietorship. It’s like a pen-name or pseudonym, but for companies or others doing business in a state. When Do You File a DBA? Anyone that conducts […]
Read more
Articles related to Limited Liability Companies (LLC)
Beware of Nominee Services
March 13, 2019 / by Larry Donahue / Anonymous LLC, LLC, Small Business / 0 comments
Why the Small Business Owner Should Think Twice About Handing Their Company Over to Online Strangers. Nominee Services are common in the legal and financial fields. Basically, they allow companies to elect another party to do tasks for them. Generally, this allows the company to remain anonymous in such transactions. They are quite common place […]
Read more
Available Now! The Business Entity Decision Maker
January 15, 2019 / by Kristy Donahue / Business Law, Business Tips, Corporations, LLC, Other Corporate Entities, Small Business / 0 comments
LLCs, Anonymous LLCs, C Corps, S Corp, Sole Proprietor…. Could you use a little guidance? What IS the best structure for my business? There are many choices when it comes to how to setup your business. As you might expect, every choice comes with certain rules and ramifications that will not only determine how your […]
Read more
L4SB, BLSW, and Slingshot Law have moved to downtown Albuquerque!
September 13, 2018 / by Larry Donahue / Business Tips, LLC, Locations, Marketing, New Mexico / 0 comments
We’re proud to announce our new corporate offices in Albuquerque, New Mexico. This marks an important milestone for our law firms. In fact, 2017 year was a big year for Business Law Southwest and L4SB. L4SB was named “One of the Fastest Growing Companies for 2017” in New Mexico while the merger between the two […]
Read more
How To Move a Pre-Existing Business Into a Newly Formed Company
August 30, 2018 / by Larry Donahue / Commercial Transactions, Corporations, LLC, Partnership / 0 comments
You listened to your business lawyer, and formed a limited liability company (called LLC) or corporation (such as a C-Corp or S-Corp), and you want to move your pre-existing business into the new company. This is actually a common question, and it’s really important that you do it right. How you do this, depends on […]
Read more
Return of the C Corporation
August 27, 2018 / by Ian Alden / Corporations, LLC, Other Corporate Entities, Partnership, Taxes / 0 comments
If you’re starting a new business (or reorganizing an old one), you have a few options to choose from. For example, you could form a Limited Liability Company (or LLC). LLCs are often a great choice for startups because they’re easy to start, simple to administer, and you can choose how you want it to […]
Read more
Internet Sales Tax and the Supreme Court: What You Need to Know
June 21, 2018 / by Ian Alden / Business Tips, Corporations, LLC, Marketing, Strategic Planning, Taxes / 0 comments
If you run a business large or small, it’s hard to ignore today’s headlines: Supreme Court rules states can force online retailers to collect sales tax (CNN), Supreme Court rules states can collect sales tax for online purchases nationwide (Fox News), Supreme Court rules states can require shoppers to pay online sales tax (MSNBC). In […]
Read more
Can Existing Companies be Made Anonymous?
May 15, 2018 / by Larry Donahue / Anonymous LLC, Corporations, LLC / 0 comments
If you have an existing company, is it possible to “make it anonymous” by removing ownership information that is listed online or made available by the Secretary of State? The quick answer is “no.” The longer answer is, “you can certainly change and update ownership information of your existing company, to remove or obfuscate ownership […]
Read more
What is a DBA?
May 12, 2018 / by Larry Donahue / Anonymous LLC, Corporations, LLC / 1 comment
What is a DBA? A DBA stands for “doing business as”, and can be referred to as a “trade name” or “fictitious name” for a company, partnership or sole proprietorship. It’s like a pen-name or pseudonym, but for companies or others doing business in a state. When Do You File a DBA? Anyone that conducts […]
Read more
Two Common Ways to Buy an Existing Business
April 30, 2018 / by Ian Alden / Commercial Transactions, Corporations, LLC, New Mexico, Taxes / 0 comments
In our previous piece (The Art of Buying and Selling a Business), we discussed some of the important issues you should consider when you want to sell or buy an existing business to maximize your value and minimize your risk. In this article, we consider the two most common ways one goes about buying a […]
Read more
How to Properly Form a Partnership
March 4, 2018 / by Larry Donahue / LLC, Partnership / 2 comments
In this article, I define a partnership as “any company where there is more than one owner.” There are two important components to properly forming a partnership: Aligning with the right people Putting the right formalities around the partnership Seems simple, right? Word of warning: You could be in a “de facto partnership” simply by […]
Read more