Limit your liability, simplify taxes with an LLC If you run your own business as a sole proprietorship or partnership, you’ve probably heard of the advantages of limited liability companies—especially the way an LLC can protect personal assets from business debts. LLC expert Anthony Mancuso clearly explains how to decide whether an LLC is right for you. Learn: the unique legal features of LLCs, including limited personal liability for owners who should—and who shouldn’t—form an LLC when to choose an LLC instead of a corporation, partnership, or other business form how LLCs are taxed how to manage multiple-owner LLCs, and why an LLC can be the right choice even for a debt-troubled business. Attorney Anthony Mancuso is an LLC and corporations expert and author of many Nolo books, including Form Your Own Limited Liability Company, Incorporate Your Business, and How to Form a Nonprofit Corporation. Mancuso’s books and software have helped more than 500,000 businesses and organizations get started and keep running.

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Limited liability companies offer both the personal protection from business debts of a corporation and the tax benefits of a partnership. But LLCs also require careful record keeping, regular meetings and formal minutes-without them, the IRS and the courts could hold LLC members personally liable for LLC debts.

A do-it-yourself manual for making your own living trust, with checklists, step-by-step procedures, worksheets, and forms.

The consumer brand of any organization is crucial to its long term business success. Just as important is the employer brand of the organization, vital to attracting talent and retaining an engaged workforce. Despite the critical connection between internal and external brand engagement, these areas remain firmly entrenched in the traditional silos of HR, internal communication and marketing, wasting resources and even contradicting each other instead of pursuing a common goal. By breaking down traditional silos Strategic Brand Engagement offers a new approach for developing brand and employee engagement in any organization. It presents a strategic model showing how to develop organisational values in line with corporate branding, aligning key HR responsibilities such as recruitment and performance with the overall brand, developing a consistent communications strategy, and measuring the impact of these strategies.

Social Security disability is an enormous program, with hundreds of thousands of people participating each year. Consequently, it's easy for both participants and first-time applicants to get lost in the system's bureaucracy.Nolo's Guide to Social Security Disability is an essential book for anyone dealing with a long-term or permanent disability. Written both for first-time applicants and those who already receive Social Security disability, Dr. David Morton's book demystifies the program in plain English, thoroughly explaining:* what Social Security disability is* what benefits are available to disabled children* how to prove a disability* how age, education and work experience affect benefits* whether or not one can work while receiving benefits* how to appeal a denial of benefits* how to respond to a Continuing Disability Review* and much more

Few business people haven't heard the buzz about limited liability companies -- the newest and wildly popular way to organize a business. For those who are wondering whether or not an LLC is right for them, Nolo's Quick LLC is the book to grab. Written by corporations and LLC expert Attorney Anthony Mancuso, this Quick & Legal book provides essential information for small business owners in any of the fifty states. It explains, in plain English, the advantages and drawbacks of forming an LLC, and how the LLC compares with running a business as a corporation, partnership or sole proprietorship. The book explains: * how LLCs are formed by filing Articles of Organization with the state * the crucial Operating Agreement, which details the legal rights and responsibilities of LLC members and managers * how owners can choose between a member-run or manager-run LLC * important tax options that qualify an LLC for partnership tax treatment -- an essential benefit of forming an LLC *the required ongoing legal and tax paperwork *