How to Sign a Contract as an LLC One of the primary reasons to form a Limited Liability Company (LLC) is to protect your personal assets from the business creditors. A member of an LLC is only liable for the investment amount into the business, his personal assets are generally not reachable by business creditors. … Read more
What is a Franchise? A franchise is a business model that involves one business owner licenses a business model and/or trademarks to an independent owner. There are two forms of franchising, trademark franchising and business model franchising. Trademark franchising is where the franchisor owns the trademark or naming rights and sells some of those rights … Read more
Wealth and Asset Protection for the Small Business Owner We recently covered the basics of asset protection here. This article is to introduce asset protection concepts to Texas small businesses owners. Wealth and asset protection for the small business owner seeks to retain all or a substantial portion of wealth while protecting the owner from creditors’ … Read more
Need to Know: Pricing One of the most important aspects of a successful business is pricing your products or services properly. Correctly pricing your products is part science and part art. There are a variety of methods and strategies to successful pricing. The keys to pricing your product include: targeting your demographic properly, researching the … Read more
What is a Corporation? A corporation is a business structure that is distinct from it’s shareholders. Corporations are more complex than other business structures and can have more costly administrative fees and complex tax and legal requirements. A corporation is owned by shareholders, there is no limit to the number of shareholders but at least … Read more
Need to Know: The Marketing Plan The second in our Need to Know Series, a marketing plan is essential for any Texas small business today. Every business needs a marketing plan. Gone are the days when old fashioned dedication and hard work would put a good product or service in the black. Today’s globalized economy … Read more
Wealth and Asset Protection: The Basics Wealth and asset protection is the process of protecting the wealth you have built. There are many ways to protect your assets, asset protection can range from protecting your personal wealth from business creditors to preserving generational wealth for your family. Wealth and asset protection begins with determining which … Read more
What is an LLC? A limited liability company (LLC) is a hybrid business organization that blends the limited liability advantages of a corporation with the tax and management benefits of a partnership or sole proprietorship. An LLC can be owned by an unlimited amount of owners, called members. These members can be any entity including … Read more
What is the Corporate Tax Rate in Texas? Texas is one of the few states that does not levy a corporate income tax. Instead the state places a 1% franchise tax on most entities with gross receipts over $1 million. This franchise tax is “a tax on the privilege of doing business in Texas.” Some … Read more
Should I Form My Startup in Texas or Delaware? New startups always face the decision of where to incorporate. Often they have heard that Delaware is the ‘best’ place to incorporate for tax or corporate governance reasons. Business owners are not aware of the added duties and responsibilities for business entities operating outside of your … Read more
