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Running an internet home business or any small business for that matter involves some degree of risk.
The business could fail and if you are not protected creditors will be coming after you. There is also the very real possibility that your business could be a success and give you the financial freedom every person dreams of.
With that new found freedom brings another creditor, the IRS. If your home business is selling a product then there is always a chance of a law suit do to a bad or faulty product. Unfortunately many people start a home business without thinking past the large sums of money they will soon be making. Only when the creditors coming calling or they are stuck with a large tax bill do home business owners realize the importance of protecting their assets.
The answer is to form a entity separate from yourself. The entity takes the legal and financial risks and the small business owner runs the business. There are several options to choose from but the most common are to either form a LLC or to incorporate(there are also different forms of corporations, a general "c" and a "s" corporation).
I'll use the example of the internet home business. The average person decides to start a home business to make a few extra dollars a month. Whether to put more money into their retirement account or to save up for a cruise to Alaska, starting an internet home business is basically easy, not very expensive and can be done in your spare time. You have come across a new product and start promoting it, soon your internet home business raking in money twenty four hours a day. At the end of the year you could be stuck with a huge tax bill and unless you have saved properly the IRS could very easily take your house to pay for it. Or the product is defective and a huge class action law suite takes place. The lawyers will start at the top and start working there way down eventually getting to you. Depending on the bankruptcy laws in the state you live in you could again lose house.
Forming a LLC or incorporating your internet home business is actually not that hard. In fact it can be done over the internet for a very reasonable fee. State laws and fees vary but it is well worth the expense and will eventually pay for its self in the tax benefits and peace of mind.
The business could fail and if you are not protected creditors will be coming after you. There is also the very real possibility that your business could be a success and give you the financial freedom every person dreams of.
With that new found freedom brings another creditor, the IRS. If your home business is selling a product then there is always a chance of a law suit do to a bad or faulty product. Unfortunately many people start a home business without thinking past the large sums of money they will soon be making. Only when the creditors coming calling or they are stuck with a large tax bill do home business owners realize the importance of protecting their assets.
The answer is to form a entity separate from yourself. The entity takes the legal and financial risks and the small business owner runs the business. There are several options to choose from but the most common are to either form a LLC or to incorporate(there are also different forms of corporations, a general "c" and a "s" corporation).
I'll use the example of the internet home business. The average person decides to start a home business to make a few extra dollars a month. Whether to put more money into their retirement account or to save up for a cruise to Alaska, starting an internet home business is basically easy, not very expensive and can be done in your spare time. You have come across a new product and start promoting it, soon your internet home business raking in money twenty four hours a day. At the end of the year you could be stuck with a huge tax bill and unless you have saved properly the IRS could very easily take your house to pay for it. Or the product is defective and a huge class action law suite takes place. The lawyers will start at the top and start working there way down eventually getting to you. Depending on the bankruptcy laws in the state you live in you could again lose house.
Forming a LLC or incorporating your internet home business is actually not that hard. In fact it can be done over the internet for a very reasonable fee. State laws and fees vary but it is well worth the expense and will eventually pay for its self in the tax benefits and peace of mind.
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