LLC

Reducing Self Employment Tax With LLC Taxed as Partnership
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Reducing Self Employment Tax With LLC Taxed as Partnership

Reduction of employment taxes is part of asset protection planning involving limited liability companies. An LLC may elect to be treated for income tax purposes as either a partnership or a Subchapter S corporation. Advisors typically suggest taxation as an S corporation in order to minimize the amount of LLC…

Is a Single Member LLC in Florida Protected from Creditors?

Florida has enacted a statute specifically dealing with single member limited liability companies. The statute authorizes single member LLCs. The statute includes creditor remedies to collect a judgment from a debtor’s membership interest in the debtor’s single member LLC. Generally, a judgment creditor’s sole remedy against multi-member LLCs is limited…

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Using a Foreign State’s Domestic Asset Protection Trust Law in Florida

Some states, not Florida, have statutes that encourage asset protection trusts. These states’ statutes provide that if a debtor establishes an irrevocable trusts for their own benefit the assets that the debtor conveys to his trust are protected from his creditors. The trustmaker must reside or have significant assets in…

Priority of Sequential Charging Liens Against Same LLC Membership Interest

Florida Statute 605.0503 states that a charging lien is a judgment creditor’s sole remedy against a debtor’s membership interest in a limited liability company. The statute does not explain what happens if two judgment creditors apply for a charging lien against the same LLC interest. It is not clear whether…