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Old 03-18-2008, 01:28 PM
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Changed from sole proprieter to LLC

About half way through 2007 - I became an LLC. My "company" is just me, I am a freelancer, located in Wisconsin.
Does this change anything impacting my taxes? Is it different from being a sole proprietor when it comes to taxes?

Thanks in advance-
Shawna

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Old 03-20-2008, 04:54 PM
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Is there a difference in Taxation of a Sole Proprietorship vs a Single Member LLC?

If you are a Single Member LLC, then really nothing changes as you will report the income from your activity on Schedule C, which is essentially the same as how reported earlier. Except that as a Single Member LLC, you include the LLC after your business name.

The Sole Member LLC, will report all the net income being subject to self-employment taxes, so the method of taxation will be essentially the same as if you were reporting the activity as a Sole Proprietor.

Clearly, the impact is a legal one, in that you now have limited liability protection which is exceedingly important in todays times of litigious world.
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