As long as you have a competent CPA AND lawyer helping you along, you should be alright. If you need a lawyer to help you along, let me know off list and I can give you the name of the one who helped me. Including state fees, expect to pay about $1500 for a reasonable lawyer.
ap On Feb 21, 2012, at 4:11 PM, Frank Moorman wrote: > All, > > I am meeting with a CPA tomorrow. I plan on starting a company in order to > take > on the payments for the free lance work I am currently performing. When I was > talking with the CPA today, I realized that not only do I not know what type > of > business I need, but I do not even know what questions to ask... The reasons I > am most interested in doing this is so that I can try to minimize taxes, but > is > that all I need to look for? The CPA is suggesting a S-Corp for me, and I > know > I need to talk in more detail with him, but I still do not understand my > choices. > > While I will probably take the CPA's advice, I was hoping that maybe some of > the > people on this list that have gone through this experience can share some > insight. Any advice on questions I need to ask the CPA, or any topics I should > discuss with him would be appreciated. I would love to hear from someone who > had > a moment of "WOW!, I wish I thought of that when I first started..." > > I know that this has been discussed at ACFUG meetings in the past (even ones > that I attended and now wish I remembered more...) So if someone has a URL to > share, that would also be appreciated... > > Once again, thanks for any advice... > > Frank > > > ------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from this list, manage your profile @ > http://www.acfug.org?fa=login.edituserform > > For more info, see http://www.acfug.org/mailinglists > Archive @ http://www.mail-archive.com/discussion%40acfug.org/ > List hosted by http://www.fusionlink.com > ------------------------------------------------------------- > > > ------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe from this list, manage your profile @ http://www.acfug.org?fa=login.edituserform For more info, see http://www.acfug.org/mailinglists Archive @ http://www.mail-archive.com/discussion%40acfug.org/ List hosted by http://www.fusionlink.com -------------------------------------------------------------
