Re: [ACFUG Discuss] incorporation advice

2012-02-22 Thread Dawn Hoagland
gt; carefully. > > /charlie > > ** ** > > *From:* ad...@acfug.org [mailto:ad...@acfug.org] *On Behalf Of *Peyton > Todd > *Sent:* Wednesday, February 22, 2012 10:47 AM > *To:* discussion@acfug.org > > *Subject:* Re: [ACFUG Discuss] incorporation advice > >

RE: [ACFUG Discuss] incorporation advice

2012-02-22 Thread Charlie Arehart
uary 22, 2012 10:47 AM To: discussion@acfug.org Subject: Re: [ACFUG Discuss] incorporation advice Just to add my two cents: Be SURE to get a professional to do your taxes. I was (am still) an S-Corp, and years ago when I was programming steadily, I experienced no end of grief figuring out all the tax

Re: [ACFUG Discuss] incorporation advice

2012-02-22 Thread Frank Moorman
Everyone... Thank you for all the help... I have the appt today at 3:00. I do not have all the information, but at least now I have an idea of what I am looking at and I appreciate that greatly. I am seeing someone in Norcross, and I have already been told that for $750 he is already partnered

Re: [ACFUG Discuss] incorporation advice

2012-02-22 Thread Cameron Childress
On Wed, Feb 22, 2012 at 10:46 AM, Peyton Todd wrote: > Just to add my two cents: Be SURE to get a professional to do your taxes. > I was (am still) an S-Corp, and years ago when I was programming steadily, > I experienced no end of grief figuring out all the tax forms, and > remembering to file e

Re: [ACFUG Discuss] incorporation advice

2012-02-22 Thread Peyton Todd
From: Cameron Childress To: discussion@acfug.org Sent: Wed, February 22, 2012 9:12:02 AM Subject: Re: [ACFUG Discuss] incorporation advice Frank- Obviously everyone has has very different experiences with their own businesses. This is definitely a case where doing your own

Re: [ACFUG Discuss] incorporation advice

2012-02-22 Thread Cameron Childress
Frank- Obviously everyone has has very different experiences with their own businesses. This is definitely a case where doing your own research counts. When all is said and done you are virtually certain to have *something* you wished you'd done differently. Don't worry about it, just get well in

Re: [ACFUG Discuss] incorporation advice

2012-02-21 Thread Stephen M. Carlson
Frank: You are getting a lot of different advice here. Here is my two cents: 1. Ive been incorporated as an S Corp since 1999. I strongly suggest going this route. 2. One of the big differences between S Corp and LLC is that the LLC typically requires more money put into the corp to start it

Re: [ACFUG Discuss] incorporation advice

2012-02-21 Thread William Evans
n you apply for EIN > with IRS. > > Then you are off to a start. You can start using the company to send your > invoices. The best choice is S-Corp. > > Thanks > Damu Venkatesan. > > ------ > From: w...@dynapp.com > To: discussion@acfug.org >

RE: [ACFUG Discuss] incorporation advice

2012-02-21 Thread Damu Venkatesan
2012 16:06:39 -0600 Subject: RE: [ACFUG Discuss] incorporation advice The Company Corporation is a great source and can do everything for you and answer all your questions: http://www.incorporate.com/?11525 From: ad...@acfug.org [mailto:ad...@acfug.org] On Behalf Of Cameron Childress Sent

RE: [ACFUG Discuss] incorporation advice

2012-02-21 Thread Wes Byrd
: [ACFUG Discuss] incorporation advice You're probably going to want an LLC or an S-Corp. Google around and you should get some good articles on the pro/cons or each. Also consider these top of mind questions and notes... - How are you going to do your accounting? I use Quickbooks Online for

Re: [ACFUG Discuss] incorporation advice

2012-02-21 Thread Cameron Childress
You're probably going to want an LLC or an S-Corp. Google around and you should get some good articles on the pro/cons or each. Also consider these top of mind questions and notes... - How are you going to do your accounting? I use Quickbooks Online for this. QBOE also has a decent time entry too

Re: [ACFUG Discuss] incorporation advice

2012-02-21 Thread Andrew Powell
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,

[ACFUG Discuss] incorporation advice

2012-02-21 Thread Frank Moorman
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