For personal use. Anyone have any experience with this. Clearly I'd need to go to a lawyer and all, but has anyone on here done something similar. I'm not trying to defraud the government on taxes, but I would like to pay less.

12/19/2007 12:30:01 PM

it sounds like you might have misunderstood something

12/19/2007 12:45:25 PM

we used legalzoom.com

what exactly are you trying to accomplish?

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12/19/2007 12:45:39 PM

yeah, i had a friend do it and he said it wasnt hard. ill find out what he used.

12/19/2007 12:52:21 PM

you can print the papers off a government website, pay a fee (like 300 bucks or something) and submit the forms....thats about all there is to it...ofcourse you could get a lawyer to do it for you but thats all he would do and charge you mucho $$ to do it

12/19/2007 1:45:26 PM

the lawyers do a little more.. most will do a name search in several states to make sure there's not another registered LLC under that name.. they also [help] write up your articles of organization and such.

12/19/2007 1:47:25 PM

you can find the forms here:

http://www.secretary.state.nc.us/corporations/Forms.aspx?EntityId=2719976&Type=LimitedLiability%20Company

[Edited on December 19, 2007 at 1:48 PM. Reason : ..]

12/19/2007 1:48:15 PM

Setting up an LLC or such whatnot.


Fixed it for ya.

12/19/2007 2:03:55 PM

there is a guy in clayton...$500 includes your stamp and such. He is great at doing your taxes...

send me a pm, and I can find his card...he has been an accountant for the last 20 years....

12/19/2007 2:19:45 PM

^^^ there ya go, someone in the right direction

Doing this in NC?

12/19/2007 11:58:24 PM

Like beethead, I set up my own S-Corp this year and used Legalzoom. I had no hassles with them at all.

12/20/2007 7:15:59 AM

cool. I didn't think it was too involved of a process, thanks for the direction.

12/20/2007 9:13:08 AM

Quote :

"5 ways to fix your privacy 1) Take your name off all titles: - establish a New Mexico limited liability company. - LLC ownership is anonymous in New Mexico - no annual reports are required - use your LLC when you purchase vehicles, boats, real estate, whatever... - unlike corporations, single-member LLCs do not usually require a tax ID and are not named on your returns. (Income, if any, is listed as personal income on Schedule C.) 2) Stop receiving mail at home: - avoid: - marketers - scammers - stalkers - other uninvited guests - don't allow your name to be connected with where you live. - rent a private mailbox with a commercial mail-receiving agency. - for license renewals or anything else that shows up on a public records search, buy a forwarding address from a service in Alaska, and use your LLC (step 1). 3) Change your phone number: - or cancel your land line in favor of pre-paid cell phones - if a land line is needed for internet, cancel your present number. Two weeks later have a legal proxy or nominee (established with a simple form) order a new unlisted number. 4) Never use your license as ID: - get a passport for ID - passports don't list Social Security Numbers or addresses 5) Use a cross-cut shredder - people can learn a lot from your trash"

anyone know about this?

as in, does it "work"?

12/20/2007 9:45:17 AM

you are just asking for trouble doing this

12/20/2007 11:05:39 AM

^^talk about paranoia

(or actually doing something worth hiding)

12/20/2007 11:07:31 AM

^^^that stuff up there is borderline nuts

^ding

[Edited on December 20, 2007 at 11:08 AM. Reason : ]

12/20/2007 11:07:53 AM

Quote :

"actually doing something worth hiding"

is correct


I am already the (proud?) recipient of death threats

what I plan on doing in my life will piss off many, many bigots, mostly of the christian redneck variety

and I don't want to be killed by some eric rudolph wannabe who thinks they're doing god's work

so, if they can't find me, they can't kill me

(and they'll really want to, once I get "started")



I'm really a good guy, though

I don't deserve murder



^
privacy isn't nuts, it's natural, and a civil liberty

12/20/2007 11:31:30 AM

well what do you do?

12/20/2007 11:33:11 AM

I can't say

but it doesn't harm anyone, anyone's property, anyone's liberty or anyone's right to person, property and liberty

so it's ok

12/20/2007 11:40:44 AM

well then it sounds like you dont do anything at all

12/20/2007 11:45:13 AM

you are planning your life around pissing off Christian rednecks?

12/20/2007 11:48:27 AM

nice job there reading what I said


it's not my fault if christians rednecks get pissed off

but no, I'm not setting out to do that

and, seeing as how you're bothering with capitalization, why didn't you capitalize the first word in your sentence?

[Edited on December 20, 2007 at 11:56 AM. Reason : ]

12/20/2007 11:55:42 AM

you must perform abortions

well either that or you are trying to lobby to get a total gun ban

[Edited on December 20, 2007 at 12:09 PM. Reason : 

12/20/2007 12:08:10 PM

wrong on both counts

Quote :

"a total gun ban"

would harm one's liberty and their right to liberty and property, so no

(I am pro gun)

12/20/2007 12:13:25 PM

well then it sounds like there is no reason for you to go to such lengths

12/20/2007 12:14:13 PM

bigotry + mob justice = direct threat to my life

12/20/2007 12:18:40 PM

well without more information about what you do, you just sound silly

12/20/2007 12:20:17 PM

grammar nazi / christian redneck bashing badnes

so for really though whats the plan so we can move on to guessing how and when you will be assassinated

12/20/2007 12:26:22 PM

Quote :

"you just sound silly"

I'm comfortable with that


^
actually, I wasn't coming from the grammar nazi angle

but rather the "OMG I BETTER CAPITALIZE "CHRISTIAN" ELSE I'M A BAD PERSON!" angle

Quote :

"christian redneck bashing"

just to be clear, I never spoke of "christian rednecks" I spoke of "christian redneck bigots"

now go ahead and claim that I said "all or most christian rednecks are bigots"; go ahead and prove you can't read

12/20/2007 12:36:49 PM

Quote :

"- unlike corporations, single-member LLCs do not usually require a tax ID and are not named on your returns. (Income, if any, is listed as personal income on Schedule C.)"

Somehow the IRS is going to need a number to identify you. If its not your LLC tax id then they'll continue to use your ssn

12/20/2007 12:42:15 PM

damn o.d. on the hatorade?!?!1??

12/20/2007 12:44:25 PM

You dont need an LLC to incorporate and make the S election. If you are doing this to avoid self-employment tax all you need to do is incroporate in the state of NC, apply for your EIN, and make an S election with IRS.

A LLC may give you give more protection but is probably not necessary to accomplish what you need.

12/20/2007 5:52:39 PM

OP -- PM me if you want help. I run a company that specializes in this, and I'd be happy to take you through the process and answer any questions that you have.

12/20/2007 11:52:51 PM