Limited Liability Companies For Dummies, 2nd Edition

Part I: The ABCs of LLCs.

Chapter 1: What Is an LLC, Really?

Chapter 2: LLCs: More Handy Than Duct Tape!

Chapter 3: Determining Whether an LLC Is Right for You.

Part II: Your First Steps: Forming Your LLC.

Chapter 4: Playing — and Winning — the Name Game.

Chapter 5: Choosing the Best State for Your LLC.

Chapter 6: Creating and Filing Your Articles of Organization.

Chapter 7: Converting Your Current Business into an LLC.

Part III: Customizing Your LLC.

Chapter 8: Tell Uncle Sam How It Is! Choosing How You Want to Be Taxed.

Chapter 9: The Power Source: Issuing and Transferring Membership.

Chapter 10: Make It Official! Creating Your Operating Agreement.

Part IV: Running Your Brand-New LLC.

Chapter 11: Maintaining Your Records (And Your Sanity).

Chapter 12: Making Cents of Taxes.

Chapter 13: Raising Capital with Your LLC.

Chapter 14: Expanding Your Empire: Going National!

Chapter 15: Dissolutions: Every Beginning Has an End.

Part V: LLCs on Steroids: Advanced Strategies.

Chapter 16: Using LLCs to Cover Your Assets.

Chapter 17: Protecting Real Estate with LLCs.

Chapter 18: Estate Planning: Avoiding Death Taxes.

Part VI: The Part of Tens.

Chapter 19: Ten Good Reasons to Form an LLC.

Chapter 20: Ten Ways to Keep Your Liability Protection Intact.

Part VII: Appendixes.

Appendix A: LLC Formation Information by State.

Appendix B: About the CD.

Index.