- LLC or Corporation? - Why you should never take advice about the type of entity to form from somebody that tells you to form an “S corporation.” If you think you should form an Arizona corporation instead of an Arizona LLC, you must read this article. There are a lot of reasons why the Arizona corporation is obsolete and people from AZ LLCs 6.5 times more often than they form Arizona corporations. P.S. Arizona law does not allow for the creation of S corporations.
- Best Arizona Entity to Form – Why the LLC is the best type of entity to form in Arizona plus an explanation why the charging order is so important for asset protection.
- Beware the Nevada LLC Scam – We form limited liability companies in Nevada, Arizona, Delaware and Wyoming, but rarely see a need for a or a Nevada limited liability company or a Nevada corporation. If you are considering forming a a NV corp or a NV LLC, you must read this article before you pull the trigger.
- Two Phases in the Life of an LLC - There are two phases in the life of every LLC. Unfortunately, most people focus only on phase 1 – the formation phase. If your goal in forming an Arizona LLC is to protect your assets you must understand why phase 2 in the life of your LLC is the most important phase.
- What are the Differences Between an Arizona PLLC vs LLC? – Only 3% of Arizona’s 437,000 LLCs are professional limited liability companies (PLLCs).
- How to Form an Arizona Limited Liability Company (long version) – This comprehensive article is Arizona LLC lawyer Richard Keyt’s checklist and detailed explanation about how to create anew Arizona limited liability company. The article is written primarily for people who want to form an AZ LLC without hiring an attorney or document preparer.
- How Do I Form an Arizona Limited Liability Company? – For do-it-yourselfers. This concise article is a step by step guide to the ten steps that must be taken to form every Arizona LLC or PLLC. It includes links to pdf fillable Articles of Organization and Arizona Corporation Commission coversheet plus the text of the Notice of Publication you can cut and paste and edit for your LLC. Watch KEYTLaw Girl Katie Leavitt in the video below as she explains the nine steps necessary to form an Arizona LLC. The article contains more information plus links to documents and websites referred to in the video.
- Why You Should Hire Richard Keyt instead of LegalZoom to Form Your Arizona LLC – This in depth article compares Arizona LLC attorney Richard Keyt’s LLC formation services and low price with LegalZoom’s services and price and shows why Richard Keyt provides more for less money with higher quality than LegalZoom. The article also illustrates a lot of scary facts about LegalZoom that every potential LegalZoom customer should read before hiring it to “prepare legal documents.” If you read this article from top to bottom and still want to use LegalZoom, I’ll be shocked and would love to know why.
- Arizona LLC lawyer Richard Keyt’s AZ LLC Formation Services - What we do to earn $456/LLC ($599 – $85 ACC expedited filing fee – $27 newspaper publication fee – $25 cost for the AZ LLC portfolio – $6 to mail the portfolio).After you read this description of the 27 items Richard Keyt provides for every LLC he forms you will understand why over 2,900+ people have hired Richard Keyt to form as Arizona LLC.
- Form Your LLC Now – To hire Richard Keyt to form your Arizona LLC, simply complete this online agreement and email or fax it to us. You can pay with your credit card in our secure online store or call KEYTLaw legal assistant Richard C. Keyt, CPA (602-906-4953 ext. 3) or Gia Goodman (602-906-4953 ext. 7) and give your credit card information over the phone. In lieu of filing out our online formation agreement, you may also call Richard C. Keyt, CPA, or Gia Goodman or Arizona LLC attorney Richard Keyt (602-906-4953, ext. 1) and give your LLC information over the phone.
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Top 13 LLC Mistakes – In 20 years of practicing Arizona LLC law Richard Keyt has seen people make the same LLC mistakes far too often. Unfortunately for some LLC owners when they contact Richard with a problem it is too late to fix the problem without paying a price. The purpose of this article is to alert prospective and current LLC owners to the Top 13 Mistakes LLC owners make (all of which can bite an LLC owner in the owner’s economic butt) so LLC owners can avoid making the mistake or fix a mistake before it becomes an expensive problem.
- 10 Critical Facts Every LLC Owner Must Know – Click on the link to get a free copy of Richard Keyt’s article that is a must read for every Arizona LLC owner/member. This article covers the following critically important topics in depth: (10) Member managed or manager managed?, (9) Meetings of members and managers – yes or no?, (8) Deadline to file for S corporation tax status, (7) How a good Operating Agreement can prevent litigation, (6) The LLC’s first line of defense against loss, (5) Does the state of formation affect liability for state income tax?, (4) Why the LLC must document changes of members, (3) Community property & separate property rules, (2) What the LLC must do to avoid a court ordering members to pay the debts of the LLC., (1) WHEN AN LLC WILL NOT PROTECT YOU FROM LIABILITY.
- KEYTLaw Girl Video Shows What Is In Every LLC Portfolio – When we form an Arizona LLC for $599 we don’t just send our clients a stack of papers. We put all of your LLC documents in a beautiful red Arizona Limited Liability Company portfolio with the documents organized behind tabs. Every LLC gets our custom drafted Articles of Organization, Organizational Resolutions signed by the members, Affidavit of Newspaper publication, the 50 page Charging Order Enhanced Operating Agreement, the 170 page Arizona LLC Quick Start Guide customized for the LLC, and a numbered membership certificate for each member.
- The Confidential LLC - Do you want your name and home address to appear in the Articles of Organization and on the internet on the Arizona Corporation Commission’s website? The Articles of Organization of an Arizona LLC filed with the Arizona Corporation Commission must disclose the name and address of all members except for members who own less than twenty percent of a manager managed LLC. This article explains how to form an Arizona LLC legally without disclosing the ultimate owners of the LLC.
- How are LLCs Taxed? – Arizona CPA Richard C. Keyt’s in depth article explains the four ways that an LLC can be taxed under the Internal Revenue Code.
- Your LLC Needs an Operating Agreement - Arizona law does not require Arizona limited liability companies to have an Operating Agreement, but every AZ LLC needs this important document. Read why your LLC needs an Operating Agreement signed by every member. One of the factors a court will consider when deciding whether to pierce the veil and hold the owners liable for the debts of the LLC is whether or not the members signed an Operating Agreement.
- Arizona LLC Operating Agreement FAQ – What all members of an Arizona LLC need to know about LLC Operating Agreements. Beware of using an Operating Agreement that is not prepared to comply with Arizona’s LLC law. An Operating Agreement was not drafted for an Arizona LLC if it does not state what records the LLC must maintain as required by Arizona’s LLC statutes.
- A Multi-Member LLC’s Most Important Document – The incidence of business divorces is much greater than marriage divorces. Richard Keyt recommends without exception that every LLC that has two or more owners (other than a husband and wife owned LLC) have an exit strategy / business pre-nuptial agreement most commonly called a Buy-Sell Agreement. If the owners of a multiple member LLC do not enter into a Buy Sell Agreement when they form their LLC, it is unlikely they will ever do so and the consequences can cost the members big bucks plus extreme mental anguish. This article explains what a Buy Sell Agreement does and how it can contain the members’ exist strategy that saves the members big bucks and eliminates a nasty & expensive member divorce.
- Arizona LLC Quick Start Guide – When we form an Arizona LLC we give our clients both a generic digital version and a customized hard copy version of Richard Keyt’s 170 page book called the Arizona LLC Quick Start Guide. This book covers 75+ topics the members and managers of AZ LLCs must know. We sell this must have book for $99 in our store, but both versions are included in our $599 complete LLC formation package when you hire use to form your Arizona LLC. Even if you do not hire Richard Keyt to form your Arizona LLC, you owe it to yourself to buy and read this book from cover to cover. It explains what your LLC must do to comply with Arizona’s LLC laws.
- Compare LLC Lawyer Richard Keyt vs Document Preparers - Why you should not hire an unlicensed uninsured document preparer to form your Arizona LLC. This article explains why you would be better off to form your AZ LLC yourself than paying a document preparer.
- Document Preparer LLC Knowledge Test – Do not hire a document preparer to form your Arizona LLC unless he/she/it can pass the LLC fundamental knowledge test.
- For Attorneys Who Want to Hire Richard Keyt to Form an AZ LLC - Complete our Attorneys LLC Formation Agreement to hire Richard Keyt to form an Arizona LLC for your client.
- How to Use Self Directed IRA Funds to Form a Limited Liability Company to Make Nontraditional Investments – AZ LLC attorney Richard Keyt’s website called “IRA LLC Law” explains what you need to know to invest your IRA money in real estate and other assets rather than stocks and bonds.
- ACC Entity Statistics - Arizona Corporation Commission stats on number and types of entities formed in AZ since 1981. ACC statistics for its fiscal year ending June 30, 2010, show that 6.5 Arizona LLCs are formed for every Arizona corporation.
- Types of Entities for New Arizona Companies – Explanation and comparison of Arizona limited liability companies, S & C corporations, sole proprietorships, general partnerships, limited partnerships, and trusts.
- New Business Information -Information and websites helpful to starting a new business.
- IRS Forms Used by New Corporations – Links to IRS online federal employer Id number wizard, IRS Forms SS-4 (Application for Employer ID Number), SS-4 Instructions, 8832 (Entity Classification Election – used to elect to be taxed as a C corporation), 2553 (Election by a Small Business Corporation – used to elect to be taxed as an S corporation), Instructions to Form 8832
