Generate IRS letters, navigate LLC formation in any state, and understand your tax obligations — free, private, no account required.
Click any state for its step-by-step formation guide and tax overview. All 50 states + DC, free.
Notify the IRS when your LLC or corporation adopts a new legal name. Fill in the fields, print, sign, and mail — done in 60 seconds.
File your S-corp election with the IRS. Validates the effective date, explains the late-election window, and includes Rev. Proc. 2013-30 late-relief language.
Notify the IRS of a new principal business address or change in responsible party. Required within 60 days of the change.
File a 6-month extension for your business return (1065, 1120-S, 1120). Automatic approval — no reason required.
Extend your personal Form 1040 deadline by 6 months. Extends the filing deadline — not the payment deadline.
Step-by-step EIN application — including the fax/mail route for foreign founders without an SSN who can't use the IRS online portal.
Rules, definitions, and conditionals — structured like a reference manual, not an advisor. Every guide closes with "confirm with a professional."
The thresholds, the reasonable-salary catch, the payroll overhead, and how to run the numbers yourself without a CPA telling you what to decide.
The on-time window (§1362(b)) vs. late-election relief (Rev. Proc. 2013-30) — what backdating really requires from your books and prior filings.
The exact letter format, where to mail it, what supporting documents are needed, and the state filings that must happen first.
AI-assisted code ships fast. Liability doesn't care. Why the $200 and one afternoon to form an LLC is the cheapest insurance policy a vibe coder can buy.
After Wayfair, any state can require you to collect sales tax once you cross their threshold — no physical presence required. Full state-by-state reference table for all 50 states and DC.
The moment you invoiced your first client, you started a business. Here's what an LLC actually changes — liability protection, tax flexibility, the bank account rule, and when it's not worth it yet.
Only your W-2 salary gets hit by the 15.3% FICA tax — distributions don't. Plus the W-2 withholding trick that can replace four quarterly estimated payments with one year-end paycheck.
Filing an extension protects you from the 5%/month failure-to-file penalty — but not from paying. Safe harbor rules, the W-2 withholding time-machine, and the S-corp year-end payroll trick that eliminates quarterly payments.
You don't choose between business deductions and the standard deduction — you get both. How Schedule C and Form 1040 stack, what actually qualifies under IRC §162, and where meals, travel, makeup, home office, and clothing really land.
PTET converts your state income tax bill into a 100% federal business deduction — bypassing the $10,000 SALT cap entirely. The 3-step mechanism, the math ($17,500 in federal savings), which 36+ states allow it, quarterly payment traps, and the 6 mistakes that kill the election.
TheLLCWiki encodes rules, definitions, and conditionals — a reference manual, not an advisor. When a tool routes you to a professional, it's because your specific facts matter in a way no tool can safely handle.
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