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As a business attorney in Silicon Valley practicing in our firm’s office in San Jose, I spend a lot of time creating license agreements for our licensor clients. In creating and negotiating licenses, a number of risks need to be allocated. One of the...
By: Tamara Pow Limited Liability Companies (LLCs) are complex entities for tax purposes. Generally, for LLCs choosing to be taxed as a partnership, the taxation of independent members depends on the profits or losses of the entity, and the basis of the LLC Member....
By: Tamara Pow In two of my previous blogs I have discussed the individual tax consequences to members when they make contributions to an LLC taxed as a partnership or contributions to an LLC taxed as a corporation . When contributing property or services...
By: Tamara Pow I was recently training a new attorney at my law firm. We were discussing some of the things to look for when reviewing a commercial real estate lease or any business contract where one or more of the parties is...
By: Tamara Pow Before you form a limited liability company to do business in California, make sure you understand the California LLC taxes. Both limited liability companies (“LLCs”) formed in California, and LLCs formed in a state other than California that are doing...
By: Tamara Pow In my last blog I discussed the tax considerations members of a limited liability company (“LLC”) may face when they make contributions to an LLC that is taxed as a partnership. This blog explores the tax consequences for members making contributions...
By: Tamara Pow Before you make a contribution to an LLC in exchange for a membership interest, beware that some member contributions to LLCs are taxable. For a limited liabilty company (“LLC”) taxed as a partnership, the general rule is that members do...
By: Tamara Pow In addition to income tax considerations on forming a limited liability company (“LLC”) in California and making contributions to the LLC, potential LLC members should keep in mind that income they receive from their LLC may be subject to self-employment...
By: Serge Filatov The real estate market in the Bay Area and San Jose is booming. With interest rates still low, many real estate investors are taking advantage of cheap debt and either taking out new loans for projects or refinancing existing debt. One...
By: Tamara Pow Although I do not practice estate planning law, as a limited liability company lawyer (“LLC lawyer”) in San Jose, I have worked with estate planning attorneys to form many LLCs for families that want to include them in their estate plan....