by Nikki Semanchik | Aug 7, 2019 | Business Law
Things to Consider Before Deciding on a Legal Structure for a Small Business When starting a new business in San Diego, one of the first, and most important, things you will need to do is decide on the legal structure that your company should take on. After all, this...
by Nikki Semanchik | Jul 12, 2019 | Business Law, General Counsel
The Importance Of Privacy Policies When starting a new online business, you are much more likely to focus on building relationships with vendors and hiring employees than creating a privacy policy. “Nobody ever reads them anyway,” you might think. In...
by Nikki Semanchik | Jul 7, 2019 | Business Law
How Much Compensation Should S Corporation Shareholders Receive? When you run your own business, self-employment taxes are a fact of life. However, if you are interested in reducing your annual tax burden, it may be worth exploring the possibility of filing as an S...
by Nikki Semanchik | Jul 7, 2019 | Business Law
Four Benefits Of Working With An LLC Attorney To Start Your San Diego Small Business If you are keen to save money on LLC lawyer fees when starting your San Diego business, you might be tempted to handle the process alone. However, forming your business without the...
by Nikki Semanchik | May 8, 2019 | Business Law, General Counsel
Success in the world of business is rarely easy to accomplish. Many small businesses simply break even each year while others end up closing their doors altogether. Luckily though, there are some steps that you can take to maximize your chances of finding sustained...
by Nikki Semanchik | Jan 11, 2019 | Business Law
An 83(b) election (here’s the code) can effectively accelerate your income tax and save you money by allowing equity you receive to be taxed before it is vested in a company, rather than after (we’ll talk more about what this means in practical terms in a...
by Nikki Semanchik | Jan 3, 2019 | Business Law, General Counsel, Nonprofit Law
As the year wound down and we brought 2018 to a close, your nonprofit may receive requests for W-9 forms from companies you’ve done business with over the course of the year. You may think of a W-9 as a form that only applies to independent contractors (and, for the...
by Nikki Semanchik | Jan 2, 2019 | Business Law, General Counsel
If you work for someone else, your employer handles your tax withholdings for you. That’s not the case when you work for yourself, though: you are still responsible for paying those taxes, but the responsibility for withholding falls to you. In the state of...
by Nikki Semanchik | Dec 14, 2018 | Business Law, Nonprofit Law
If you’re self-employed, work as an independent contractor, or operate a business that hires independent contractors to complete work for your company, you’ve likely heard something about a 1099. What Is a 1099? While wages and salaries are reported on the form W-2,...
by Nikki Semanchik | Dec 12, 2018 | Business Law
In the state of California, LLCs and corporations are required to file an annual or biannual Statement of Information with the office of the Secretary of State. While it may be tempting to delay filing – after all, running a business keeps you busy – it’s...
