You Are Asked to Provide Two Friends Who Are in Business

question 34

Essay

You are asked to provide two friends who are in business together with advice regarding what they need to do to legally in order to form a limited liability company. Although your friends like the general notion of limited liability in the operation of their business, they are totally unfamiliar with the legal processes for forming a LLC, so you need to provide them with the basic requirements for LLC creation. What specific advice would you give them?

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Definitions:

Income Statement

A financial report that summarizes the revenues, costs, and expenses incurred during a specific period, typically a fiscal quarter or year.

Balance Sheet

A financial statement that presents a company's assets, liabilities, and shareholders' equity at a specific point in time, showing the balance between what it owns and owes.

Prepared

The state of having something ready for use or consideration, often used in the context of financial documents or plans.

Adjusted Trial Balance

A list of all accounts and their balances after adjusting entries are made, used to prepare financial statements.