{"id":4564,"date":"2017-05-22T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2017-05-22T04:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.whitcomb.com\/reasons-to-incorporate-your-business\/"},"modified":"2022-02-07T13:16:05","modified_gmt":"2022-02-07T17:16:05","slug":"reasons-to-incorporate-your-business","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.whitcomb.com\/blog\/2017\/05\/22\/reasons-to-incorporate-your-business\/","title":{"rendered":"Reasons to incorporate your business"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Here are some reasons you may want to consider incorporating your growing business.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Protect your personal assets from creditors.<\/strong> When you operate your business within a corporation, creditors are often limited to corporate assets to satisfy a debt. Your home, savings, and retirement accounts are no longer fair game.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Provide a personal liability firewall.<\/strong> The corporate form can help protect you against claims made by others for injuries or losses arising from actions of your business.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Issue shares of stock.<\/strong> You can help build your business by issuing shares to new investors, or by offering stock options to key employees as a form of compensation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Gain tax flexibility.<\/strong> A corporation can provide you with more tax flexibility. Deliberate planning can help optimize the taxable division between corporate income, dividends, and your personal wages.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Enhance your business presence.<\/strong> Being incorporated sends a signal that your business is a serious enterprise and it could open doors to opportunities not offered to sole proprietors. Consumers, vendors, and other businesses often prefer to do business with incorporated companies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

If you are still going over the pros and cons of incorporating your business, pick up the phone. Together, we can complete a thorough tax review that will help shed light on the impact such a move will have on your business situation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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