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Entity type, tax classification, public-record tradeoffs, payroll nexus, S-corp eligibility, and keeping the company in good standing — as deterministic rules with sources. Then a CPA or attorney reviews. Creytix Tax is not a return preparer.
Legal entity and tax classification are different fields
An LLC is a state-law company. S-corp is a federal tax election. Mixing those two is how most quizzes go wrong. Creytix Tax stores both, never lists S-corp as a formation type, and will not file Form 2553 for you.
| State-law form | Typical federal default | Election / other options |
|---|---|---|
| Sole proprietorship | sole proprietor | — |
| DBA / trade name | not applicable | — |
| General partnership | partnership | — |
| Limited partnership (LP) | partnership | c corporation |
| Limited liability partnership (LLP) | partnership | — |
| Limited liability limited partnership (LLLP) | partnership | — |
| Single-member LLC | disregarded | s corporation, c corporation |
| Multi-member LLC | partnership | s corporation, c corporation |
25 types in the library, including tax-classification-only pages such as the S-corp election. Open the full catalog.
How a founder uses this
Step 1
Name the legal person
Sole prop, partnership, LLC variants, corporations, nonprofit, trust, holdco/opco — each with disqualifiers.
ContinueStep 2
Rank the tradeoff
Public-record privacy vs liability vs tax vs estate. A lookup tree, not a chatbot inventing a stack.
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Test S-corp eligibility
Hard gates first. Payroll-tax delta is directional SE vs FICA on a salary you supply — never a percent of profit.
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Keep the company current
Minutes worksheets, annual-report calendars, sourced write-off education, and the full HAVE / BUILD / NEVER map. Drafts here; SOS e-file and personalized deductions stay with a professional.
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Read the twenty nos
FlyFin clone, SOS e-file bureau, LLM tax math, second e-sign — none of those ship. The list is informational only: product law, not a backlog.
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Hand the packet to a human
These public pages stay education-only — they never collect taxpayer return data. Sign in at /app/tax to record the entity graph. Later waves add a sourced CPA packet. No filing from these pages.
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Research library
Legal entity vs tax classification
An LLC is a state-law company. S-corp is a federal tax election. Mixing those two fields is how most 'entity quizzes' go wrong.
S-corp eligibility and reasonable compensation
Eligibility is a hard gate. Reasonable compensation is documented professional judgment — not a percentage of profit.
Public-record privacy is not concealment
Formation-state disclosure is a public-record tradeoff. It is not a way to hide from taxes, courts, or lawful creditors.
When a trust owns an LLC
A trust is an ownership and succession layer. An LLC is the operating liability boundary. They stack; they do not replace each other.
Multi-state payroll and nexus
Where people work usually drives withholding, unemployment, and workers' compensation — not only where the LLC was formed.
FinCEN BOI and U.S. companies (2026)
The August 2026 final rule permanently ended beneficial-ownership reporting for U.S. companies and U.S. persons. Foreign reporting companies remain separately scoped.
Quarterly estimated tax calendar
Calendar-year federal estimates commonly fall on April 15, June 15, September 15, and January 15 of the following year. State dates differ.
Pass-through entity tax (PTET) is a state election
Many states let a partnership or S-corp pay state income tax at the entity. IRS Notice 2020-75 is why that can matter federally. It is not a guaranteed refund.
Form 8832 vs Form 2553
8832 is an entity-classification election. 2553 is the S-corp election. They are not interchangeable, and neither is a state formation filing.
Foreign qualification is not 'where you incorporated'
You form in one state. You may still have to register, withhold, and collect tax in every state where you actually operate or employ people.
QSBS and the Delaware C-corp fundraising path
Qualified small business stock (IRC §1202) is a C-corporation statute. An LLC taxed as a partnership does not become QSBS by rebranding. Exclusion math is CPA and counsel work.
Minutes and corporate formalities
Keep a minute book, a stock or membership ledger, and governing documents. Minutes are a record. They are not a Secretary of State filing and they do not by themselves stop a piercing claim.
Annual reports, statements of information, and franchise tax
Most entities have a state maintenance filing. California’s Statement of Information is one shape. Delaware franchise tax is another. They are not the federal income-tax return.
Write-offs are ordinary and necessary — not a shopping list
Pub 535 and the IRS deducting-expenses page: a business expense must be ordinary and necessary. Creytix Tax will not tell you to write off a car, a meal, or a dollar amount.
1099 vs W-2 is facts, not a quiz
Form 1099-NEC reports nonemployee compensation. Form W-2 reports wages. Neither form is the classification. IRS common-law control tests and, if needed, Form SS-8 are.
Twenty nos: product law, not a backlog
Informational only · not a backlog
Creytix Tax publishes twenty refuse items as education. They stay refuse. They are not scheduled work.
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Public /tax stays education-only
These pages import deterministic rules at build time and collect no taxpayer return data. After you sign in, /app/tax stores legal entities, classifications, and encrypted evidence pointers for your organization — still not a filer, still not tax advice.