Corporation Limit Liability

The owners of a PLLC are called members, and they have an operating agreement that governs how they work together and divide profits and losses. Many professionals start a PLLC because they want to separate their individual liability from their liability as a member of the business or practice.

File Articles of Organization and pay the $250 fee. File an Initial Report. Get an Alaska Business License. Apply for an EIN (federal tax ID) Write an operating agreement. Open a bank account for your Alaska LLC.

The PLLC files a standard Form 1120, Corporate Income Tax Return, and pays taxes at the regular corporate tax rate. It retains earnings as a corporation, however, and doesn't distribute them to members for personal taxation.

Professional LLCs PLLCs offer the same benefits as LLCs. The main difference between a LLC and a PLLC is that only professionals recognized in a state through licensing, such as architects, medical practitioners and lawyers, can form PLLCs.

Members of a PLLC aren't personally liable for the malpractice of any other member. PLLC members are not personally liable for business debts and lawsuits, such as unpaid office rent. The PLLC can choose to be taxed as a pass-through entity or as a corporation.

A professional limited liability company (PLLC) is a business entity that offers tax benefits and limited liability for professionals, such as lawyers, accountants, and doctors.

Regarding the management flexibility and taxation, a PLLC has the same advantages of an LLC. The difference between the two is that the PLLC has some restrictions on who may be a member of the PLLC and the limitation of liability of the members. With an LLC, anyone can be a member, or owner, of the business.