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To begin the process of conversion, you need to select a name that is already not on the database of business names in the Secretary of State's (SOS's) records. As a sole proprietor, you may operate under a doing business as (DBA) name now and may want to operate under a new LLC legal name.
An LLC has distinct advantages in the areas of legal protection and liability. While there are filing fees for setting up an LLC, that cost can be well worth it when compared to the thousands of dollars you could be liable for as a sole proprietor. On the other hand, it costs no money to start a sole proprietorship.
Generally, sole proprietors own small or part-time businesses with no employees. It costs nothing to establish a sole proprietorship. Unlike a sole proprietorship, an LLC is a hybrid of the partnership and corporate forms that allows the liability protection of a corporation with the tax advantages of a partnership.
Tax: When you form a single member LLC in California, you can choose whether to be taxed as a sole proprietorship or as an S-Corp or C-Corp. This means that you can choose the most efficient form of taxation no matter how much your business grows.
Unlike a Sole Proprietor which is an unregistered business entity using for the most part the single owner's name, a Single-Member LLC registers the business entity with the state and separates the personal assets of the single owner from that of the business.