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To add a partner to your LLC in Texas, you will need to follow a few steps. First, review your existing Texas LLC Operating Agreement for Married Couple to understand the procedures for adding new members. After reaching an agreement among current members, you can amend your operating agreement and notify the Texas Secretary of State by filing the appropriate amendment forms.
Since the default rule for multi-members LLCs is that the LLC is treated as a partnership, an LLC composed solely of a husband and wife will be a partnership for tax purposes unless the members choose to have it elect to be treated as a corporation. There is one exception to the general rule, however.
In Texas, an LLC that is owned by only a husband and wife, can elect to be taxed like a SMLLC. If for some reason partnership taxation is your desire, you can accomplish this by adding your spouse to your SMLLC.
The straightforward answer is no: You are not required to name your spouse anywhere in the LLC documents, especially if they aren't directly involved in the business. However, there are some occasions where it may be helpful or necessary to include your spouse.
If your LLC has one owner, you're a single member limited liability company (SMLLC). If you are married, you and your spouse are considered one owner and can elect to be treated as an SMLLC.
member LLC is a limited liability company with a single owner, and LLCs refer to owners as members. Singlemember LLCs are disregarded entities. A disregarded entity is ignored by the IRS for tax purposes, and the IRS collects the business's taxes through the owner's personal tax return.
A business jointly owned and operated by a married couple is a partnership (and should file Form 1065, U.S. Return of Partnership Income) unless the spouses qualify and elect to have the business be treated as a qualified joint venture, or they operate their business in one of the nine community property states.
Note: If an LLC is owned by husband and wife in a non-community property state, the LLC should file as a partnership. LLCs owned by a husband and wife are not eligible to be "qualified joint ventures" (which can elect not be treated as partnerships) because they are state law entities.
Since the default rule for multi-members LLCs is that the LLC is treated as a partnership, an LLC composed solely of a husband and wife will be a partnership for tax purposes unless the members choose to have it elect to be treated as a corporation. There is one exception to the general rule, however.
If your LLC has one owner, you're a single member limited liability company (SMLLC). If you are married, you and your spouse are considered one owner and can elect to be treated as an SMLLC.