FindLaw's Small Business Center provides information and resources for small business owners, and help for entrepreneurs seeking to get a business idea off the ground. Here you can get information on choosing and forming the right legal structure for your business, legal tips on day-to-day business operations, an overview of employment law issues, and much more.
Form an LLC
Creating a Limited Liability Company (LLC) for your business protects your assets like a corporation would, but eliminates the need for corporate maintenance. (Compare: LLCs vs Corporations.) That's why it's becoming the most popular way to start a business.
LLCs can elect to be taxed as a corporation, or choose to be a "pass-though" entity which eliminates being double taxed. LegalZoom can form your LLC in 3 basic steps.