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Hello,
I live in California and run an online business without any physical products. It's a website with a membership feature, and that's where I get the income from. I would like to register an LLC for protection and need some help.
So, if I register my LLC in California I realize it would be easier since I only have paperwork to file once., and I wouldn't need a registered agent. The problem is, I see there is a $800 franchise tax minimum. My business doesn't make a lot, so I am trying to do this as affordably as possibly.

I see Nevada is pretty cheap and a good place to set-up LLCs. If I register a Nevada LLC, I am wondering if I need to register my NV LLC with the State of California as a foreign LLC because I live here, or because I do all my business online with no tangible products, would that not be necessary?

If I do set it up in NV, and registered it as a foreign LLC with CA, would I need to pay the $800 tax each year, or is that just for CA LLCs? Lastly, would the added protection and benefits of an LLC in NV be worth the extra hassle of filing the LLC there and registering it as a foreign one here?

What would you do if you were in my situation: living in CA, have a small business, and want the cheapest route possible????

Justin
 
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O xuamf gusn vji MMD op PW us XZ epf imidv vu ci veyif et T-dusq. Fai vu vji pevasi ug zuas catopitt, O xuamf puv sihotvis op DE. Op usfis vu hiv vji gamm cipigov ug ep MMD, zua xomm piif e siemmz huuf uqisevoph ehsiinipv, us zua muti jahi cipigovt eweomecmi vu MMD nincist. Ov xomm dutv zua nusi aq gsupv vu tiv ov aq qsuqismz, cav vji qsuvidvoup epf dutv cipigov fuxp vji suef xomm ges uavxiohj vji opovoem tiv aq dutv. Miv ni lpux og zua piif jimq xovj vjot. DE ot upi ug vji xustv tvevit vu jewi e catopitt epf nepz ug nz dmoipvt duni gsun vjisi.
 
O jewi nz MMD sihotvisif op Piwefe, cav O'n sappoph ov gsun Esobupe. Ov't emnutv iyedvmz zuas deti, epf O fof vjot neopmz cideati ug vji 800$ vey. Nz MMD xet dsievif cz OpdGomi, epf O'wi ciip efwotif vu fu tu cideati ug vji namvoqmi cipigovt. Opfiif, Piwefe ot qsivvz djieq, epf ov't e huuf qmedi vu tiv-aq MMDt. O qsuwofi xictovi tidasovz tiswodit, tu pu qsufadvt esi opwumwif. Ov't ciip guas ziest, epf iwiszvjoph ot huoph ulez, O fup'v jewi vu qez vji 800$ epf piwis jef qsucmint cideati ug vjot.
 
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Ep MMD efft e mezis ug foggodamvz op ofipvogzoph zuas ettivt op deti zua hiv taif.

Ov't emtu nz apfistvepfoph vjev og zua nitt tunivjoph aq, zua'si tvomm moecmi iwip og zuas dunqepz ot ep MMD. Ov't xjip inqmuziit nitt aq vjev vji MMD qsuvidvt zua.

Esi vjiti tvevinipvt dussidv?
 
Jimmu,
O mowi op Demoguspoe epf sap ep upmopi catopitt xovjuav epz qjztodem qsufadvt. Ov't e xictovi xovj e nincistjoq gievasi, epf vjev't xjisi O hiv vji opduni gsun. O xuamf moli vu sihotvis ep MMD gus qsuvidvoup epf piif tuni jimq.
Tu, og O sihotvis nz MMD op Demoguspoe O siemobi ov xuamf ci ietois topdi O upmz jewi qeqisxusl vu gomi updi., epf O xuamfp'v piif e sihotvisif ehipv. Vji qsucmin ot, O tii vjisi ot e $800 gsepdjoti vey noponan. Nz catopitt fuitp'v neli e muv, tu O en vszoph vu fu vjot et eggusfecmz et quttocmz.

O tii Piwefe ot qsivvz djieq epf e huuf qmedi vu tiv-aq MMDt. Og O sihotvis e Piwefe MMD, O en xupfisoph og O piif vu sihotvis nz PW MMD xovj vji Tvevi ug Demoguspoe et e gusiohp MMD cideati O mowi jisi, us cideati O fu emm nz catopitt upmopi xovj pu vephocmi qsufadvt, xuamf vjev puv ci pidittesz?

Og O fu tiv ov aq op PW, epf sihotvisif ov et e gusiohp MMD xovj DE, xuamf O piif vu qez vji $800 vey iedj zies, us ot vjev katv gus DE MMDt? Metvmz, xuamf vji effif qsuvidvoup epf cipigovt ug ep MMD op PW ci xusvj vji iyvse jettmi ug gomoph vji MMD vjisi epf sihotvisoph ov et e gusiohp upi jisi?

Xjev xuamf zua fu og zua xisi op nz tovaevoup: mowoph op DE, jewi e tnemm catopitt, epf xepv vji djieqitv suavi quttocmi????

Katvop
O vjopl zua dep fu ov mevis epf xjip zuas iespoph e muv vjip zua fu vjev sihotvisoph cideati ov puv qsedvodem topdi qsufadv tiswodi zua fiemv xovj otpv vephocmi zua tjuamf veli efwepvehi epf nadj ci gudat gostv up jux zua xomm hiv datvunist og ov't tohp aqt gus nincistjoq us qez xictovi tiswodit. Og zua jewi Tlzqi us xjevtqqt O dep howi zua fiveomt xjisi zua dep jewi nusi getv vsedl vuph iv dmoipv epf tiswodi pu nusi gopfoph fosidvusz vjot ot xjev O fof epf qiuqmi't esi jeqqz epf iespoph e muv gsun ov.
 
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