Landscape Management Joseph Smith is owner and operator of LandScaping Unlimited (LSU), a successful lawn care and tree trimming business. In addition, LSU offers equipment rental to its clients. However, since the nature of the landscaping business is seasonal, the company is interested in expanding into snow removal, and interiorscaping, making it a year-round operation. The goal is to offset the fixed costs the landscaping business incurs in the winter months, thereby increasing the overall profitability of the company.
Entity Selection Every single fact concerning the business is relevant to the choice of entity decision. Not all of them are of equal importance, but they all matter to some degree. The considerations that should be in the forefront are not the sale of ownership interests to the public, or venture capital financing--these things come later (hopefully!). Instead, the initial focus should be on:
the tax and tort liability issues,
cost
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