BizFilings wants to help business owners Incorporate Your Dream^sm by providing the opportunity for one lucky business owner to win $5000 to fund a growing business.

Business incorporation services leader BizFilings has been selected for the 2008 Madison Award in the Business Services category by the U.S. Local Business Association (USLBA).

Question: Is it true that I save tax dollars if I form an LLC?

Answer: Generally speaking, personal tax rates are lower than corporate tax rates. Corporate income is taxed at 34 to 39 percent. Singles making under $80,000 and marrieds making under $160,000 have a personal income tax of 25 percent. This means that businesses with incomes that are less than $350,000 may experience tax savings by forming an LLC instead of a corporation.

While Americans wait to see who’ll win the election, business owners can deploy business tactics that work to their advantage, regardless of the outcome.

Business Owner’s Toolkit, a leading online destination for business owners, today launched a new, BizCast widget to share valuable business insights, tips and news that will help business owners succeed in this challenging economy.

Although it may be too late for sole proprietors to gain the tax advantages of forming an LLC or corporation in 2008, it’s not too early to begin adopting these changes for 2009.

Successful business owners agree that every company needs to have a legal structure that provides limited liability protection. However, choosing between the most common options - S corp, C corp and LLC - can still seem daunting. 

Here are five tips for choosing the business structure that’s right for you.

Why is it that 60% of the Fortune 500 companies chose to incorporate in the state of Delaware when most don’t have a physical presence there? Well, the answer is that Delaware offers some tangible advantages over incorporating in other states. Here are 6 compelling reasons to incorporate in Delaware now.

To protect everything they work so hard for, most experienced entrepreneurs are saying “so long” to sole proprietorship.

It’s ironic. When you purchase an existing business from someone else, you’re typically not buying the business itself. You only purchase its assets.

Why? You want to get a clean start for the business, without inheriting the problems of the business’ former owner.