Salty Pawz Case Summary

Wanda has ask me to consult on her business Salty Pawz, As a consultant I feel my responsibilities are to give alternatives and my recommendations with the information I have available Wanda first concern was her personal liability in connection with her company, the alternative to her sole proprietorship would be to form a corporation of the several that are available the only one that makes sense is the limited liability corp. so the options are that or remain a sole proprietorship. My recommendation would be to remain a sole proprietorship, and my reason behind this is she has expressed concern over the hours she has been putting toward her business It takes some time and expense to form a an LLC even though it does resolve her liability issues. It is totally at this point not necessary to do that she can increase her liability insurance to a point that she’s comfortable with and even add product liability insurance to a point where she is comfortable. This would not add to her work load and she could spend the additional time on her clerical responsibilities in a LLC when formed the members must declare the way profits are distributed and the responsibility of its members as the only member this is just unnecessary additional paperwork.

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