Entity Structuring Attorney
The entity you choose decides your taxes, your liability, and your options at exit. Delina advises California founders and operators on choosing and forming the right structure, built around how the business actually makes money.
Get Started →The entity is a decision, not a default.
Most businesses are formed on autopilot: an LLC because that is what the filing service offered, or a corporation because someone said to. The entity is one of the highest-leverage decisions you make, and the default is rarely the right one for how you actually operate, what you earn, and where you are headed.
Delina brings Big Four Mergers and Acquisitions Tax depth to the entity decision, modeling the legal structure and the tax election together so the entity supports the business today and holds up when it is tested, by an audit, a financing, or a sale.
The right structure, formed correctly.
Entity Selection
The choice between an LLC, an S-corporation, a C-corporation, or a professional corporation drives your taxes, your liability, and your ability to raise capital or sell later. Delina recommends the entity built around how you actually make money, not a default.
Formation & Filings
Articles of Organization or Incorporation, the registered agent, the initial Statement of Information, the EIN, and the FinCEN Beneficial Ownership Information report, with the governing documents calibrated to how the business will run.
Tax Election Strategy
The federal tax election sits on top of the legal entity. Delina models whether partnership, S-corporation, or C-corporation treatment fits the income and the plan, and files the election alongside formation where it does.
Multi-Entity & Holding Structures
Where you run more than one business, hold real estate or IP, or plan to raise outside capital, a holding-company or multi-entity structure can isolate liability and improve the tax posture. Delina designs the structure before it is hard to unwind.
What most people want to know.
Which entity is right for my business?
It depends on how you make money, your income level, your liability exposure, whether you will hire, and whether you plan to raise capital or sell. There is no universal answer, which is why the decision is modeled for your specific facts rather than pulled from a template. The wrong entity is expensive to fix later.
LLC vs. S-corp vs. C-corp, what is the difference?
An LLC is a flexible legal entity that can be taxed several ways. An S-corporation is a tax election that can reduce self-employment tax once income is high enough. A C-corporation is the standard for venture-backed startups and certain exit strategies, including qualified small business stock. Delina walks through the trade-offs before you commit.
Do I need a separate holding company?
Usually not at the start, but it can make sense once you run multiple lines of business, own appreciating assets like real estate or IP, or plan to raise capital. The structure isolates liability and can improve the tax posture. It is far easier to set up early than to reorganize into later.
Further reading on llc & entity.
Can I create an LLC for an online business?
LLC for online store: yes, you can form one, and you probably should. Learn what it actually takes to do it right before you file anything.
Do you file your LLC business and personal taxes together?
Do you have to pay the $800 California LLC fee every year?
How much does it cost to start an LLC in California?
How much does an LLC cost in NM?
How can a single-member LLC avoid taxes?
How do I start an LLC in California myself?
Forming a business, or restructuring one?
Tell Delina how you make money and where you’re headed. The intake scopes the right entity, the tax election, and the formation that supports it.
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