If you’ve formed an LLC, you can’t treat it as a C-corp, unless you go through the legal process of making it a corporate entity. The IRS will allow you to file as a C-corp for tax purposes, but you have to comply with income tax rules that pertain to C-corps for a minimum amount of time.

What is LLC C Corp tax?

When the LLC is taxed as a C-Corporation, it means that the LLC is taxed directly as a separate business entity. Unlike taxation as a partnership or sole proprietorship, the taxes incurred by the business are not passed through to the owner’s personal taxes.

What does LLC C Corp mean?

A C corporation (or C-corp) is a legal structure for a corporation in which the owners, or shareholders, are taxed separately from the entity. C corporations, the most prevalent of corporations, are also subject to corporate income taxation.

How is a LLC taxed as a C Corp?

Unlike an LLC taxed as a partnership, an LLC taxed as a C corporation pays income tax directly; the entity itself is the taxpayer, and the corporate tax rates apply instead of the individual rates. If an LLC has elected C corp. tax treatment, the members pay taxes only on the LLC income they receive in the form of salary and dividends.

How to elect a LLC to a S corporation?

To elect S Corporation status, the LLC must file IRS Form 2553 – Election by a Small Business Corporation An S corporation is not a separate business type for tax purposes. It is a type of corporation. A business that is already a corporation files Form 2553 to elect to be an S corporation. What’s Included in Form 8832

How to elect a S corporation tax status?

How to Elect S Corporation Tax Status. In the same way, as a corporation elects S corporation status, an LLC elects S corporation status by filing IRS Form 2553 with the IRS. The election must be made no more than two months and 15 days after the beginning of the tax year when the election is to go into effect.

Do you have to elect to be taxed as a LLC?

You don’t need to elect to be taxed as a corporation first. Form 2553 is similar to Form 8832 above, with some differences. The election begins on a specific tax year and you must select the type of tax year, including fiscal year (financial year). Form 2553 discusses shareholders, but your LLC probably doesn’t have shareholders.