Create Your Ideal Trucking Company Invoice Template for Legal Services

Trucking company invoice template for Legal Services

are you looking to start a trucking business and are you looking to learn how to personally protect yourself in today's video i am going to talk to you about how to form a trucking llc in just five steps [Music] hi my name is andrew i'm the managing attorney here at molai law where we help entrepreneurs just like you start your businesses without having to deal with the complicated legal forms our done-for-you service is backed by over two thousand seven hundred plus five star google reviews and we can help you start your business too the purpose of these videos are to provide you with as much guidance and clarity in the beginning stages of starting a business so if you haven't already please make sure you hit the like subscribe as well as a bell notification so you don't miss out on any future videos now the information i am going to talk about now is intended to be general information and it's always important to speak with a professional now let's go ahead and talk about a little bit of background contacts about trucking llc's whether an entrepreneur decides to start a trucking business in order to enter into 1099 independent contractor agreements whether entrepreneurs start a trucking llc because they want to start their own trucking fleet or whether or not they want to start some sort of logistics whatever it may be trucking is on the rise different businesses such as walmart amazon etc are always looking for truck drivers now in order to provide yourself with as much personal liability as possible meaning in order to protect your personal assets such as your house car bank account etc the most popular way to create that personal liability protection is by registering an llc specifically a trucking llc and so with that context let's go ahead and talk about the five steps to forming a trucking llc the first step you're going to want to take is you're going to want to file the articles of organization with the secretary of state of course the state where you live the information that the articles of organization include will include information such as your company name some popular trucking company names you'll see logistics trucking etc in addition to providing your company name you're also going to have to choose a business address now choosing the correct business address is very important especially if privacy is important to you so make sure you speak with a professional and other information that the articles of organization are going to request is going to be registered agent as well as the registered agent address now once you file the articles of organization it's going to take some time before you receive company documents however as soon as you receive your company documents you are then going to want to go to step 2 which is going to be applying for the ein number also known as the employer's identification number the ein number also known as the business tax id number the best way i like to see it is it's a social security number for a business for an llc you're able to obtain the ein through the irs now you can apply for the ein number either online or you can apply for it via mail once you obtain the ein number you're going to want to go to step 3 which is drafting the operating agreement if you're not familiar with what an operating agreement is it's internal legal document that outlines your responsibilities and duties as owner of the company as well as it lists your ownership so if for example if you're the only owner it would list 100 ownership in the company now once you've drafted the operating agreement you're almost there the fourth step is you're then going to want to open a business bank account you can either open a business bank account with a physical branch or you can open one with an online branch whichever one prefers and once the business bank account is open the final step is to apply for the necessary business licenses now depending on the county where the business is going to take place it is county specific in other words the business license application is county specific so if you have questions about the business license make sure you reach out to the county where you plan to conduct business now if you happen to enjoy this video make sure you click the like subscribe as well as a bell notification so you don't miss out on any future videos it's time to invest in yourself it's time to rise if you would like to continue learning more about llc's businesses online businesses go ahead and watch one of these videos [Music] you