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hello i'm samantha with empower multimedia we post content regarding business academia and entrepreneurship remember if you ever need help with starting or growing your business click the link in the description for a free 15-minute consultation today we will be covering how to file an llc in georgia just as a reminder this video is strictly informational and is not advice so the very first step is going to be choosing a name for your llc under georgia law an llc must contain one of the following either limited liability company or limited company the term limited is allowed to be abbreviated to ltd and company as co the complete name must be 80 characters or less including any spaces and or punctuation your llc's name must be recognizably different from the names of other business entities already on file with the georgia secretary of state corporations division names may be checked for availability by searching the corporation's division business name database you may reserve a name for 30 days online or by filing a name reservation request form the reservation fee is 25 so you can also use a fictitious business name you don't have to use your llc's official legal name registered in your articles of organization when you do business out in the real world instead you can use a fictitious business name also called a trade name or dba for short or assumed name to do so in georgia you must register your fictitious name with the clerk of superior court the county where your llc's principal office is located you can find the appropriate clerk's office at the georgia superior court clerk's cooperative authority website your second step is going to be appoint a registered agent every georgia llc must have an agent for service of process in the state this is an individual or business entity that agrees to accept legal papers on the llc's behalf if it is sued a registered agent may be either an individual resident or business entity that is authorized to do business in georgia the registered agent must have a physical straight address in georgia your third step is going to be filing articles of organization in transmittal form a georgia llc is created by filing articles of organization with the georgia secretary of state cooperations division corporations the articles must include the llc's name and the signature of an organizer member manager or an attorney in fact the filing fee is 100 the articles of organization can be filed online or by postal mail if you file by mail you must also complete a transmittal information form georgia limited liability company form 231 this form must include the llc's email address the llc's name and name reservation number if any the name and address of the person filing the articles the llc's principal mailing address the name and address of llc's registered agent and all the organizers names and addresses here's some important information about the articles of organization and transmittal form firstly filing by mail you must send two copies of the articles of organization only one copy of the transmittal form is needed though and disregard this if you are filing online furthermore the approval times are 12 to 15 business days by mail or seven business days if you are filing online and you will get back a receipt a stamped and approved copy of your articles of organization and a certificate of organization which has a state seal and can be used when opening a bank account if you file by mail these documents are returned by mail and if you file online these documents are returned by email you also have the option for expedited filing faster processing times are available for both filing by mail and filing online there are two options for online expediting which is a hundred dollars extra for two-day processing or a 250 extra for same day processing and you have one other option for mail expediting it's one hundred dollars extra for two day processing and here's a tip no expedited form is needed just include the extra amount in the truck or money order the fourth step is preparing an operating agreement an llc's operating agreement is not required in georgia but it is highly advisable this is an internal document that establishes how your llc will be run it sets out the rights and responsibilities of members and managers including how the llc will be managed you can also help preserve your limited liability by showing that your llc is truly a separate business entity in the absence of an operating agreement state llc law will govern how your llc operates your fifth step is going to be obtaining an ein if your llc has more than one member it must obtain its own irs employer identification number even if it has no employees if you form a one-member llc you must obtain an ein for it only if it will have employees or you elect to have it taxed as a corporation instead of a sole proprietorship you may obtain an ein by completing an online application on the irs website for this there is no filing fee finally you're going to need to file annual registrations all llcs doing business in georgia must file an annual registration with the secretary of state and pay a 50 filing fee the initial registration is due between january 1st and april 1st of the year following the calendar year in which the llc was formed the registration should be filed online here are some other questions you may have first can a foreign llc do business in georgia all of seas organized outside of georgia must register with the georgia secretary of state to do business in the state foreign llcs must appoint a registered agent for service of process physically located in georgia to register file an application for a certificate of authority for foreign limited liability company you can file online or by posting mail for this the filing fee is 225 you may be wondering if you need a business license so depending on the type of business and where it is located your lsa may need to obtain other local and state business licenses for local licenses check with the city in which the businesses primary place of business is located or county if it is an unincorporated area for state licenses check the georgia secretary of state's first stop business guide in summary here's what you'll need to file an llc in georgia first the new the llc or vela name reservation number name and address of the person filing for the llc a valid email address mailing address of the principal office name and address of the registered agent name and address of each organizer any optional provisions you need to add to your articles of organization finally a form of payment and depending on how you apply your form of payment will be one of the following credit card check cash check or money order thank you for watching this concludes the video make sure you check back with empower multimedia for all of your business academia and entrepreneurship concerns remember if you ever need help with starting or 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Comment by poka895

and i am back with another video showing you all how to file your llc specifically for those living in the state of georgia now if you're not in the state of georgia i'm sure that this can work for your specific state so i would just do a quick google research and type in how to file an llc and then insert your city or your state and go to their government website usually you'll know that it's their government website because it'll have dot gov at the end of the url but essentially it's just that easy in terms of figuring out whether or not you can file through this date in the last video that i did i did mention how to file your llc through legalzoom and i got a lot of comments about why not just file it through the state you can save a lot of money which is true yes but this is the same thing as asking oh why don't i just file my taxes myself rather than going to turbo tax turbo tax is a convenience and they offer their services in return for payment so that's very similar to what legalzoom does i'm going to show you how to go the route of doing it yourself i just typed into google how to file an llc in georgia you're going to see first things first is legalzoom and again they offer a service for a fee it makes it a lot more convenient to file your llc however if you wanted to save a few hundred bucks here you'll come down and you'll see the government issued website so let's go here i just clicked the link directly from google and it took me to a limited liability company is and it gives you that definition how do i register an llc with georgia tech secretary of state it'll list those steps out for you you'll need a name and a good way to find out whether or not a name is available in the state of georgia is to use legalzoom it's very easy to do you just go to legalzoom.com what you'll do is you will go to business llc and what do you want to call your llc i in my last video i called mine empathic studios and i will check the availability in the state of georgia and it'll tell me it's available that's what we want to see so that's the best way to check whether or not your llc is available next you want the name and address of the person filing for the llc typically this will be yourself if you have a business office i would highly recommend using that address if you have a business address for or sorry an email address for your business that's important doesn't have to be set up right away you can use your personal email not that big of a deal mailing address of the principal office again if you have a physical office that's great or you can use a virtual office and again that's just going to google typing in virtual office and then enter your city so i'm going to go with atlanta and you can see a bunch of different virtual offices i never click on the ads here even though that's what they're paying for i like to go to the first couple ones i also like to look at the reviews to make sure you know what you're getting yourself into but let's just say i wanted to go with regis i have had an office at regis before in tampa it was great highly recommend it and um you can kind of check out their prices i do recommend calling first to see what your options are but they offer virtual offices and what a virtual office is is basically it allows you to use their address for your business and you can receive all of your mail and everything to that office next thing is to have a name and address of the registered agent i get a lot of questions about registered agencies this is the person that's going to be the point of contact for the irs this is the person that's going to be listed online for everyone to see as the point of contact for the business or the registered agent for the business this could be yourself or it could be a tax agent or it can be any again you go to google you type in registered agent and insert your city name and address of each organizer so this is for every member of your llc you will need need a name and address this doesn't necessarily have to be your home address this can be the same virtual address or business office that you have and each member under the llc can use that office as their address any optional provisions you need to add to your articles of organization now in my last video on how to file your llc for legalzoom i talked about legalzoom offering you articles of organization as one of their services it's really important to have that if you have multiple members in your llc because it tells you it tells the law it tells the state how you guys are going to run your business and how you're going to dissolve the business should someone want to leave or how you are going to offer shares of the business should it go public or should someone else decide to enter or leave the business and then finally a form of payment again the greatest advantage of doing filing your llc this way is the fact that it is a lot cheaper than going the route of legalzoom for example you save about 100 bucks depending on what state you're in in florida i was able to file for an llc a single member llc for about 200 bucks so let's say that was the same as it was in georgia then i would be saving about a hundred dollars going this route so the next step is to create and file registration so we're doing it online you can do it in mail or in person you want to visit the state's online services page and then next you want to create an account and then select create or register a business okay so now that we've clicked this link this is what the page looks like and we're then going to go to online services click ok not sure what that says we're going to click on create a user account and i'm going to go ahead and enter my information and get right back with you all okay awesome so i've created my account and now i'm inside of here and there is a lot going on here but we're gonna ignore everything but this button right here that says create or register a business we're gonna click on that and i'm gonna say i'm creating a new domestic business and you just want to follow through the prompts we're doing a dime a domestic limited liability company i made another video on the difference between a corporation a partnership and a llc so be sure to check that video out if you're unsure of which one to pick here but for the purpose of this video i'm going to go ahead and click limited liability company do you have a business name reservation number no this is basically just saying that you've already filed for a name and they gave you a number for that name and then you can insert one or two options if you're unsure of whether or not your company's name is going to be available but again you can go through legalzoom to check on the availability of your name i would put a few backups just in case legalzoom isn't fully synced with the state of georgia yet business purpose so you want to find one that is as close to your business as possible you may not get something that's exact if you're unsure again google is going to be your best friend in this process i actually had to look up my naics code on google the first time i ever did this and then yo


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