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One Big Beautiful Bill Act and Choice of Entity: What Business Owners Should Revisit
The One Big Beautiful Bill Act changed key inputs in choice-of-entity planning. Permanent Section 199A, permanent bonus depreciation, expanded QSBS, Section 174A, and a temporary SALT cap all affect how founders and boards should re-run the entity memo.
Trenton Roberts
Oct 159 min read


Texas Series LLCs and Beneficial Ownership Reporting After the 2026 FinCEN Final Rule
By Trenton Roberts, Andrew Brown and Spencer Kendrick. How Texas series LLCs work in practice.
Trenton Roberts
Sep 38 min read


Incapacity Planning for Texas Business Owners: Powers of Attorney, Guardianship Alternatives, and the Company Agreement
By Trenton Roberts and Jay Stigers. If an owner cannot sign, someone still has to run the company. Texas durable powers of attorney, guardianship alternatives, health care documents, and the company agreement terms that make incapacity planning work.
Trenton Roberts
Jul 68 min read


Partnership Tax Issues in LLC Operating Agreements: 704(c), Allocations, 754, and the Audit Rules
LLC operating agreements allocate tax items. Here is how Section 704(c), target allocations, Section 754 elections, and partnership audit rules should show up in the document.
Trenton Roberts
Jun 2410 min read


Choosing a Business Entity in Texas: Practical Considerations
By Trenton Roberts, Andrew Brown and Spencer Kendrick. Entity choice turns on liability and tax.
Trenton Roberts
Jun 178 min read


Profits Interests and Admitting New LLC Members
Profits interests are the tool many LLCs use when they want to admit a new member for services without handing over a slice of current capital. Done correctly, the grant can be respected as a partnership interest in future appreciation only, and the IRS safe harbors in Rev.
Trenton Roberts
May 2810 min read


Texas Estate Planning for Business Owners: Community Property, Probate, and Succession
By Trenton Roberts and Jay Stigers. Texas has no state estate tax, but community property still matters.
Trenton Roberts
May 59 min read
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