Anyone forming LLC's? LP's?

It was recommended that we form an LLC and LP. Does anyone have any comments about this? Suggestions? Thank you in advance for any replies.

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Permalink Reply by george m vietze on May 17, 2014 at 9:12am

Do not take this post as legal advise because I am not an attorney and I do not give advise but use it as a series of questions when you consult an attorney.

A LLC (Limited Liability Corporation) or LP (Limited Partnership) are distinct and separate types of vehicles of ownership of assets and liabilities.

LLC as the name implies is owned by shareholders in the name of the LLC(  HideBehindRockGas,LLC)

could be an affiliate of a larger gas company with a hugh amount of Assets that prefers to have ownership

in Hide Behind Rock Gas,LLC to shelter their hugh assets from Liability and potential lawsuits etc..

Individual and families who have separate assets may also want to consider sheltering their other assets

into an LLC to protect themselves from liability.

A limited Partnership (LP) is another vehicle of ownership but is a Partnership not a corporation and each has different types of TAX consequences, basically a corporation is taxed as a separate entity as if it were a separate person and a Partnership the income and losses are taxes amongst each partner.

The Limited Partners are limited in their liability only for Partnership assets and liabilies but the Partnership has a General Partner which is not sheltered from liability from his/hers personal assets.

A Limited Partnership is the gas and oil industry is sometimes used to raise money from Investors

with the gas company being the General Partner, with liability and the Investors holding partnership interest without additional liability except for their interest in the Partnership.

This is a quick overview to give you an idea of what the different types of ownerships are and their relationship to sheltering liability and some questions about the different types of taxation.

Permalink Reply by rmc on May 17, 2014 at 9:35am
We are in the process of filing for a FLP Family limited Partner ship.
The attorney advised that we have the General partner shares held in a LLC but I figured we could wait until we actually have royalties being paid to see if it's necessary.
Permalink Reply by george m vietze on May 17, 2014 at 10:46am

This link is a good overview of Family Limited Partnership

http://www.drc-law.com/Page/FLP

Permalink Reply by P Bendert on May 17, 2014 at 12:18pm
Thank you so much for sharing. We are discussing the same issue.
Permalink Reply by AJ on May 22, 2014 at 12:22pm

First of al. I am not an attorney either. But I do have lots of experience with forming and taxation of different entitites.

An LLC is NOT a limited liability corporation. It is a limited liability COMPANY. big difference. A single member LLC will be taxed as the individual. A multi-member LLC will be taxed as a partnership. Is there liability protection, sure, to some extent. How much is unknown until proven in court a few times. An LLC can chose to act as a S-Corp.

A Family LP has lots of benefits, but also has increased costs in extra bookkeeping and tax returns. A person can and usually does hold both limited and general partnership shares in the same partnership.

This is definitely the case of one size does not fit all. Talk to an experienced O&G attorney. That money you spend will be saved many times over in the future.

Permalink Reply by P Bendert on May 22, 2014 at 3:19pm
Thanks AJ. I really appreciate the feedback.
Permalink Reply by Larry Wagenman on May 17, 2014 at 11:25am

I have the contact info for a man in Idaho who owns nothing and controls everything with 5 LLCs in New Mexico, where not even the financial officers are public knowledge. Contact me on facebook private chat

Permalink Reply by Poison Ivy on May 18, 2014 at 1:03pm

We have our property in Harrison county in an LLC since 2008.. We had already done that before we had leased any acreage for oil & gas.

Permalink Reply by Carl Krebsbach on May 18, 2014 at 4:34pm

May I ask why a landowner would form an LLC or LP?  What would the benefits be?

Permalink Reply by george m vietze on May 19, 2014 at 12:51am

How do you stay in control of assets, make gifts to your family, lower income and estate taxes, and avoid lawsuits? The Family Limited Partnership is being used by people all over America to protect, leverage, and control family wealth. Here's how it works and what it can do for you.

Permalink Reply by rmc on May 19, 2014 at 2:04am
Hello Carl I suppose my main reason is concern of possible inheritance tax In the future and the very real possibility that my children could lose the home farm for lack of being able to pay the taxes.
I still remember when my father passed away the government wanted an appraised value of everything he owned even the clothes hanging in his closet and the effort it took to raise the money to pay those taxes.
Permalink Reply by george m vietze on May 23, 2014 at 1:39am

The devil is in the details caveat also works in this case.  The concept of using LLC or Trust's to shelter liability or transfer assets to avoid probate and minimize taxes

is a good one to have on this site where so many people now have more assets with more value and management of those assets becomes a prudent way to plan for a family.  Please realize that each state has different laws that apply to each of these entities and taxation of transferring assets may be different under each circumstance.


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Income Tax Treatment of Irrevocable Trusts

The trustee of an irrevocable trust must complete and file Form 1041 to report trust income, as long as the trust earned more than $600 during the tax year. Irrevocable trusts are taxed on income in much the same way as individuals. The trustee must also file Schedule K-1 and deliver copies of it to each beneficiary who received a distribution from the trust during the tax year.

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The transfer of assets to an irrevocable trust, or to the beneficiary of a revocable trust, is a taxable event resulting in gift tax liability. As of 2012, the gift tax exclusion is $13,000 per year per beneficiary, except that gifts to your spouse are never subject to gift tax. The amount of any gift that exceeds $13,000 is taxable at a maximum rate of 35 percent. You must file the gift tax return, Form 709, only if you actually owe gift tax. The recipient of a gift is never liable for gift tax.

Estate Tax

Estate tax is imposed on that portion of the value of a deceased taxpayer's estate that exceeds the gift tax exclusion applicable during the year of the taxpayer's death. The deceased taxpayer's executor must file Form 1041 if the estate owes estate taxes. The value is $5,120,000 for taxpayers dying in 2012. The assets of a revocable trust are counted as the grantor's assets for gift tax purposes; however, the assets of an irrevocable trust are not counted as part of the grantor's estate. Even though the assets of an irrevocable trust are considered assets of the trust itself, estate tax is never imposed because trusts do not die.

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