• Sole Proprietorship: Suitable for single-member LLCs. The LLC is not taxed separately; all income and losses are reported on the owner’s personal tax return.
• Partnership: Common for multi-member LLCs. Income and losses pass through to individual members, who report them on their personal tax returns.
• S-Corporation: Provides pass-through taxation like a partnership but allows for potential tax savings on self-employment taxes by paying the owner a salary and distributing remaining profits.
• C-Corporation: The LLC is taxed as a separate entity, and profits are taxed at the corporate level. Any distributions to owners are taxed again on their personal returns (double taxation).