At what point is it suggested to switch over from Sole Proprietor to LLC?

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An LLC just gives a bit of protection/separation between your personal assets and business assets. I’m assuming by sole proprietor you mean just working under your name and social. I would never do that personally. But for tax purposes it all gets reported the same — Schedule C. (Unless you have partners)

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Echo this. Use an LLC to limit your personal exposure. I.e if your company goes bankrupt, you are not personally liable.

For a sole proprietorship, your personal assets are fair game.

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It’s a passthrough, so literally as soon as you have revenue/customers, there’s no downside.

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