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May 31, 2019
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I am a financial advisor and I receive a 1099 form my Broker Dealer. I have an LLC that I want to file as a Scorp or Ccorp; how do I get the income into the corporation

  • May 31, 2019
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    Best answer by bwa

    If the LLC is doing the work, the 1099 should be issued to the LLC’s name and EIN, not your name and Social Security number.

    And, to do that, the llc must contract with the Broker/Dealer to perform the services.

    I've seen cases where in the Real Estate field, a RE salesman cannot be an llc or corporation, because the state requires that every salesman must be supervised by a Broker.  As an llc cannot be supervised, and as a salesman cannot assign income to anyone else (including his own llc), only the salesman can receive the income.

    I'm not sure what requirements your state or Broker/Dealer may have for Financial Advisors, but you want to be sure that the llc can work for the Broker/Dealer, not you personally.


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    Employee
    May 31, 2019
    So you haven't set up an S or C Corp yet?  And the 1099 is from 2015?
    Employee
    May 31, 2019
    If the LLC is doing the work, the 1099 should be issued to the LLC’s name and EIN, not your name and Social Security number.

    Have you already make the election for the LLC to be taxed as a corporation?

    Are you SURE you want it to be taxed as a corporation?  I highly recommend going to a tax professional before you make the decision.  Corporations can be complicated and expensive.  Many people do not realize what is involved with running a business that is taxed as a corporation, and end up spending more time and money than they save.
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    Employee
    May 31, 2019
    And could OP even retroactively move the 1099 there, if it's from 2015?
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    Employee
    May 31, 2019

    If the LLC is doing the work, the 1099 should be issued to the LLC’s name and EIN, not your name and Social Security number.

    And, to do that, the llc must contract with the Broker/Dealer to perform the services.

    I've seen cases where in the Real Estate field, a RE salesman cannot be an llc or corporation, because the state requires that every salesman must be supervised by a Broker.  As an llc cannot be supervised, and as a salesman cannot assign income to anyone else (including his own llc), only the salesman can receive the income.

    I'm not sure what requirements your state or Broker/Dealer may have for Financial Advisors, but you want to be sure that the llc can work for the Broker/Dealer, not you personally.


    October 10, 2019

    The problem is is that FINRA currently doesn't allow commissions to be paid to a non-licensed entity aka an LLC, S-corp, etc. They have to be paid to you the RR and then that can be put into the business account as income, just one extra step. The good thing is the 1099 commission income you receive is gross, so just make sure you have a paper trail going from you personal to business account. 

    January 5, 2020

    When you assign income from personal to business account  IRS may see it as just a capital contribution not income to LLC/S Corp, correct? And since entity is non licensed pass through on income will come via SSN# not Tax ID of LLC or S Corp. Is this any different if it's from RIA instead of B/D? Can they pay directly through LLC or does it have to go through IAR and than advisor can assign it to LLC? However if IRS views as this assignment to LLC as just capital contribution and not income it may be a moot point.