Entity type
@@ -685,6 +699,7 @@ document.getElementById("q-cargo").addEventListener("change", function(e) {
document.getElementById("q-base-state").addEventListener("change", function() {
wiz.baseState = this.value || null;
updateOperatingStates();
+ if (typeof updateEntityFlag === "function") updateEntityFlag();
validateStep0();
});
@@ -748,6 +763,7 @@ document.getElementById("q-has-entity").addEventListener("click", function(e) {
selectEntityStrategy("home");
}
}
+ updateEntityFlag();
validateStep1();
});
@@ -760,9 +776,43 @@ function selectEntityStrategy(val) {
document.querySelectorAll("#entity-new .entity-opt").forEach(function(o) { o.classList.remove("selected"); });
document.getElementById("entity-opt-" + (val === "wyoming" ? "wy" : "home")).classList.add("selected");
wiz.entityState = val === "wyoming" ? "WY" : wiz.baseState;
+ updateEntityFlag();
validateStep1();
}
+// States where a corporation is concretely more favorable than an LLC (verified).
+var CORP_FAVOR = {
+ CA: { name: "California", reason: "California charges LLCs an extra gross-receipts fee of $900 to $11,790 per year once your California income passes $250,000 - a fee corporations don't pay. Most active trucks gross over $250k, so a corporation is often the cheaper structure here." },
+ TN: { name: "Tennessee", reason: "Tennessee's LLC annual report fee is $300/yr (up to $3,000), versus just $20 for a corporation. A corporation is far cheaper to keep in good standing here." },
+ NY: { name: "New York", reason: "New York makes LLCs (not corporations) publish formation notices in two newspapers - often $600 to $2,000+ in NYC - plus pay a yearly LLC filing fee. A corporation skips both." }
+};
+
+function updateEntityFlag() {
+ var box = document.getElementById("entity-corp-flag");
+ if (!box) return;
+ if (wiz.hasEntity !== "no") { box.style.display = "none"; return; }
+ var formSt = wiz.entityState, baseSt = wiz.baseState;
+ var hit = null, via = null;
+ ["CA", "TN", "NY"].forEach(function(s) {
+ if (hit) return;
+ if (formSt === s) { hit = s; via = "form"; }
+ else if (baseSt === s) { hit = s; via = "operate"; }
+ });
+ if (!hit) { box.style.display = "none"; return; }
+ var info = CORP_FAVOR[hit];
+ box.querySelector(".flag-lead").textContent =
+ (via === "form" ? "Forming in " : "Operating in ") + info.name + "? Consider a corporation.";
+ box.querySelector(".flag-reason").textContent = info.reason +
+ (via === "operate" ? " Even with a Wyoming LLC, " + info.name + " applies this to any LLC registered to do business there." : "");
+ box.style.display = "block";
+}
+
+document.getElementById("flag-pick-corp").addEventListener("click", function() {
+ var corpBtn = document.querySelector('#q-entity-type .btn-opt[data-val="corp"]');
+ if (corpBtn) corpBtn.click();
+ this.textContent = "Corporation selected";
+});
+
// Entity type buttons
document.getElementById("q-entity-type").addEventListener("click", function(e) {
var btn = e.target.closest(".btn-opt");