Starting a business in Kendall involves Sunbiz, the IRS, the Florida Department of Revenue, and Miami-Dade County — and a tax decision on day one that most online formation services get wrong. We do it right, and we stay on as your advisor.
Kendall is one of the most active areas in Miami-Dade for new business formation, and most of those businesses start the same way: an online service files an LLC, the owner gets an EIN, opens a bank account, and starts working. Nobody asks whether the LLC should be taxed as an S-Corp, whether the real estate should sit in a separate entity, whether the county requires a certificate of use for the location, or whether the owner should be on payroll. Those questions surface a year or two later — usually as a tax bill.
Our Kendall formation service starts with the question that matters: what structure minimizes your tax and protects you, given what you actually do? Then we execute every step.
Formation is the beginning. Our advisory work for Kendall businesses includes restructuring (adding a holding company, moving real estate into its own LLC, converting to an S-Corp or a C-Corp as the business changes), buying or selling a business (due diligence, valuation, deal structure, and the tax consequences of asset versus stock sales), bringing in a partner or buying one out, succession planning for family businesses, and business valuations for a sale, a divorce, a buy-sell agreement, or estate planning.
The West Kendall contractor who’s been a sole proprietor for five years and is paying far more self-employment tax than necessary. The dentist buying a practice near Baptist and needing the purchase allocated correctly. The two friends opening a restaurant on SW 137th Avenue who need an operating agreement that survives a disagreement. The Kendale Lakes landlord with six properties in her own name who should have them in LLCs. The family business on Kendall Drive where the founder wants to retire and the kids want to keep it going. We’ve done each of these many times.
An LLC is formed with the state; an S-Corp is how the IRS taxes it. Most Kendall owner-operators start as an LLC and add the S election once profit is high enough that the self-employment tax savings outweigh the cost of payroll and a separate return. We run those numbers for you rather than defaulting to one answer.
Florida’s filing fee for an LLC is about $125 plus the annual report (about $139 each year). Our formation package is a fixed fee on top of state fees that covers entity choice, all filings, the S election if appropriate, the county business tax receipt, and your first-year compliance calendar.
Yes — every business operating in unincorporated Miami-Dade, including Kendall, needs a Miami-Dade County local business tax receipt, and a certificate of use for a commercial location. Some professions also need state licenses. We handle the county filings as part of formation.
Often, yes, but Miami-Dade has home-occupation rules (limits on employees, signage, customer traffic, and inventory) and you still need the business tax receipt. We’ll confirm what applies to your situation.
Yes. We review the seller’s financials and tax returns, help you value the business, structure the purchase (asset vs. stock) for the best tax result, and set up the new entity and books so you start clean.
S-Corp, partnership, LLC and C-Corp returns for Kendall businesses — prepared by a CPA, planned before year-end.
Personal returns for Kendall families — rental income, self-employment, foreign accounts, and real planning, not just data entry.
Monthly QuickBooks bookkeeping, clean-up projects, and financial statements for Kendall businesses that want real numbers.
Free 20-minute consultation. No pressure, no jargon — just clear answers about your taxes or your books.