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Arkansas calls DBAs fictitious names. In most cases they’ll need to be registered with both the state and county. Here’s how to register your DBA in Arkansas.
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The Arkansas Corporation Entity Search is an online tool provided by the Arkansas Secretary of State’s office that allows individuals or businesses to search for information about corporations and other business entities registered in the….
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DBA, or “doing business as” is a designation that businesses can apply for to operate under a name that’s different from its legal name. Learn how.
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MCAs quote a "factor rate" (typically 1.20-1.50) on the advance amount, plus a daily holdback as a percentage of receipts. Translated to APR, most MCAs cost 60-150% annualized. The structure is legally not a loan, so usury caps and disclosure rules do not apply.
Cash-strapped small businesses that "just need it now" stack multiple MCAs and end up with daily holdbacks consuming most receipts. Recovery from MCA stacking is rare without formal restructuring or bankruptcy.
The federal safe harbor for estimated payments is the lesser of 90% of current-year tax or 100% (110% for higher incomes) of prior-year tax. New businesses meet safe harbor easily in year one when prior-year tax was zero. In year two, last-year-based safe harbor disappears and underpayment penalties surface.
The penalty is not large per dollar but compounds across quarters and surprises owners who thought their bookkeeper was handling it. Cash flow gets squeezed at exactly the growth point where it is tightest.
Buy-sell agreements among co-owners specify what happens at death, disability, or departure — but only matter if there is a funding source to actually execute the buyout. Common defects: insurance policies that lapsed, valuation methods that produce numbers no one can pay, and trigger events that include voluntary departure without a payment plan.
Without funding, the surviving owner faces a co-owner's heirs as the new business partner. Most buy-sell disputes that reach litigation are not about the agreement's terms but about the absence of a funding mechanism.
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