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I have a question. I realize that LLC can be taxed as either Partnership/Sole Proprietorship or a Corporation. What about PLC? Can it be taxed as either one as well or can it only be taxed as a Corporation?

 

Thanks,

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Do you actually have a client who is a PLC that is NOT a foreign corporation?

I have never heard of one that is a domestic company.  Here is a useful wikipedia definition:

A public limited company (legally abbreviated to plc) is a type of public company under the United Kingdom company law, some Commonwealth jurisdictions, and the Republic of Ireland. It is a limited liability company whose shares may be freely sold and traded to the public (although a plc may also be privately held, often by another plc), with a minimum share capital of £50,000 and usually with the letters PLC after its name.[1] Similar companies in the United States are called publicly traded companies. Public limited companies will also have a separate legal identity
 

As noted, in the USA they are called Publicly Traded Companies and I think (but will not swear) that they have to be corporations.

Lawrence C. Starr, FLMI, CLU, CEBS, CPC, ChFC, EA, ATA, QPFC
President
Qualified Plan Consultants, Inc.
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West Springfield, MA 01089
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larrystarr@qpc-inc.com

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If the business is conducted in the US and has US employees (or other eligible US domiciled employees), it is likely the the US business is a subsidiary of the PLC, organized in a recognizable form under US state laws and tax law:  e.g. corporation, S corporation, LLP,  LLC, and the check-the- box option for tax treatment is available as appropriate.

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