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Basic Quiz - 4.8.1 LLC Taxation and Unrelated Business Income

1. A Limited Liability Company ("LLC") is one of the forms that can be used to conduct a business.
           
2. A charity is not permitted to own LLC units.
           
3. An LLC has a tax structure similar to that of a C corporation where there are two levels of tax, one tax at the LLC level and another tax to the LLC members.
           
4. LLCs operate like a partnership in that one person must have unlimited liability.
           
5. A CRT cannot own shares in a partnership or LLC units.
           
6. Having less than $100 of unrelated business income (UBI) in a CRT will not affect the tax-exempt status of the CRT.
           
7. Partnerships have "pass-through" taxation, thus making them attractive entity options for forming a business.
           
8. A partnership must have two or more investors while an LLC can have just a single member.
           
9. A charity that receives active business income as owner of LLC units, must pay taxes on that income.
           
10. The owner of an LLC is called a member.