Which is the best reason to separate business and personal bank accounts?
Explanation
A separate business account documents income and expense cleanly for tax and job costing, and it keeps the corporation or LLC from commingling funds, which is one of the facts a court weighs before disregarding the entity's separate existence. Permits are issued on plans and code compliance and no bank account is inspected. Sales tax rates are set by statute and local measures. And the licence bond amount is fixed by B&P §7071.6 regardless of how the contractor banks.
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