SE tax has been a given for self employed business owners such with sch c, S Corp, and partnership (including Llc's-disregarded to sch CS or otherwise) for God knows how long and is a fact of life.

In this respect the Wacker case follows both the Dahl Case and the Huber Case in its disregard for the stated jurisdiction of the Trust.TAKE AWAY:DO NOT USE A DOMESTIC ONLY ASSET PROTECTION TRUST (DAPT)!!!

(they have my filed tax statement) Single member LLCs are disregarded entities that are treated as an extension of it's owner. 

Regular maintenance and upkeep on the house itself is not occurring.Your renter disregards the covenant rules as well as Jefferson County laws.

LLC formation FeesEvery state requires a fee for forming an LLC in their state.If you do business in a state other than the state that you formed the LLC in will require you to pay a fee for doing business in their state.Creating multiple LLC's can increase to the fees depending on how many LLC's you have and how many states they do business in.Regardless you should speak with an attorney on LLC formation.In regards to a state income tax perspective - The aggregate state income tax will likely be the same if they are all disregarded for tax purposes.Some things to note is that some states do require a separate tax return for LLC's(even if disregarded) such as Texas and California.

You can chose to have it considered a disregarded entity for taxes (in which case it income will flow to your personal tax return), or inform IRS you want it considered (and taxed) as an S- or C- corp. 

SMLLC is automatically disregarded for tax purpose.

As an example, a big plus of not being a disregarded entity (e.g. not filing a Schedule C for your business) is generally not having to worry about self-employment taxes.

Sorry, disregard.)RENTThis would need a long term lease, at least a year or will shorter ones work?

The living trust is probably a disregarded entity if it does not have it's own taxpayer ID and does not file a tax return.