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<p class="MsoNormal">NO,. per the agency…..10 cents please, but I would love to defend them against the department.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">From:</span></b><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none"> constructionlaw-bounces@lists.flabarrpptl.org <constructionlaw-bounces@lists.flabarrpptl.org>
<b>On Behalf Of </b>RPPTL constructionlaw<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, July 2, 2025 1:24 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> RPPTL constructionlaw <constructionlaw@lists.flabarrpptl.org><br>
<b>Subject:</b> [RPPTL-constructionlaw] Entity Conversion and Licensing Question<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif">Interested in folks’ thoughts on this:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif">Entity A, Inc., converts to Entity A+, LLC. Same Federal Tax ID number. Not an asset sale, but the entity is simply converted from a Sub-S corporation to an LLC under the applicable statutes
permitting such a conversion.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif">Entity A had qualifiers in the trades where it worked (MEP). Is Entity A+, LLC properly licensed upon the conversion without further DBPR/CILB filings?
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</span></b><b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Bruce Partington | Shareholder<br>
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