I am starting a company, I am setting up my llc right now but having a headache of a time trying to figuire out if my expenses so far can be written off / deductable; so i have already spent some money / borrowed money from my parents on getting samples made, ordering my bulk order of products, and testing out different manufacturers products for packaging; I’m also about to start spending some money pn LC filing fee’s, hiring a registered agent service, and everything else that comes with registering my llc, once I start making sales can i pay myself, and my parents, back and then write it off as start up / business expenses, as alot of it (filing fees, registred agent fee’s, etc) would have been impossible to be spent on a business bank account as i need to pay for those before I can set up my llc and get my ein, i’m very confused in the answers online since everything has been spent on personal accounts so far (obviously) and want to write them off; please help me
