The payments that an independent contractor gets from a client are not salary. An employee gets a salary. An independent contractor doesn't. I'm not sure what you mean by "structured." The checks should be made payable to the LLC. You should give the client the EIN of the LLC, and make sure they issue the Form 1099-MISC at the end of the year to the LLC, not to you personally. To avoid any confusion, do not give them your Social Security number. If you have to submit invoices, the invoices should come from the LLC and should have the EIN of the LLC on them. You will need to have a bank account for the LLC.
