Can I deduct business expenses incurred from before my LLC is legally formed?

[LTR]

I have been doing contract work for a couple weeks and just recently paid LegalZoom to form my LLC. Since the LLC's finalization is going to take at least a couple weeks, can I plan on deducting my business expenses I incur before the LLC is finalized? I figure since it's a single-member LLC, taxed as a pass-through, and is technically a "disregarded entity" that this doesn't matter but I want to be sure. I'd like to avoid tax fraud!

 

[123456789]

You will have to file two schedule Cs this year. One counting up to the formation of your LLC, and another thereafter.

 

[v b]

You will continue to put the pre-llc business expenses on the schedule C.