Business Organizations
Task 1
7/14/15
Business Organization
Essentially, a business organization is a body that is formed for the aim of conducting a commercial enterprise (Bank, 2004, p. 2).
Sole Proprietorship
Brief Description
A sole proprietorship is a form of business structure that is owned and operated by the same owner simultaneously (Schneeman, 2012).
Characteristics
• In this type of entity, it is difficult to draw a distinction between the owner and the business.
• In the legal language, they are not incorporated and many a times not entirely viewed as a business structure because there are no legal regimes governing their set up.
• The owner is generally vested with absolute control of the enterprise and will be the sole employee.
• The business structure is widely used by small investors due to the easy to set up nature.
Advantages
1. Compliance: the creation of sole proprietorship is not dictated by any legal formalities or requirements. There running is also governed by few legal requirements. In essence, the creation and running of such an entity involves less administrative expense (Schneeman, 2012).
2. Control: the owner of a sole proprietorship has absolute control over the business and the decisions that are made. However, this does not mean that the owner cannot make any transfer of the sole proprietorship.
3. Tax benefits: unlike in incorporated entities, sole proprietorship are not taxed separately from the owner, they are absolved from
| A sole proprietorship is easy to create; there is minimal creation cost and time.The single owner has autonomy in decision making; sole owner makes all decisions related to the business and has complete ownership of business’s finances.
Sole Proprietorship. Sole owner of a business. The manager and the owner is the same person. The sole proprietorship has unlimited liability. You pay taxes as owner and
The individual owner is limited to personal money and loans when it comes to funding the business.
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Sole Proprietorship Sole proprietorship is the most common form of business in the United States. It is a relatively simple way for an individual to start a business since legal costs and business requirements are minimal, and the owner has complete control over the business. Though a sole proprietor is not responsible for any corporate tax payments, the owner is responsible for taxes incurred on the income generated from the business as part of his or her personal income tax payments, and personally shoulders any other risks or obligations. A sole proprietor may also choose to file their business under a fictitious business name or a DBA (doing business as), allowing him or her to operate and market the business under a more typical
Longevity/Continuity- A sole proprietorship exits only as long as the owner is alive or until the owner decides to
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INCOME TAXES – As a sole proprietor all business income or losses must be reported as personal income tax. The business itself is not taxed separately.
Income Taxes: The owner of a Sole Proprietorship pays taxes in the earnings of the company as personal income.
Sole Proprietorship: This is a type of business is where the business and the owner are one in
Sole Proprietorship would give you complete control since you assume all the risks, which mean you get all the profits, but you also suffer all the losses and liabilities. There is little to no paperwork to be done with a sole proprietorship. You only pay personal income tax to include Social security. The business doesn’t have to file a tax return, but you are still liable for payroll, unemployment and compensation taxes (Clarkson, Miller, & Cross, 2016).
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