Part A (The Report) Sole Proprietorship A sole proprietorship is the most common form of forming a business in the United States. The individual that forms the sole proprietorship and the business is one in the same. For example, if the business owes creditors money, the individual who created the sole proprietorship business has to pay the bill. When entering into contracts the individual is actually agreeing to the contract since the person and business is one in the same. The biggest advantage of doing business under a sole proprietorship is that it is extremely easy to form since the individual creating the sole proprietorship is the business. They are fully responsible for all aspects of the business including making good on …show more content…
One issue with general partnerships is how to value a partner’s share of the business. Most times when the articles of partnership contract is agreed they will include a buy/sell agreement that contains details of a withdrawing member of the partnership. General partnerships are very similar to sole proprietorships in which they carry unlimited liability. This is one major drawback to a general partnership. If one member is fiscally responsible, but another is found of a wrongdoing, the other partner could be liable for their bad practices. Members do not have any protection from others bad acts or poor financial judgment. 1. Costs: Relatively no cost involved in creating a partnership business. Any cost would be associated with forming the articles of partnership contract. 2. Longevity or Continuity of the Organization: Once the agreement of the partnership ends, the partnership ends. Any remaining partners can keep the partnership going if they so wish to. 3. Raise Capital / expand business: In raising capital a partnership has the same difficulties as a sole proprietorship has in that in raising any capital has to come from the partners. 4. Control: The control of a partnership is between the partners. 5. Expand ownership: It is nearly impossible to expand a partnership due to the agreement between the members. 6. Taxes: The partnership is taxed the same as a sole proprietorship is. 7. Liability: A general partnership is similar to a sole proprietorship in
| A general partnership is comprised of a group of two or more individuals who enter into an agreement to start a business. The partners and the business are legally the same. The partners enter into an agreement called the articles of partnership and are typically equally active in the business and the business’s management, unless otherwise stated in the partnership agreement. All profits and losses are shared by the partners in a joint business venture.
General Partnerships are not without their disadvantages. Without being an incorporated company the owners are still subject to issues such as liability, control, and location issues.
31. Know that a partnership agreement usually includes, the division of profits and losses between the partners, partnership salaries or withdrawals, the duties of the partners, all the responses are correct.
When it comes to partnerships Alex, Bill, Carl, and Devon will have two options- a general partnership or a limited partnership. Partnerships are beginning to be a business form of the past. Once upon a time, partnerships were “the default form of business and provided the benefit of pass-through taxation, but lacked the important feature of limited liability” (Chrisman, 2010, p. 465). In a general partnership, each partner associated with the entity will be held liable for their own business decisions as well as
partnership to continue, in the event a partner withdraws from the group. Similar to sole proprietorship, general partnerships tend to have a difficult time rounding up funding and resources, since most of the necessary capital comes from each partner's personal assets. This in turn may hinder longevity and growth of the organization. 4. Control In a typical general partnership, all partners will have equal rights and control over the business. It allows any partner to act on behalf of the business to make decisions and negotiation with
Convenience/Burden- Like a general partnership a limited partnership is easily formed and can enjoy pass through-taxation. It can also be easier to get financing with a limited partnership. A downfall of the limited partnership is that the death of a general partner can dissolve the partnership unless a prior agreement has been established.
3 • Control – A major disadvantage of the limited partnership becomes obvious when discussing the actual management of the general partnership. Limited partners have no control of the day-to-day operations of the general partnership. Profit Retention – The limited partner receives an agreed portion of the profits that typically reflects the percentage of the amount that has been invested into the general partnership. Location – If the general partners expand or move into another state, the burden of regulatory requirements is solely on the general partners and not the limited partners. If the partners plan to move or expand into another state, they simply need to file a new DBA in that state. Convenience / Burden – A
Convenience/Burden: Limited Partnerships have extra requirements placed upon them to comply with state regulatory requirements. They must maintain a registered agent to represent them in the state in which they were formed. They are also required to file an informational report with the IRS of the profits passed to the general partners.
Profit retention – In a partnership profit and losses are shared unless partners agree to
CONVENIENCE or BURDEN – General partnerships are easy to establish and dissolve. All partners share gains, losses, and all liabilities.
In contrast, if a partner decides to leave the business, the owners will no longer be classified as partnerships and the business will end. When you are set as partnership, the decisions of every shareholder will have to be honoured and if they do not have enough experience, the business could be having troubles. An example of a partnership can be H&M, M&S...
A partnership is a business organization where the partners own the business together and are
Is the most common business type, where the business is operated and owned by a single individual. In this type of business, the sole proprietor provides capital, does not share profit or loss and runs the business alone. As such, the business and the owner are indistinguishable for tax and legal purposes (Dlabay, 2011). To differentiate this business from other business types, a sole proprietorship is discussed under the following characteristics.
To overcome this problem, the partnership may take on as many Sleeping (or Silent) Partners as they wish - these people will provide finance for the business to use, but will not have any input into how the business is run. In other words, they have purely put the money into the business as an investment. These Sleeping Partners face limited liability for the debts of the partnership. A partnership, just like a sole trader, is an unincorporated business. What are the advantages and disadvantages of a Partnership?
One major disadvantage of the partnership is taxation, partners will pay the tax same way as a sole trader. Therefore they will pay the corporation tax in addition to this they will have to pay income tax. Another disadvantage is liability partners are still subject to unlimited liability same with a sole trader if the business can’t pay its