Proprietorship: Sole proprietorships are businesses that are owned and operated by one person. The business and the owner are one and the same, as there is no legal separation between the two. The owner would only have to register as a business if he were to operate under a fictitious name or if they provided services requiring a license. * Liability: As there is no legal separation between the owner and the business, 100% of the liability is on the owner. He or She would be responsible for all debts, accidents
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Business Organization Melanie Smith BUS/210 June 01, 2014 Shane Wenttz Business Organization Mamma Mel’s company structure will be that of a sole proprietorship. A sole proprietorship is one of the most common and simplest company structures to form as it is a one man, or in this case, one woman operation where in the owner (me) takes on all aspects of operating the business including all associated risks and liabilities. Some of the advantages to operating as a sole proprietor include
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Ownership Structures By Martha Linn Intro to Business in a Tech World Professor Timothy Hawley 2 July 2013 The four main types of business ownership are: 1. Sole proprietorship 2. General partnership 3. Limited liability company(LLC), and 4. Corporation These differ from each other in many ways: how many owners, risk and liability, the ease in which they are set up and dismantled, and the ways they are taxed. In the following paragraphs I will attempt to explain and
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Organisations can be classified in terms of their business purpose, ‘for profit’ or ‘not for profit’ organisations. Organisations that seek to make a profit are mainly private sector businesses which provide goods/services and must make a profit to survive. They can break even or even make a loss for a very short time or they will cease to exist. The main structure of profit seeking organisations includes: 1. SOLE TRADER. Business owned by a single person, bearing full responsibility of financing
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Further” When Facing New Business Legal Matters ”, and its author is James A. Wahl. I got this article from Monroe Moxness Berg website. When start a new business, there are many areas where legal planning can save time and money in both the short and the long run. So this article tries to analysis these areas from four aspects: Corporate Structure, Trademarks and Other Intellectual Property, Non-Disclosure and Non-Compete Agreements and Exit Planning, so that help business owners create a legal
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310.1.2-01-06 Sole Proprietorship: Sole Proprietorship is the most common and most simplistic type of business. This model of business the owner and the business are one and the same. A sole proprietorship is unincorporated. Every form of business has advantages and disadvantages. As the owner you can organize, name and take the business as far as your aspirations take you, a sole proprietorship has risks; the responsibility of time, personnel, scheduling, recruiting and accounting management
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University of Phoenix Material Sabrina Morton Business Forms Worksheet There are seven forms of business: sole proprietorship, partnership, limited liability partnership, limited liability company (including the single member LLC), S Corporation, Franchise, and Corporation. 1. Research and provide three advantages and three disadvantages for each business form. 2. Provide a 100- to 200-word summary in which you provide an example business that you would start for each form. What is legally
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Attendance PURPOSE: Ensure consistent administration of attendance management issues. Establish employee and supervisor responsibilities regarding attendance. ASSUMPTIONS: Good attendance is a condition of employment. Sick leave is a benefit to be used only for its intended purpose. KEY ASPECTS: Employees are responsible for: making every reasonable effort to be present as scheduled, arriving, leaving and taking breaks on time and providing timely notice of situations affecting attendance
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Business Structures Marlana Sisson August 10, 2014 University of Phoenix James Ciaramella FIN/571 When beginning a business, it is extremely important that the owners of the business decide the organizational form that will be beneficial to maximize the value of the firm. The owners must consider the size of the business, the taxation of the business, the liability of the owners and the ability to raise capital to finance the business (Parrino, Kidwell & Bates, 2012). The owners will
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Business Form Number of Owners? Are Owners Liable for the firm’s debt? Do Owners manage the firm? Does an Ownership change dissolve the firm? Access to Capital Taxation Sole Proprietorship One Yes Yes, in a sole proprietorship the owner manages all aspects of the business. No, Not always, once the change in ownership, the owner can change the decisions pertaining to the goal of the company and the gp's will have to make that change in direction for the new owner. Many lenders are hesitant to provide
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