Business Entities, Laws and Regulations Mario Zapata April 28, 2011 BUS/415 University of Phoenix Michael John Abstract A partnership of entrepreneurs is planning in open a new sport restaurant bar, with big screen television, but the entrepreneurs do not have enough capital to complete the project. A wealthy investor is willing to participate in the business plan, but wants a percentage of the company. In this paper Mario Zapata examines the process of completed the new sport’s restaurant
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responsibilities for running the business. Sole proprietors own all the assets of the business and the profits generated by it. They also assume complete responsibility for any of its liabilities or debts. In the eyes of the law and the public, you are one in the same with the business. Advantages of a Sole Proprietorship: * Easiest and least expensive form of ownership to organize. * Sole proprietors are in complete control, and within the parameters of the law, may make decisions as they
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performance: * Interest – Companies can deduct interest expense from their income for tax purposes. This deduction will change from year-to-year as more or less debt is on the books. * Taxes – Taxes are subject to change as laws change and the company’s business and accounting practices may change. This deduction also reduces net income. * Depreciation – The tax code allows companies to deduct a portion of the value of an asset each year over a predetermined schedule. This schedule should
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ASSIGNMENT # 2- FAMILY RELATED ISSUES LEG 500- LAW, ETHIC, AND CORPORATE GOVERNANCE DRA NEKIA HACKWORTH KARLA ZALDANA JAN 30, 2012 INTRODUCTION The FMLA entitles eligible employees of covered employers to take unpaid, job-protected leave of specified family and medical reasons with continuation of group health insurance coverage under the same terms and conditions as if the employee had no taken leave. Eligible
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FMLA and ADD Wendy Lavoie Rasmussen College Author Note This paper is being submitted on May 17, 2015, for Cregg McKinney’s Business Law course. FMLA and ADD The Family Medical Leave Act is an act put into place to help employees of covered employers to take a leave of absence to care for a person in their immediate family. The Family Medical Leave Act covers certain things such as; birth and care of the eligible employee’s child or placement for adoption or foster care of a child, care
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Types Of Business There are many different advantages and disadvantages of different types of ownership within the business sector. Before you start you’re new or expanded business plans. You need to explore all the options available to you. Will you be a Sole Proprietor or a Corporation or everything in between? The following report will examine six different business organizations in detail. Sole Proprietorship: is when the business is fully owned and managed by one person (others can be
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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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Legal Forms of Business The decision to decide on what type of business organization to select for the situation to be most successful can be difficult because it is hard to predict the future on how things will unfold. With seven different forms of business to choose from and all with specific advantages to polices, financial structure, and risk it is important to know the advantages and disadvantages. Each situation has a preferred choice and liability and one or two plus people must research
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Economic Environments of Business Robert L. Spradley American Intercontinental University Online Abstract This paper is based on a business scenario. In this scenario an inventor, named Robert, who enjoys working around his home, cleaning, cooking, and doing minor home repairs has an idea for a new kind of home appliance that would meet the daily needs of many consumers. Wanting to start a business, he does some research on three legal forms of ownership for a small business. He describes the
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condition. So that he needs a leave for that. (Halbert- Ingulli, 2010, p 137).” We can note that Parent means a biological, adoptive, step or foster father or mother, or any other individual who stood in loco parentis to the employee when the employee was a son or daughter as defined in paragraph (c) of this section. This term does not include parents “in law.” 2. Does it matter whether the size of the business can have any effect on whether Tony is eligible for family leave under the FMLA? Yes
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