forms of business organization
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A business owned and managed by one person.
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Easiest type of business to form, the owner has almost complete control of business, the owner get to keep all the profit, & is only taxed once.
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No legal separation of the owner from the business, limited capital, unlimited liability, & limited business lifetime.
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End at the decision or death of the owner, & are funded by the owner’s personal money, gifts, loans, and/or other sources of capital.
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A Business owned by two or more people, & managed according to the partnership agreement.
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Easy to form, more capital and credit available, work load more evenly shared, &
losses are also shared
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Unlimited liability, limited lifetime (if partner leaves or dies),
profits are shared, decisions are made jointly, & hard to add other partners
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Are terminated by actions of the partners, bankruptcy, death, and/or court order, & are funded by the personal account of the partners, gifts, loans, and other capital resources.
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A business with the authority to act as a single person. (legally a person)
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Ownership is determined by stocks (a shareholder/stockholders owns a piece of the company). Corporations are managed by a board of directors who were voted/appointed by shareholders.
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An article of incorporation with the state government must be filed. The business must create corporate bylaws, name a board of directors, and issue shares of stock.
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Capital easy to obtain, limited liability for shareholders, ownership without having to manage, possibility of unlimited lifetime, & decision-making is shared.
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Double taxation: profits and earnings Subject to more laws than other types of ownership, more difficult to form, operations controlled by shareholders and board of directors instead of original owner(s)
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Corporation may have unlimited life. Determined by charter or articles of dissolution, and must be approved by the majority of the board of directors and/or stockholders (shareholders), & capital is raised through the issuing of stocks.