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Agenda
• Today: Legal Form of Business• Tuesday: Legal Considerations• Wednesday: Developing a Business
Name (and Legal Search)• Thursday: Guest Speaker—Herzing • Friday: Section 5: Legal
Considerations (lab)
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Types of Business Ownership
Sole ProprietorshipsPartnershipsCorporations
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What is a sole proprietorship?
• Owner is responsible for business activities
• Makes up 76% of all businesses• Only one responsible for liability
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Advantages
• Easy & inexpensiveEasy & inexpensive• Complete authorityComplete authority• Least regulated Least regulated
form of ownershipform of ownership• Business pays no Business pays no
taxes; not separate taxes; not separate from ownerfrom owner
• Tax rate is lowerTax rate is lower
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Disadvantages
• Unlimited liabilityUnlimited liability• Difficult to raise Difficult to raise
capitalcapital• Limited on skills & Limited on skills &
abilitiesabilities• Death dissolves Death dissolves
businessbusiness
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Things you will needThings you will need
• DBA: Doing business as needs to be applied for
• EIN: Employer Identification Number if employees are going to be hired
• Strive to be successful!
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What is a partnership?
• More than one person shares the business decisions and outcomes
• Partners decide together the outcome of the business
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Types of Partnerships
• General• Limited• Joint venture• Strategic Alliance
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Advantages Advantages
• Inexpensive to create• General partners have complete
control• Share ideas• Secure investment capital
– more easily– in greater amounts
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Disadvantages
• Difficult to dissolve one partner’s interest in the business without dissolving the partnership
• Personality conflicts• Bound by laws of agency
– held liable for each other’s actions– can be sued for breach of contract
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How can we be successful How can we be successful as a partnership?as a partnership?
• Share business responsibilities• Put things in writing• Always be honest with each other• Consider partner’s needs before
committing to the partnership• Establish a partnership
agreement
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What is a corporation?
• chartered or registered by the state
• legally operates apart from its owner or owners
• lives on after owners have sold their interest or passed on
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Types of CorporationsTypes of Corporations
C-corporation• Most common form• Protect from being sued for actions & debts• File a Certificate of Incorporation• Appoint a board of directors• Limited to 30-50 stockholders in most states
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AdvantagesAdvantages
• Raise capital by issuing shares of stock– Common Stock– Preferred Stock
• Limited Liability
• Create pension & retirement funds
• Offer profit sharing plans to their employees
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DisadvantagesDisadvantages
• Pose financial problems• Expensive to set up• Cost between $500 to
$2,500 in fees• Income is heavily taxed• Pay taxes on profits• Pay stockholders
earnings or dividends• Stockholders pay income
taxes on their dividends
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Types of CorporationsTypes of Corporations
Subchapter S corporation• Taxed like a sole proprietorship or
partnership; no double taxation• Profits are passed through the
corporation and taxed only once• Usually cash businesses• Shareholders must be U.S. citizens
or residents
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Types of CorporationsTypes of Corporations
Nonprofit Corporation• Legal entities that make money for
reasons other than the owners’ profit• Profit must remain within the company• Four categories
Charity, public benefit, religion & mutual benefit
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Types of CorporationsTypes of Corporations
Limited Liability (LLC)• Members not liable for company debt• Pass-through tax advantages of
partnerships• Shareholders are only taxed once• Law firms & medical firms• Popular with foreign investors & family
owners