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Company Ownership Options

Starting a company is undoubtedly a serious task and there money (capital) is always a big factor. Today most small businesses are sole proprietorships, medium sized businesses are mostly partnerships of corporate type and large companies are mostly corporate type.

• Sole proprietorships is suitable for small business, a it is the most simple and common company ownership form and is pretty easy to manage full business. Its your business and you are the boss. But you are limited with financial resources and there is always the risk of large liabilities.
• Partnerships are good ownership option is you want to work in group that share ideas, money and technologies. Good partnership gives companies upper hand in business competition by good financial and knowledge resource. Many of today’s technologies companies are partnerships. But profit per head will be low, there can be liabilities and there is always a chance of disagreements among partners.
• Corporations are best for large-scale ideas or large capital investments. They offer less liability, more profit, higher financial resource, technical adoption and stability. But they provide less control and often result in double taxation. There are many options with corporations as C (conventional) corporation, S corporation, non-liability corporation, and limited liability corporation (LLC). The last option, LLC, is particularly popular now as it protects owners from financial liabilities.

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