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The Nature and Forms of Business Organizations

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THE NATURE AND

FORMS OF BUSINESS
ORGANIZATIONS
B U S I N E SS
• Is an organization or an enterprise
which is concerned with engaging in
commercial, industrial and professional
activities.
• Refers to the organized efforts and
activities of individuals to produce and sell
goods and services for profit.
• it is an occupation, profession or trade.
It can also be a commercial activity wherein
goods and services are provided in
exchange for profit
• Is an economic activity, wherein in it is
involved in a continuous and regular
production and distribution of goods
and services for satisfying human
wants.
YOUR COMPANY’S
FORM WILL AFFECT:

• How you are taxed


• Your legal liability
• Costs of formation
• Operational costs

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What are
the different
forms of
business
organization
s?
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SOLE
PROPRIETORSHI
P
• Simplest and most
common form of business
ownership

• Run and owned by someone


for own benefit

• Entirely dependent on
owners decisions

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SOLE PROPRIETORSHIP

ADVANTAGES DISADVANTAGES
• All profits are subject to the • Owner is 100% liable for
owner business debts
• There is very little regulation • Equity is limited to the owner’s
for proprietorships personal resources
• Owners have total flexibility • Ownership of proprietorship is
when running the business difficult to transfer
• Very few requirements for • No distinction between
starting—often only a business personal and business income
license

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PA R T N E R S H I P
• Comes in two types: General and
Limited
• General: Both parties invest their
money, property, labor etc. ; Both
are liable for the debts of the
business; Do not require a formal
agreement
• Limited: Require a formal
agreement; filing of certificate of
partnership required; liability is
limited according to their portion
of ownership or investment.
• 2-3 individuals

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PA R T N E R S H I P

ADVANTAGES DISADVANTAGES
• Shared resources provides • Each partner is 100%
more capital for the business responsible for debts and
losses
• Each partner shares the total
profits of the company • Selling the business is difficult
—requires finding new partner
• Similar flexibility and simple
design of a proprietorship • Partnership ends when any
partner decides to end it
• Inexpensive to establish a
business partnership, formal
or informal

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C O R P O R AT I O N
• For tax purposes
• Separate entities
• A Legal person
• Profits generated by the
corporation are taxed as
personal income
• Income distributed to
shareholders as dividends are
taxed again by the owners as
personal income

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C O R P O R AT I O N

ADVANTAGES DISADVANTAGES
• Limits liability of the owner to • Corporate operations are
debts or losses costly
• Profits and losses belong to • Establishing a corporation is
the corporation costly
• Can be transferred to new • Start a corporate business
owners fairly easily requires complex paperwork
• Personal assets cannot be • With some exceptions,
seized to pay for business corporate income is taxed
debts twice

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LIMITED
LIABILITY
C O M PA N Y ( L L C )
• Similar to the Limited
Partnership
• provides owners with limited
liability while providing
some of the income
advantages of a
partnership
• advantages of
partnerships and
corporations are combined
in an LLC

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L I M I T E D L I A B I L I T Y C O M PA N Y ( L L C )

ADVANTAGES DISADVANTAGES
• Limits liability to the company • Ownership is limited by certain
owners for debts or losses state laws
• The profits of the LLC are • Agreements must be
shared by the owners without comprehensive and complex
double-taxation
• Beginning an LLC has high
costs due to legal and filing
fees

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SOLE PROPRIETORSHIP

SARI-SARI STORE COMPUTER REPAIR SHOP

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PA R T N E R S H I P

BEN & JERRY’S ICE CREAM


WARNER BROS. COMPANY COMPANY

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C O R P O R AT I O N

AYALA CORPORATION SAN MIGUEL CORPORATION

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L I M I T E D L I A B I L I T Y C O M PA N Y ( L L C )

MODERN CONSTRUCTIONS & TRADING


AFRICAN & EASTERN LLC Co. LLC

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REASONS WHY
BUSINESSES ARE PUT
UP
• FOR PROFIT
• TO GIVE SOLUTION TO THE
PROBLEMS OF CONSUMERS
• TO HELP GIVE JOB OPPORTUNITIES

• TO HELP BUILD THE ECONOMIC


STATUS OF A COUNTRY
• TO HELP SUPPORT GLOBALIZATION
• TO HELP THE CIRCULATION OF
MONEY

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SUMMAR
Y

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