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Small Business Structure – the Canadian Way

I was contacted by a client the other day with a question that I approached did not respond immediately. He has a small construction company and was looking for a partner so that he could win larger contracts, and he wondered how he should go about doing, dass I had to tell him that I was not able to give him advice on structuring from a small company, because I am not a lawyer or an accountant, but I knew I could inform him, so I started to research.

I knew from the settingable to use my own business on the various structures of Canadian small businesses. I thought his choice would be limited to individuals, partnerships and integration. There is also a co-operative, but that does not mean to apply my clients. I suspected that the best way would be to help him out to define and give him the pros and cons of each.

Individual companies will be heard by an individual, and are legally considered an extension of you. Ie,that a liability or obligation of your company fires a personal liability or obligation. So, if your sole proprietorship fails, you can use your personal assets to liability for the obligation to pay. I would say that's a pretty big disadvantage. On the positive side, however, individual companies are the easiest to set up and then, and do not even need to be registered if its name is exactly the same as your own.

A partnership is an agreement between two or more persons,conduct business. Partnerships are a separate legal entity from you, and must have at least one general partner. All partners can be very general, but it needs at least one general partner. Partnerships are relatively easy to set up, but although not required, should the parties to a contract outlining specific tasks and duties among themselves.

Is the general partner is responsible for business decisions, manages the company and in itsName. Each general partner is jointly and severally liable for partnership debts. This means that a partner can be responsible for the decisions, debts and obligations of another partner. Strike against general partnerships, I would say.

And what is a limited partner then? Limited partners are not involved in decisions or in the day to day running of the business. In general, the limited partner's financial contribution, and their liability is limited to theAmount they invested in the company. This means you basically have no say on how the money is invested, which means you have zero power. And in that moment, a limited partner are involved in running the business or acts on behalf of the company, they will be personally liable partner.

A corporation is a separate entity from himself, which means you do not have any personal liability for debts, obligations or acts of the company. You are not personallyResponsibility for someone else makes all decisions in society, and you are only liable up to the amount of unpaid portion of shares you own. Sounds pretty good so far.

Limited liability is a big advantage over other forms of small business structure. And there are even more advantages. Companies continue to exist after its shareholders and which can be shared with family or friends. The increase is easier to raise money for a company, either as a sole proprietorship orPartnerships. It can also be tax advantages.

So what are the drawbacks? Well, there's more paperwork, because you are required to keep accounts, and you have to make a separate tax return. It costs more to register a company as the establishment of a single proprietorship or a company. And if you require a personal guarantee, the banks often ask for, we can for that amount even if your company does not exist any longer be held liable.

I thought my client choice would be limited to these three possibilities, but further research showed that I was wrong. It is another: a joint venture. A joint venture is like a partnership, because there is an agreement between two or more persons or small businesses, but there are important differences. In a joint venture to carry two or more persons, goods, services and capital to a company. To date, Canada has no specific laws, joint ventures, as happens with all the other small > Company forms.

A joint venture joint venture agreement contains terms that the contributions of each party, management structure and how to split the profits. Joint ventures to avoid regulating the detriment of the partnership and several liability, and also allows each joint venturers, their own tax deductions. This is a great advantage for joint ventures.

However, a joint venture has sometimes defined by the absence of key elements of partnership. This means> Small companies intend to enter into a joint venture agreement should be thoroughly understood elements of partnership and avoid them in order to avoid that as a partnership rather than a joint venture. What might have started from a joint venture joint venture could lose its advantage when inheriting a partnership, and the disadvantages of a partnership instead.

You can adopt a joint venture, which then would have the same advantages and disadvantageseach company. And it would have the advantages and disadvantages of joint ventures. Could this be the best solution?

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