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Types of Business Structures

Corporation
Corporation

The corporate structure is more complex and expensive than most other business structures. A corporation is an independent legal entity, separate from its owners, and as such, it requires complying with more regulations and tax requirements.

General Partnership
General Partnership

Structuring a Business Partnership: Choosing a Name. Finding the right name for your business can describe what the business is all about. "Frequently, the fact that the business is a partnership is explained by the name, such as Wang and Williams Associates," says Weltman.

source: inc.com
Hybrid Business
Hybrid Business

A business can choose from a vast array of potential organizational structures. Lateral organizations, top-down organizations and other types of organizational structures can all be combined into a hybrid structure. The World Bank defines a hybrid organizational structure as one in which more than one organizational design is used.

Limited Liability Company
Limited Liability Company

A limited liability company (LLC) is the United States of America-specific form of a private limited company. It is a business structure that combines the pass-through taxation of a partnership or sole proprietorship with the limited liability of a corporation.

Limited Liability Company (LLC)
Limited Liability Company (LLC)

A limited liability company (LLC) is the United States of America-specific form of a private limited company. It is a business structure that combines the pass-through taxation of a partnership or sole proprietorship with the limited liability of a corporation.

Limited Liability Limited Partnership (LLLP)
Limited Liability Limited Partnership (LLLP)

Learn about the advantages and disadvantages of limited liability limited partnerships, or LLLP, which allow a general partner to avoid personal liability. Learn about the advantages and disadvantages of limited liability limited partnerships, or LLLP, which allow a general partner to avoid personal liability.

Limited Liability Partnership (LLP)
Limited Liability Partnership (LLP)

A limited liability partnership (LLP) is a partnership in which some or all partners(depending on the jurisdiction) have limited liabilities. It therefore exhibits elements of partnerships and corporations.

Limited Partnership
Limited Partnership

BREAKING DOWN 'Limited Partnership - LP' Generally, a partnership is a business that is owned by two or more individuals. There are three forms of partnerships: general partnership, joint venture and limited partnership. The three forms differ in various aspects, but they share similar features.

Manufacturing Business
Manufacturing Business

The decisions that implement a set of manufacturing priorities are structural; for a given company or business they are made infrequently and at various intervals. They fall into two broad categories: facilities decisions and infrastructure decisions.

source: hbr.org
Merchandising Business
Merchandising Business

Both may hire employees, both may need equipment in order to be in business and both types of business structures have customers who pay for goods or services. The main difference between a merchandising company and a service industry company is that the merchandising company must stock inventory.

Nonprofit Corporation
Nonprofit Corporation

But to be tax exempt under the United States tax code, an organization must form as a nonprofit corporation at the state level, and then apply for the federal exemption with the Internal Revenue Service. State and federal regulations dictate much of the structure of a nonprofit business.

S Corporation
S Corporation

The most common forms of business are the sole proprietorship, partnership, corporation, and S corporation. A Limited Liability Company (LLC) is a business structure allowed by state statute. Legal and tax considerations enter into selecting a business structure.

source: irs.gov
Service Business
Service Business

When beginning a business, you must decide what form of business entity to establish. Your form of business determines which income tax return form you have to file. The most common forms of business are the sole proprietorship, partnership, corporation, and S corporation. A Limited Liability Company (LLC) is a business structure allowed by state statute. Legal and tax considerations enter into selecting a business structure.

source: irs.gov
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Sole Proprietorship
Sole Proprietorship

A sole proprietor is someone who owns an unincorporated business by himself or herself. However, if you are the sole member of a domestic limited liability company (LLC), you are not a sole proprietor if you elect to treat the LLC as a corporation.

source: irs.gov

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