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If you thought Sole Proprietorships were bad, just wait. The General Partnership really is the ugliest entity.
A General Partnership offers no asset protection and doubles the liability because you are also responsible for your partner’s mistakes.
Unlike a Sole Proprietorship, a General Partnership requires two owners or partners. Unfortunately, like a Sole Proprietorship, a General Partnership, offers no asset protection. Again, there is no charter from the state, no legal separateness and, accordingly, no protection.
A partnership can be formed with a simple handshake between two or more people who agree to work together. You don’t need a partnership agreement or any sort of written document. Such a loose agreement also leaves no paper trail for the partners to go back to when things go south. When partners become adversaries and there’s no written partnership agreement in place, the laws of the state in which the partnership was formed take precedence, and the partners are left without any choice in the matter. Similarly, if one partner leaves, dies or goes bankrupt, the partnership is terminated and the partners are liable for the company’s debts and obligations.
I will not set up a General Partnership, ever. Not only is there too much liability but it requires a great deal of document drafting. A general partnership agreement includes, at minimum:
For all the time and energy it takes to set up an ugly entity, you might as well set up a good one.
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By: Ted Sutton, Esq. In the business realm, Texas has become the lone star that is burning brighter. And it may become a top state for business in the near future. They say that everything’s larger in Texas. This also includes a larger demand to form a...
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